Hi, I'm Gabriele

UX Designer & Researcher with a background in Human Computer Interaction, Sociology and Digital Communication

🚀 Selected projects

Smart bow

A multisensory interactive tool designed to help both beginner and advanced cello players in training one of the most difficult tasks when playing cello: the bow usage.

user test

education

music

Instagram micro interactions redesign

This project explores new possible ways to perform microinteractions within an already existing application (Instagram).

microinteraction

prototype

micro design

Online vs in-presence lectures

A qualitative UX research on students’ learning experience during COVID-19 pandemic. It was conducted adopting semi-structured interviews, focus-groups and ethnographic observations.

digital wellbeing

social research

💪 Working experience

How are we interacting with tomorrow’s vehicles? At ReLab we’re trying to get an answer by supporting the automotive industry leading companies on a daily basis, designing interfaces that fulfill people’s needs effortlessly.

Automotive industry is extremely interesting from a UX perspective: it combines physical and digital elements systematically, generating a unique and technically complex experience (which I love!). Furthermore it’s a field that is changing more than ever thanks to the advent of electric and digital platforms, which open up new scenarios and possibilities for mobility.

I admit I’ve been a car enthusiast since I was a kid, and now I find it exciting looking at the cars on the streets and imagining that some of them might include features I contributed to. Let’s make it real!

automotive

UX design

UX research

human factors

RE:LAB

📍 Turin, Italy

UX Designer & Researcher

nov 2023 - ongoing

Moia is an independent company of the Volkswagen Group, which operates its own ride pooling service in Hamburg and Hanover. It develops mobility services independently or in partnership with cities and the existing transport systems and covers the entire ridepooling value chain, developing both software and hardware solutions.

My tasks during the internship included:

• Creation and Dissemination (Internally within the Company) of a Weekly Report on Customer Feedback: This report comprise a blend of qualitative and quantitative data, presented through various documents, including easily digestible visualizations intended for seamless sharing and discussion among different design teams.

• Conducting an Independent UX Research Project: This commences with the definition of the problem (research questions), followed by the design of the research methodology (qualitative methods), culminating in the analysis of data and the generation of insights (research report).

• Compiling Various Resources on Visual Accessibility: These resources are organized in a shared repository, offering valuable tools for designers seeking to enhance or evaluate the visual accessibility of their products. This compilation incorporates insights from academic literature, case studies, and commercial information.

• Providing Cross-Team Support for UX Research Operations: This encompasses designing interview guidelines and pre-tests, taking notes, and organizing ethnographic observations and interviews.

UX research

qualitative research

quantitative research

automotive

MOIA

📍 Berlin, Germany

UX Researcher Intern

jun 2023 - oct 2023

Kratesis is a consultancy agency chaired by the journalist Roberto Arditti. The company provides several services encompassing the public affairs field. It pursues communication, political advocacy and brand positioning tasks for both public and private sectors.

I used to write articles, public speeches, and communication strategies. I also managed digital communication and media relation activities, for instance making videos and graphic content to support the company's customers' campaigns and strategies.

digital communication

media relation

social research

public affairs

KRATESIS

📍 Rome, Italy

Copywriter, Junior Consultant

jan 2020 - sept 2021

Orizzonti Politici is a non-profit association, founded by some Bocconi University students and young workers, that covers political and economical topics. It uses Instagram as the main channel (30k+ followers) to convey simple and understandable content about current issues.

My role consisted in making informative and engaging videos for both Instagram and Youtube.

content creation

videomaking

Orizzonti Politici

📍 Milan, Italy

Social Media Manager Volunteer

mar 2021 - feb 2022

PACO Design Collaborative is an international network of design driven professionals.

I carried out qualitative research on behavioral design applied to workspace. To do so, I applied some principles of design thinking, which helped me to work with a passionate team of internation al designers, architects and anthropologists.

design thinking

behavioral design

PACO Design

📍 Milan, Italy

Service Designer Intern

mar 2019 - jun 2019

😌 My work values & ethics

Digital products can be considered "social relationships made durable" because they permit, obstacle, allow and influence people's activity. I strongly believe that what we design becomes a powerful mediator between individuals.

That's why I feel it's my responsibility, as a researcher, to embed ethical reflection in every design process. These are some of the values that guide my design choices:

trust

commitment

sustainability

inclusion

respect

transparency

support

🛠 Digital tools I work with

Storytelling

Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe After Effect Adobe Illustrator OBS Studio

Prototyping

Blender Ultimaker Cura Arduino Figma Adobe XD Processing Unity

Data analysis

R Studio Dovetail

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.