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EDUCATION
• Liceo Artistico (arts-focused high school).
• Undergraduate degree: Graphic Design and Visual Communication at the Advanced Institute of Artistic Industries (ISIA), Urbino, graduating as an “advanced planner for Web oriented techniques”.
• Currently: working on my thesis project in the graduate programme in Visual and Multimedia Communication at IUAV University of Venice, specializing in graphic and interaction design.
EXPERIENCE
• I have good knowledge of, and skills in, several fields: editorial, Web and multimedia design, typography and photography. Using these different skills I can create projects from conception to actual realization.
• While designing, I try to balance usability with other design criteria.
• In my job my “hands” are: pencils, drawing pens, Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, HTML and CSS code.
• In Summer 2008 I did a three-month internship at the Nokia Design Studio in London.
• In 2005 I worked in Rome at La Repubblica (the national daily newspaper) and its associated new-media company Kataweb. Thanks to that experience I learned advanced Web techniques.
• I work as a freelance designer for private and public agencies.Look at my portfolio>
• My interest is in the Web universe. I am committed to the idea that through my job I can make people’s lives better.
LANGUAGESMy native language is Italian. I understand English well and have a working competence in speaking and writing it.PORTFOLIOHere are links to some of my projects:
.beta:My research degree thesis on interface design and the study of Web 2.0 images. This thesis is related to the prototyping project Ystle. The reference theme of the research was Web usability and interactio. Realization of the prototype involved developing specific interface guidelines.
NJOA:Coordinated image project directed by Michel DeBoer at IUAV University of Venice. The project was the realization of the brand image of a nomadic artistic fair which travelled around the world.
My favorite thing:This is my online presence. Look at my website>