(b. 1986)
web: www.amandarezza.com
email: amanda.rezza[at]gmail[dot]com
skype: rezzanda
phone: +39 349 673 9273
I will be available for full-time internships from mid-May 2012. Estimated graduation April 2013.
EDUCATION
- Currently: Graduate degree in Visual and Multimedia Communication, specializing in Interaction Design, Iuav University of Venice
- 2009 - Undergraduate degree in Virtual and Graphic Design, Polytechnic University of Turin
- 2005 – Science High School specializing in languages, Ivrea, near Turin
EXPERIENCE
Work
2008-2010 – Kut Communication Srl (full-time as graphic designer)
Kut Communication is a small creative lab in Turin with several public and private institutions as clients; the small number of employees offers the chance to work on a wide variety of jobs. I designed corporate identities, catalogues, posters and flyers and website graphics.
Workshops
2012 – Information design with Katerina Dolejsova (4 weeks)
Topic: design information about waste and recycle matters.
Organized by Iuav University of Venice.
2011 – Processing Workshop with Steffen Klaue (2 weeks)
Topic: design an interactive data visualization and prototype it using Processing.
Organized by Iuav University of Venice.
2011 – Product photography with Miro Zagnoli (4 weeks)
Topic: design a book in which everyday objects lose their functions and become subjects.
Organized by Iuav University of Venice.
2008 – IN Residence. Nature Through Artifice (1 week)
Topic: understand the relationship between Nature and Design through several designers’ and artists’ experiences, and suggest a new design approach.
Organized by Torino 2008 World Design Capital.
2006 – Flavour Shape with Davide Scabin (1 week workshop)
Topic: realize the importance of food design and its role in generating flavour.
Organized by Turin Polytechnic University.
Awards
2011 – With co-designers Alice Mortaro and Valeria Refratti, selected by Microsoft to present our interaction design project, Voglia, to the Design Expo of the Microsoft Faculty Summit in Seattle.
2009 – Finalist at European Design Awards, brand logo category, with the project Italian Zoomer, published in 2010 in the graphic design magazine Gallery.
PROFILE
Strengths
- Concept generation, graphic design (especially user interface, branding, infographics), hand-crafted prototypes
- I’m versatile and I’d like to improve my abilities with electronic prototypes
- I like to work in team: I think it’s a good way to share skills, ideas and experiences
- I’m interested in interaction design for its interdisciplinarity, combining science, technology and art
- I’d like to direct interaction design towards social and critical aims
Skills
- Adobe CS4 Creative Suite: good in Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop; basic in Flash, Premiere
- Good in Processing
- Basic in HTML and CSS
- Basic in electronics and Arduino (I used it to prototype Voglia and can approach it with a trial and error system)
Languages
- Mother tongue: Italian
- English: good in understanding, reading, speaking and writing
- French: good in understanding and reading; pretty good in speaking and writing
PORTFOLIO
VOGLIA – A new erotic experience. (team work) - Selected by Microsoft for the Microsoft Faculty Summit
Two wirelessly interconnected pieces of jewellery for couples. With Voglia users can compensate for the absence of physical intimacy by reliving intense moments with the partner and, at the same time, enjoying an original erotic experience.
SPEAK UP! - More than noise (teamwork)
An application is for workers who, suffering an injustice, wish to share their outrage amongst themselves and express it to the outside world. This service helps workers to organize themselves, create a big and enjoyable event, and automatically get the resulting numbers. It creates something impossible not to hear.
ROBO - An application to wear (teamwork)
Robo makes t-shirts an agent of interaction between people. Putting an iPhone in a pocket/window on the chest, Robo users can show a fully-colored square motif that signals their position in the crowd like an electronic coat-of-arms. Passing through the city they see it move and increase with the contribution of all the squares belonging to the people they met.
For more projects please visit my website.