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He began his career in the video game industry in Dublin in 2013, where for four years he worked as a video game translator, game tester, and reviewer. He collaborated with companies such as Playrix, Activision Blizzard, and Google. In 2019, he moved to Berlin, where he expanded his experience in the sector as an editor and formed a team of Italian interns, introducing them to the fundamentals of the profession. In 2021, he co-founded an independent development studio and released two successful titles: Starsand and Placid Plastic Duck Simulator, the latter currently co-published by Team17.

A designer and educator specialized in Artificial Intelligence, 3D modeling, and 3D printing, he has gained international experience as a Senior Architect at Zaha Hadid Architects and with Schiattarella & Associati. He is the founder of HDD Hemi Digital Design, a studio focused on visualization, 3D, and AI applications for architecture, as well as Pop Pot, a startup that produces design objects through 3D printing using biomaterials. He is co-author of the volume Progettare con le Intelligenze Artificiali. He has received international awards, including the Mini Design Award (2008) and first prize in the DQ Celebration Hall competition in Riyadh (2011).

Active in conferences, exhibitions, and curatorial projects, he has presented works with his research group at the Venice Biennale in 2023 (Egypt Pavilion) and 2025 (Italy Pavilion). Among his realized projects is the Museo Civico del Territorio in Poli (Rome), selected for the 6th edition of the Pisa Architecture Biennale 2025. His publications include: L’architettura della permanenza. Persistenze e mutazioni delle strutture seriali curvilinee antiche nella città contemporanea, Roma e la Curva. Mappe itinerari progetto, Michelangelo è sempre attuale! and Bruno Zevi e la didattica dell’architettura.

A visual artist and educator, she has developed over more than thirty years a body of research focused on the evocative power of light and on the dialogue between painting, photography, and digital processing. Her “Foto-Grafie” combine fluid graphic marks, references to Futurism, and an ongoing exploration of transience and the spiritual essence of reality. She has served on ministerial committees for the reform of Art High Schools and the revision of teaching classifications. She is currently Honorary President of the National Network of Art High Schools (ReNaLiArt) and curator of the Biennale of Art High Schools for the Ministry of Education and Merit.

Since 2007, she has been professionally active in the field of architectural and urban design, collaborating with internationally renowned firms, including Archea Associati, as well as companies such as JLL and Tetris Design & Build. In 2015, she led the design of the new offices for Alitalia in Fiumicino and Jaguar Italia in Rome. Alongside her professional practice, she has pursued research activities, focusing on the theme of housing and publishing essays in national and international journals. She was a researcher for PRIN 2007. She is also co-founder of the design studio IKÒNICA, based in Rome.

She works in the fields of design and architecture, with a focus on culture and sustainability. Since September 2023, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano, and since February 2018 she has served as President of FAI Sardegna. From 2009 to 2011, she was part of the staff of the Councillor for Culture and Communication of Roma Capitale, working in the areas of design, architecture, and international culture. Until 2010, she directed the Master in Cultural Experience Design and Management in Rome, in collaboration with Domus Academy and IRFI, and she has taught in the Design Culture and Management Program at Bilgi University in Istanbul.

A scholar of cognitive processes with a cognitivist background, specialized in philosophy of mind, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. In his work, he places a specific focus on the analysis of perception, processing, and the relationships between human beings and their environment. His teaching approach aims to integrate the psychology of perception and form, as well as the relationships between cognitive processes, images, and signs, with hands-on exercises and experiential workshops.

He has specialized over the years in interior design and in image visualization, conceived as a powerful narrative tool in the presentation of architectural projects. The use of a contemporary language, through the application of the most advanced innovative 3D communication tools, combined with strong technical and compositional design skills, has enabled him to establish himself as a freelance professional working mainly with private clients. Alongside this, he also provides consultancy services in the fields of interior design and 3D visualization for well-known architectural firms based in Rome.