Angelica Fontana Service Design Lead mobile +39.328.7403822
email angelica.fontana88@gmail.com
WORKING EXPERIENCES
PROFILE Italian Born 24.10.1988 Lived and worked in China, Italy & Switzerland Currently based in Milan
Since February 2019
Naba, Domus Accademy, Milan, IT Visiting Lecturer, Service Design, Design Thinking, Design Futures Since September 2019
Futurish cards, generative card deck to envision future scenarios&artefacts, Milan, IT Co-author and researcher
ABOUT
Since March 2016
I am a service and system designer with special interest on human interactions with technologies. I am currently Design Lead at Sketchin design studio where I lead and run design research activities and I facilitate co-design processes to define service and interaction design solutions. I am a lecturer in Service Design, and Design Futures.
Sketchin, design studio, Lugano, CH Service Design Lead July 2016 to June 2017
BTS Italy, management consulting firm, Milan, IT Service designer, innovation team member November 2015 to July 2016
Cesim Italia, (acquired by BTS in July 2016) management consulting firm, Milan, IT Service designer, design thinking & innovation trainer September 2013 to December 2015
Fusedrops, crowdfunding platform for social innovation, Milan, IT / Ljubljana, SL Co-founder, community manager & service designer
I am co-author of futurish cards, a generative card deck that can be used to envision scenarios and artefacts from the future.
October 2012 to May 2013
LANGUAGES
EDUCATION
ITALIAN mother tongue ENGLISH proficiency CHINESE survival (speaking)
Tektao, Urban Design Consulting, Design strategy firm, Shanghai, CN Design strategy intern
October 2010 to October 2013
Politecnico di Milano, MSc Degree, Milan, IT Product Service System Design, thesis tutor: Anna Meroni
February 2012 to May 2013
Tongji University, Politong, Shanghai, CN Double Degree exchange program, thesis tutor: Lou Yongqi October 2007 to September 2010
Politecnico di Milano, Bachelor Degree, Como, IT Product Design, thesis tutor: Francesco Zurlo
WORKSHOPS February 2021
IxD21, Interaction21, remote conference Workshop host and facilitator ("Forget artefacts, design speculative lifeworlds instead!") November 2020
Speculative Futures Seattle, remote meetup Futurish cards workshop host and facilitator February 2020
EduSummit20, Interaction20, Milan Futurish cards workshop host and facilitator ("Zoltar says make your wish") 2019-2020
Domus Academy Milano, Milan Lecturer and facilitator for Speculative Everyday! Speculative Design Jam (2 editions) I hereby authorize the use of my personal data in accordance to the GDPR 679/16 - "European regulation on the protection of personal data".