Sep 16, 2022To the people I have never designed forA short story on an unrealised project and a declaration of intents Some years ago I wrote a piece on how I almost got blind in my left eye due to a corneal infection, how I then almost completely recovered my sight and how the healing process had an impact…Data Visualization3 min readData Visualization3 min read
Published inNightingale·Apr 22, 2020Member-onlyCan Data Visualization Help Us Talk to Children About Earth?The illustrator of ‘Planet Earth: Infographics for Discovering Our World’ explains the design process and creating visualizations for a young audience — Data Visualization11 min readData Visualization11 min read
Jan 13, 2020Visualizing the Shape of Dreams for Google TrendsThe process behind The Shape of Dreams, data visualization project designed with Paolo Corti for Google News Lab. Looking for fascinating worlds In 2018 Alberto Cairo asked me to design a data visualization project for Google News Lab, collaborating with him and Simon Rogers. This first sentence already contains a certain number of aspects…13 min read13 min read
Dec 13, 2018I’m a Visual Designer whose sight is not perfect anymoreHow almost losing the sight in my left eye had an impact on my design approach. In May I had the beautiful opportunity to give a talk at OpenVis 2018, where I shared my thoughts on data visualization and I talked about my personal approach to it. During the talk…Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Nov 28, 2018The Stories Behind a Line: how — and why — I designed a visual narrative of six asylum seekers’ routes.This is a story that starts a few years ago. I’m an Information Designer and I believe that visualizing data can have a significant role in communicating contents and stories, because of its strong communicative potential. …Data Visualization14 min readData Visualization14 min read
Apr 26, 2017Data visualization and theatre: a story of mutualismCHAPTER 0. INTRODUCTION In March 2016 I published a story on Medium, talking about my love for theatre and my intention to combine it to information design. In March 2017 I had the beautiful opportunity to present my project at Visualized Milan. Actually, it was more than just presenting it: I brought a…Data Visualization11 min readData Visualization11 min read
Mar 13, 2016Combining Information Design and Theatre: a declaration of intents/confession/declaration of loveHow and why I’m trying to work on a dataviz+theatre project I’m an Information Designer. No, let’s start from the beginning (really quickly)! I was born in Vercelli, an Italian city in Northern Italy, in 1988. Long story short, I…Information Design4 min readInformation Design4 min read