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I'm a researcher and senior designer at DensityDesign Lab, where I carry out scientific researches, design project and teaching activities in the field of visual epistemology. In 2005 I got my M.Sc in Communication and Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano. In 2010 I obtained a PhD degree summa cum laude in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication at Politecnico di Milano with the dissertation “Seeing what they are saying: Diagrams for social complexity and controversies”.

I'm Assistant Research Professor of “Representação e Conhecimento” (Knowledge and Representation) in the Departamento de Comunicação e Arte at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. The course critically explores the practices of information presentation through the use of cartographical and geographical metaphors, diagram and visual structure concepts.