Ciao! I'm

Ubaldo Andrea Desiato

Designer

I’m a technologist and a maker with an extra gear given by the power of design.

I like to build things and give them life through coding and electronics, paying great attention to details but keeping prototyping fast enough to allow me to test test test, reiterating this process again until I’m .

Some clients I have worked with

Experience

Design Freelancer

Jan 2022 - Ongoing | Milan, Italy

Consultancy on Design Research, Physical & Digital Prototyping, Service Design, Interaction Design.

Programme Leader MA Interaction Design and MA Service Design

Sep 2022 - Dec 2023 | Domus Academy | Milan, Italy

I coordinated the two Masters courses in Interaction Design and Service Design. My tasks included defining the content of the courses, finding and contacting the right pool of professionals to teach, organizing extracurricular activities, and teaching in several courses.

Resident Faculty

Jul 2020 - Dec 2021 | CIID | San Jose, Costa Rica

At Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design I’ve been in charge of planning the one-year student programme, teach some of the subjects related to Interaction Design both in the programme and in professional workshops.
I was also in charge of running the in-house digital fabrication lab.

UX Designer & Project Manager

Jun 2019 - Jun 2020 | Oraspot | Oria, Italy

Oraspot is an advertising agency working on visual identities, marketing strategies and unconventional marketing.

UX Designer

Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 | HINTECH | Oria, Italy

Designer and Co-Founder of an innovative startup in the field of hospitality services.

Education

Startup University

Feb 2019 - May 2019 | Startup Club | Bari, Italy

Four months course that aims to provide the basics on how to build a successful startup, from idea validation to business plan creation.

IDP - Interaction Design Programme

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 | CIID | Copenhagen, Denmark

At Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design I evolved the concept of Human-Centered Design to People-Centered Design, leaving the concept of users and embracing the complexity of people.
Also, I learned how to first build and test many times, in order to learn from each iteration, before finalizing the project.

Bachelor’s Degree in Design and Visual Communication

Sep 2013 - Mar 2017 | Polytechnic University of Turin | Turin, Italy

Here I learned all the basics of Product Design with a Human- Centered Design perspective, approaching a project starting from the user needs.

Physics University Course

Sep 2010 - Dec 2012 | University of Salento | Lecce, Italy

After two years of physics I decided to switch courses of study because although I like physics and science in general, I was missing the creative process. I found it bringing the knowledge from the scientific field into the design career.

Get in touch

Send me a message or drop me a call if you are interested in a collaboration or you simply want to have a chat about ideas, design and technology.

desiato.andrea@gmail.com
+39 329 926 5245
Oria | Italy

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