I am a NYC-based Design Lead and Visual Artist.
Areas of design expertise include UX/UI, Information Design, Data Visualization and Cinema Studies. I have a MSc in Communication Design, a background in theater and a brief experience as elected council member (!).
My art practice operates as a meaning-making process of visualization of phenomena, through the ideal model of the Panorama.
Most recently I have been part of the team behind the alpha version of mycity.nyc.gov launched by the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation, a Mayoral agency tasked to deliver the City's digital services. Prior to that I have led the design efforts at Scatter, a media and production studio that is pioneering the emerging language of volumetric filmmaking. Through the years, our immersive films and volumetric capture tool, fostered a creative community, won an Emmy and gained recognition from the most prestigious film festivals such as Sundance and Tribeca.
In my freelance practice I have worked primarily on digital products and user centric experiences, leading many projects from pitch phase to full design and launch. In 2018 I was part of the team responsible for the design bible that guides the graphics in the first season of Netflix’s Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: combining motion gfx and interactive, my focus was on data visualization which the show does heavy use of. Among others, my work has been honored in several exhibitions around the world such as SIGGRAPH 2009, Expo Milano 2015, Italia150, Maker Faire Europe and featured in publications such as Domus, Wired, Information Graphics (Taschen), Data Flow 2 (Gestalten), Leonardo Journal (MIT Press), The Outpost and Visual Complexity (Princeton Architectural Press).
While pursuing my degree at the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) I have been a founding member and researcher at DensityDesign. Set in between Design and Humanities, my research focused on the formalization of a new approach to the visualization of phenomena, namely the heterogeneous whole of stories, events, connections, places, processes of evolution and characters that creates the persistent context through which we understand data and information. Following several lectures and academic presentations, on 2011 I was invited to Stanford University as international visitor, to contribute to the Mapping the Republic of Letters project.
Being in an interdisciplinary environment is what drives me the most in my professional life. Besides visual arts and cinema, my interests span from technology to sensory ethnography and food culture.
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