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EDUCATION
• Scientific High School, Udine.
• Undergraduate degree in Product and Graphic Design, IUAV University of Venice.
• Graduate degree in Visual and Multimedia Communication, specializing in Interaction Design, IUAV University of Venice.
EXPERIENCE
• My graduate thesis project, Typographr, is an application enabling graphic designers to search for fonts visually.
• I am one of the contributors of Random Clapping, IUAV’s Interaction Design student website.
• I worked as a blogger for designerblog.it, and for 2 years I curated my own design blog.
• I was a teacher’s assistant in a 3-month undergraduate studio course in Visual Communication at IUAV University of Venice.
• I worked in the production team for the first two editions of Teach Me, IUAV’s graphic design festival, in collaboration with Studio Camuffo and IUAV’s Faculty of Design and Arts.
• Over the past few years I have attended several international workshops in graphic and product design, and in 2007 won a Study Abroad program in association with NYU.
• My strengths are in graphic design and problem solving.
• I can work in a team but am also experienced in working independently.
• I am experienced in the Adobe Creative Suite, and have good skills in hand-crafting prototypes in different materials such as paper, wood, and fabric.
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue: Italian. I am fluent in English, and have school-level French.
IxD PORTFOLIO
Typographr [thesis project]
An innovative computer application that allows designers to search for fonts much more intuitively. Search results are laid out on a cartesian plane, with axes that can be defined according to parameters appropriate for the project in hand. [more]
Aequilibrium [in collaboration with Marco Zamarato]
An interactive installation for Venice’s Rialto fish market about the fragile balance between humans and the Venetian lagoon. [more] [watch demo]
Flag [in collaboration with Marco Zamarato]
A mobile application that lets visitors decide which are the most interesting pavilions in the Venice Biennale of Art and helps those in a hurry to decide which to visit. [more]