In a nutshell, I am a Design Thinker.

I have a BA in Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano and an MA at Central Saint Martins. I am half Italian and half American and therefore offer a unique mixture of characteristics: Mediterranean passion and eccentricity, Anglo-Saxon dedication and precision.

I started off as an industrial designer with a specialization in User Centered Design. My desire and trust in putting the user at the center of the design process led me to evolve into a Design Researcher - and so I have been for the past few years, working for both frog design and Design Group Italia in Italy. Since understanding my user and developing a methodology accordingly is the key driving force of my work, I jumped at the opportunity of joining the research team at e-services for life and health. This research unit has recently set up a Living Lab and is developing co-creation tools in order to develop truly innovative products and services within the realm of healthcare and well-being.

The Living Lab is called City of the Future. It is an ecosystem where a multitude of stakeholders and partners can work alongside each other sharing knowledge whilst interacting with a wide variety of ICTs, therefore creating a fertile ground for innovation and cross-disciplinary research and communication. The research methodology implemented is based upon the Living Lab process based on four concurrent phases: co-creation, exploration, experimentation, and evaluation.