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Hi! My name is Ilenia.

I’m a Junior Interaction designer from Italy, sensitive to environmental issues and with a specific interest in experimenting new technologies relative to interactive systems.

2021 _ MA graduate in Interaction Design @ UNIRSM (San Marino).
2017 _ BA graduate in Product Design @ ISIA in Faenza (RA).
2016 _ Erasmus Student @ ESDA, Escuela Superior de Diseño de Aragón in Zaragoza (Spain).

Currently, I’ve been assigned a tutoring position within the Master’s degree in interaction design @ UNIRSM in San Marino & Assistant professor in Web Design.

WORK EXPERIENCE

@ UNIRSM Design San Marino

Since September 2022

Assistant professor in Web Design

Assistant professor in Web Design @ bachelor’s degree course in Design.
The lectures I am in charge to hold are focused on HTML & CSS, along with some basic principles of Front-End development.

@ UNIRSM Design San Marino

Since February 2022

Assistant manager - Master’s Degree Course in Interaction Design

  • Support to the organisation of teaching/ learning activities inherent to the master’s degree course;
  • Tutoring Master’s students;
  • Online communication and promotion of Unirsm Design events;
  • Development of innovative and interactionrelated installations with touchdesigner;

@ Duendia s.l. Zaragoza, Spain

November 2016 - February 2017

Intership Product Design

Rendering bath interior on Cinema 4D.

PUBLICATIONS — PRIZES

@ OFFICINA* 38

2022 - Interazioni, magazine curated by Silvia Gasparotto & Alessandra Bosco

Digital Museum Paradigms

Digital technologies can determine a new way to experience cultural heritage, and enhance the engagement of citizens and their sense of community.
Co-writers: Pietro Baruzzi, Angelica Zanibellato

@ ADI INDEX - Associazione per il disegno industriale

2021

ADI INDEX - SELECTION TARGA GIOVANI

Beyond the mask - A concept app, designed in 2020, that breaks down the communicative wall of Anti-covid masks and provide an expressive and constantly-available medium, that reveals words and emotions, through the power of Machine Learning.

EDUCATION

@ SAAD Ascoli Piceno

7-9 September 2022

Video mapping workshop

Basics of Touch Designer software , node-based program used for interactive installations and real-time generative art.
Lecturer: Massimo Zomparelli from Ultravioletto (RO).

@ UNIRSM Design

2018-2021

Master in Interaction Design

Study of interface design, user experience, information architecture and visual design.

Machine Learning workshop

Study of Computer Vision and Machine Learning applied to design, using tools such as p5.js, ml5.js and javascript programming language.

Arduino & Processing workshop

Development of interactive installations.

After Effects workshop

A motion design workshop, with 2D illustrated and mixed-media animation.

@ ESDA Zaragoza

September 2016 - February 2017

ERASMUS Product Design (Spain)

Study of industrial design.

@ ISIA Faenza

2014 - 2017

Bachelor degree in Product Design

Study of industrial design and analysis and knowledge of ceramic materials and other polymeric materials.

@ I.T.C. G. Ginanni

2009-2014

High school degree

Business studies in foreign languages.