ABOUT ME
My path as a designer started at the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) where I graduated in Visual Communication Design. Here I acquired visual skills and the ability to make concepts easy to grasp for others.
But, I’ve always felt that I needed to develop my strategic skills and make good use of my critical thinking to stimulate innovation. For this reason, after one year of working and practising my English in London, I moved to Copenhagen in 2019 where I attended a MSc in Service Systems Design at Aalborg University.
During my studies, I joined a a creative innovation agency called Stupid Studio, as a Social Innovation Manager and Service Designer. Here, I’ve been challenged to experiment with a big variety of projects and clients.
Currently I a work as a Consultant in IS IT A BIRD, where I cover different roles bridging co-creation, facilitation, service design as well as user research and strategy.
My diverse background and versatile approach to projects have led me to define myself as a transdisciplinary designer. My work has mainly been characterised by the mission of co-creating service systems, experiences, and business innovation while generating ethical and sustainable solutions for the complex challenges that the world is facing.
While working in teams, I have an analytical approach and I feel comfortable navigating uncertainty. This defines me as a “big picture” player; I love to visually facilitate processes, connect dots and bring people together toward mutual visions.
I am an Italian Transdisciplinary Designer located
in Copenhagen, and my full name is Marialuisa (she/her).
I do Service Design, Facilitation,User Research, Strategy,
Systems Mapping & Visualization.
EDUCATION
2019-2021
Copenhagen, Denmark
→ MSc Service Systems Design,
Aalborg University
2014-2018
Turin, Italy
→ Bachelor Degree in
Visual Communication Design,
Polytechnic of Turin
2016-2017
Tomar, Portugal
→ Erasmus Plus Program,
Faculdade de Design
e Tecnologia das Artes Gráficas,
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar
SOFT SKILLS
→ Critical Thinker
→ Visual Thinker
→ Empathetic Team-Player
→ Big Picture and Process Oriented
→ Project management
→ Dynamic and adaptable
in adopting new methods and tools
→ Experienced at facilitating
workshops both online and offline
LANGUAGES
ITALIAN (Native)
ENGLISH (Professionally Proficient)
PORTUGUESE (Basic)
DANISH (Beginner)
HOBBIES
→ Learn about Social Innovation
→ Photography
→ Book Clubs
→ Watching movies
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sep 2023 – Present
Copenhagen, Denmark
→ Service Designer & Consultant
at IS IT A BIRD
Aug 2020- Aug 2023
Copenhagen, Denmark
→ Social Innovation Manager,
Service Designer & User Researcher
at Stupid Studio
Apr 2020 – Aug 2020
Copenhagen, Denmark
→ Business Development Representative
at Clerk.io
Oct 2020 – Jan 2021
Copenhagen, Denmark
→ Collaborator
at Speculative Futures Copenhagen
Apr 2017 – Feb 2018
Turin, Italy
→ Artistic Curator Torino
Graphic Days vol. 2
at PLUG Creativity
Sep 2017 – Dec 2017
Turin, Italy
→ Graphic Design Internship
at Quattrolinee
2013 – 2020
Grottaglie, Italy
Co-founder of Ciosa
Cultural Association
for territorial social innovation
GAP YEAR
Sep 2018 – Aug 2019
London, United Kingdom
→ Learning English Gap Year
→ Waitress
at The Westbourne
I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE IN FRONT OF A (virtual) COFFEE!
Let’s get in touch