Design Spaziale Italiano is a travelling multimedia project curated by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro and promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The initiative highlights the strategic relevance of design for space exploration, a field in which Italy plays a leading role and where Politecnico di Milano has contributed since 1997 to its development and dissemination. Through a series of visual narratives and multimedia artefacts, the project reflects on the physical and perceptual limits of human presence and movement within the extreme conditions of life beyond Earth.

The project required the design and development of the digital interface supporting the multimedia experience. The work focused on UI and UX design and on the complete front end implementation developed directly in code using Astro.build. Particular attention was dedicated to structuring the interaction logic, integrating video based narratives, and ensuring responsive behaviour and performance across devices while maintaining coherence with the conceptual and visual framework of the exhibition.

The Passenger is a book magazine series published by Iperborea that investigates the contemporary condition of specific places through long form journalism, essays, and narrative reporting. Each volume brings together writers, journalists, and specialists from both local and international contexts to examine cultural life, economic structures, political dynamics, and everyday practices. A system of infographics, data visualisations, and cartographic narratives developed by Tomo Tomo studio and later continued at Propp translates research data and geographic information into clear visual structures that support the editorial narrative and provide readers with a layered understanding of each place.

The work focused on the design and development of cartographic visualisations for the volumes dedicated to the Alps and London. Through a rigorous process of data collection, spatial analysis, and editorial simplification, the maps were structured to transform complex geographic and cultural information into precise and legible visual systems aligned with the editorial language of the publication.

By.it is a speculative project presented as an e commerce website offering products at extremely discounted prices. During the day the items consistently appear as unavailable and the platform invites users to return at night, suggesting they save a reminder in their calendar. When accessed during nighttime the website radically changes its appearance and becomes KilledBy.it, revealing that many of those products have in reality caused severe harm and, in some cases, even death.

The project integrates concept development, website design, and visual production to construct a coherent narrative system. Visual identity, three dimensional product models, and the digital interface were designed to support this storyline, adopting a direct and brutal visual language that reinforces the tension between commercial attraction and the real consequences associated with the products.

Neptuna is a speculative design project exploring the relationship between climate change, food production, and contemporary consumption through the emblematic case of tuna. The project imagines a scenario set in 2050 where accelerated social and production rhythms lead to increasingly fast and standardized food consumption. Tuna is reinterpreted as an ultra fast snack capable of replacing traditional meals, pushing on the go consumption logic to its extreme. Through a provocative language combining irony and disgust, the project uses speculative design and dark design to expose the environmental and cultural consequences of marine resource exploitation, microplastic pollution, and methylmercury contamination in ocean ecosystems.

The project was developed through a multidisciplinary approach integrating research, strategy, and design. The team worked on data analysis, speculative scenario building, visual identity and brand system development, product and packaging design, photographic communication and video campaigns, as well as user experience and digital touchpoint design. Three dimensional models of the products and packaging system were developed together with a custom logotype and a coherent communication ecosystem connecting product, identity, and narrative. The project also includes the design and construction of a fully functioning physical prototype, an interactive vending machine built and programmed by the team using Arduino for the hardware and p5.js for the digital logic and interface.

The “Saper fare liutaio di Cremona” project addresses the cultural value of Cremonese violin making, a craft recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This tradition, rooted in the sixteenth century and still practiced by more than one hundred luthiers, represents a unique intersection of craftsmanship, music, and cultural history. The project explores how a visual identity can communicate the depth of this heritage by translating the knowledge, precision, and musical culture embedded in the making of violins into a contemporary communication system. 

The project develops a complete redesign of the visual identity and its applications. The system includes the design of a new logo, typography, editorial and informational materials, signage for the city, digital tools, and communication artifacts that connect workshops, museums, and cultural institutions. Together these elements form a coherent visual framework that presents the craft of Cremonese violin making as both a living tradition and a contemporary cultural asset.

Rappresentazione dell’assenza e dell’essenza del nero is a visual essay that investigates the nature of black through both scientific and cultural perspectives. The project examines the physical composition of black and the many ways it can be represented, gradually shifting from analytical observation toward its emotional and symbolic presence in artistic practice. Through references to art history, philosophy, and perception, the work invites the reader to reflect on black as both absence and essence, a condition that oscillates between material reality and introspective experience. 

The editorial project was developed through a structured typographic and layout system designed to support the conceptual narrative of the publication. Careful attention was dedicated to hierarchy, rhythm, and the relationship between text, images, and negative space, creating a visual sequence that guides the reader through analytical sections and reflective moments while maintaining clarity and coherence across the publication.