Hi! I'm Gabriele

UX Designer & Researcher

I'm a 26 y.o. guy based in Turin, passionate about creating engaging and effective experiences, shaped by my passions for design, cinema and music.

To me, being a UX professionist means...

I would say that the most challenging part of being a UX professionist is correctly framing the problems to solve.

This is a vital task, which cannot be substituted by a sum of dozens of standpoints of field-specific professionals. Indeed, most of the times targeting the correct “problem to solve” requires a multidisciplinary approach.

In this sense, I picture myself as a team member capable of connecting different sources of knowledge, viewpoints and ethical issues.

Practically, I hope to become a practitioner capable of handling the design skills for providing “good enough” solutions, which means always finding a good compromise between functionality and effectiveness.

Sharing knowledge, defining problems and making the other successful is actually what I feel that is guiding me in my present and future working environment.

🎓 Education

Human Computer Interaction

University of Trento

📍 Rovereto, Italy

2024
Final grade: 110/110 with honors

List of exams:

Bridging HCI to Computer Science

Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurotechnology

Design epistemology and ethics

Design experience

Educational technology

Multisensory interactive systems

Research methodology - qualitative

Research methodology - quantitative

Social interaction

Visual brain and design

Visual design

BA in Sociology

University of Trento

📍 Trento, Italy

2019

List of exams:

Social psychology

History of sociological thought

Institutions of sociology

Social planning

Public law

Introduction to the empirical analysis of the society

Political science

Contemporary history

Sociology of science

Cultural anthropology

Sociology - Advanced course

Theories and technics of dicigal means

Social research and digital data

Political economy

Methods and techniques of social research

Innovation, technology and society

Methodology of social science

Certificate "A" in Cello

Bonporti Conservatory of Music

📍 Trento, Italy

2019

The Bonporti Conservatory of Music is a music academy in Trentino.

Cello

Music theory

Orchestra

Choir

Global Entrepreneur Challenge

Virginia Tech

📍 Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

2018

The competition, held at The Inn at Virginia Tech, was part of a 10-day celebration of student entrepreneurship. Teams were housed by local families, spent interactive time with successful technology companies, and enjoyed fellowship with Virginia Tech students. Some of the activities included tours of the Virginia Tech campus and Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, educational workshops, and shopping in Roanoke and Blacksburg.

Entrepreneurship

Innovation management

Startup

Business validation

Project Giolli

YOURBAN

📍 Thiene, Italy

Summer 2016

Progetto Giolli is a professional education course about video making, promoted by Rete per le Politiche Giovanili dell’Altovicentino. Here I learned the basic techniques of video production, from directing to recording, up to editing and post production. As a final result, I produced a short documentary about young people in Vicenza, collaborating with the other course attendees.

Furthermore, this experience let me get in touch with many professionals, that involved me in actual sets, where I refined my personal style.

Videomaking

Storytelling

High School diploma

Liceo Scientifico N. Tron

📍 Schio, Italy

2016

The Liceo Scientifico Nicolò Tron is a science-oriented high school in Schio (VI).

I think this is the place where I started to adopt a critical and scientific-oriented approach to the development of my projects.

🏆 Awards

Artaxy

#1 place | SUL 2018

Artaxy can be thought as the "Airbnb of art", a digital platform in which instead of people, there're physical artworks (paintings, sculptures, photos, etc.) that can move from a location to another. This match-making service allows hosts (expo location owners) and artists to meet each other and create new art exhibitions. The startup was founded in 2018 and ended its activity in 2022.

As co-founder, I learned how, step-by-step, new business ideas can turn into actual companies. For instance, althought its short lifespan, it gave me the possibility to broaden my sightview on a design project, including its relationship with the context (market) and its impact on users (customers).

startup

art

blockchain

Eco Island

#3 place | UX Challenge 2022

Sartori Ambiente's ArcoSTATION is an automated station with controlled opening of the hatches, and identification of users through a special card or the health card. During the UX Challenge 2022, my team was asked to address some usability and accessibility issues of the structure. Our design solutions added some key features to the original project by making it more social inclusive and easy to use, involving a broader set of possible users.

From this experience I learnd how the integration between multiple essential services in our city (like waste management) must be thought in a social inclusive way, in order to actually improve citizens'wellbeing. The project is under NDA.

sustainability

social inclusion

🤓 Personal interests

In my opinion, Design, more than other disciplines, can be influenced by one’s personal interests, experiences and culture. Indeed, the reflection of these characteristics can be observed in design outcomes. For instance, if you carefully observe any product or service, you can often recognize the impact of artistic movements, historical periods and countries of origin.

That’s why I’m proud of having experienced activities in different fields, such as music, art, startups, video making, digital communication and social innovation. I feel that the knowledge that derives from all these occasions affects the way I solve new problems, with a unique perspective.

Which contribution will I bring to your team?

🎯 Human Computer Interaction research methods;
👤 User critical understanding through Social Science theories;
💡 Creative solutions inspired by Music and Art.