I am a designer from Bologna, Italy, based in London fresh off graduation from the Royal College of Art in London.

I am passionate about projects built around elements of surprise, magic and heritage.

Two of the main threads that are often woven into the fabric that makes up my work are the exercise of light (especially in the form of projection or photography) and a process of transformation. I believe it’s valuable to convey meaning and information through my projects while at the same time delivering an output that is viscerally appealing. Fascination and intrigue are undeniably potent tools to pull in the audience and/or user and to keep them interested in the content that they shroud.

Whenever I include a transformative element in my project, I try to do so by employing the simplest technology possible. I believe that technological devices or techniques should be as invisible as possible in order to achieve a compelling suspension of disbelief. The more technical gear is visible the more the spectator/user will, even subconsciously, prepare for something to happen. And when a computer or a screen are introduced, the stage is most explicitly set for a show. That is why I try to use analogue processes and techniques as much as possible or ingenuously simple technology.

You expect to be surprised by digital technology. Surprise is far more effective if it comes not from a screen or a visor, but from something that you think you know everything about.

As far as topics are concerned, I often find myself dealing within themes of cultural heritage, identity and memory. These three entities are tightly connected and their intersection creates an incredibly vast landscape, rich in material, sparks and space that can be used to ignite creative discourse and processes. Such motifs are new grounds for me, as I was able to shine a light upon them and fully realise their relevance once I moved to London to attend the RCA, leaving behind a whole world that up until that moment I had taken for granted. That is by no means to say that one should be nostalgic or dwell on the past; it is just to express my gratitude in this newfound deep appreciation of a person’s cultural and personal baggage, which, at the end of the day, is what makes us who we are.