I’m a strategy and service designer with passion for user research and a life-centered approach 🌱.
I am also involved and interested in education, trying to make a tangible contribution to students of all ages.
I was born in Castiglione del Lago (PG) on 08/08/1994. I spent my childhood and teenage years in a small town in Tuscany, then I moved to Bologna for university, a welcoming city where I still live.
Working experiences
Learning Designer
Life centered Design School
2024-2024
The Life-centred Design School is dedicated to providing designers and creatives with the tools to work in a more eco-conscious way. To date, I have been responsible for the structure and delivery of two editions of the course 'Shifting from human to life-centred design'.
Adjunct professor
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
2024-2025
I teach a module in the Advanced Design of Services for the Built Environment lab. Students take part in a semester-long design course where they are given a brief from a local organization and guided to explore the methods and tools of service design.
Operations officier
Fondazione Innovazione Urbana
2024-2025
During the Just Transitions Forum, I coordinated events and content and maintained the involvement of the 17 allies. The event took place from 4-7 November 2024 with more than 1300 participants.
Today I’m working to strenghten the Alliance community and plan the activity fort this year.
Creative strategist
Dabol srl
Since 2022
Dabol is a company that helps small startups and entrepreneurs to grow. My job is to create visual identities for the different companies born under Dabol and take care of their storytelling in order to create effective and consistent websites and other graphic materials.
Guest lectures and workshops
Guest lectures and workshops on “Service prototyping” for the product service system course @ Chalmers University, Gotheborg (2023 and 2024) and for Advanced Service Design master programme @ Università di Bologna (2021, 2022, and 2023).
Workshop "Lego introspective", inspired by Lego Serious Play, @Schifo Festival in Bologna (10/2023)
Workshop "What's its name?" and "Future service designers: a workshop using Lego" for Advanced Service Design students, @ Università di Bologna (10/2023)
Service and innovation designer,
VRD Research
2018-2024
Consultancy for product and service innovation. These are the projects I took part in:
• Barilla Group: Envisioning on new food products, redesign of snacks;
• Eraclea: New services and product solution for fod service;
• Alpitour Group: Solutions for the new call center trade (B2B);
• Lavazza: Research on communication strategy for biodiversity;
• Coopselios: Communication system in kindergartens and day care centres;
• Scat: New services in Ego oil stations
Teaching assistant,
Università di Bologna
2021-2023
For three consecutive years I was a Tutor on the course, helping students with their service design projects related to the built environment. I brought my experience as a practitioner in short lectures and timely advice on individual projects, deepening their knowledge of typical service design tools.
Workshops structure consultant and Graphic designer, FIU Bologna
2021 - 2023 Project-based collaboration
FIU in a foundation of the Bologna administration that promotes urban innovation. I worked close to the Civic Imagination department, which involves a means of listening, collaboration, participation and co-production related to projects and policies in the city, its neighbourhoods and the entire metropolitan area. The specific focus is on the maintenance and regeneration of urban commons.
Workshop facilitator
2017-2019
During my studies I worked as a workshop facilitator in different occasions and fields, such as Agro-innovation for Rural hack, Università degli studi Federico II, Napoli; brand strategy for Hermete; future vision for Max Mara and Diffusione Tessile.
Operation manager,
Bologna Design Week
2015-2019
I have collaborated with the Youtool studio since the first edition of Bologna Week. My main role was the management of designer applications and assignment to the different locations based on the proposed exhibition and the characteristics of the individual locations. During the week of the event I was in charge of coordinating events and volunteers to cover all the locations. For the last two years, I have managed and coordinated the BDW Market: a way for young designers and craftsmen to showcase and sell their products.
Education
I am committed to continuous education, not only through courses and certificates, but also by attending workshops and webinars.
Latest webinar:
Feb 2025 | Your Impact Job Roadmap: 6 Steps for #ImpactJobSeeker, impacthill.s
May 2024 | Life-Centered Design and UX! By Life centerd Design School, Unbeaten Studio
May 2024 | Leading Collaborative Teams in Organisations Confirmation by Hyper Island
March 2024 | Putting Conflict to Work by Hyper Island
February 2024 | Service Design meets Food by Oblo
January 2024 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About AI by Hyper Island
Workshops and conferences:
2024 | SDN Next Gen Conference 2024 by Service Design Network
2023 and 2022 | Information Architecture Summit by Architecta
Over the years | MuseoMix in Ancona(2019) and Montelupo Fiorentino (2017); Global Service Jam in Bologna (2019), Faenza innovation hackaton, Faenza (2017); WELab and Anteprima Lab, Urban Center Bologna (2017).
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Facilitator Masterclass by Facilitator School is a unique six-week online experience to learn impactful facilitation skills that elevate team work, collaboration and innovation. Taking place live, with participants from around the globe.
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2024 | Life-Centered Design School from Unbeaten Studio
Life-Centered Design is an actionable design approach that gives designers and other creatives the mindset, opportunity and ability to design holistically. It allows designers to include all life forms and advocates for biological ecosystems and non-user communities. -
2021 -2022 | 4 months course with Feltinelli Education and Scuola Holden
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2016 - 2028 | Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna – Bologna
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2018 | Project based experience to develop enterpreneurial skills and design thinking (9 months)
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2013 - 2016 | Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna – Bologna
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2008 - 2013 | Liceo G. da Castiglione, Castiglion Fiorentino (AR)
