nicola.plaisant[at]gmail.com / +39 348 8816148 / website
EDUCATION
• Liceo Artistico (arts high school).
• Undergraduate degree in Industrial Design (Graphic and Product Design) at IUAV University of Venice.
• Graduate degree in Visual and Multimedia Communication, specialising in Interaction Design, at IUAV University.
EXPERIENCE
• From May 5 to September 27 2008 I was an interaction design intern at IDEO Inc., Palo Alto (CA).
• In summer 2007 I attended the Index Summer Camp in Copenhagen, three weeks on sustainable design as well as interaction design.
• I am one a contributor and developer of Random Clapping, IUAV’s Interaction Design student website.
• I am good at idea generation, planning the design process, and realising concepts in various kinds of prototype. I also like doing illustrations. I can use Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash animation, Dreamweaver, Cinema 4D and AutoCAD, and have made prototypes using Processing.
• I work as a freelance designer for an advertising agency, designing and programming websites and doing corporate identity work.
• I am particularly interested in sustainable issues and socially-oriented design.
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue: Italian. I am comfortable speaking English. I speak some French and read it well.
PROJECTS
