Experience

PACO Design Collaborative

• Italy
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Collaborator

  • Jul 2020 - Present

• PACOer

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  The perfect Pacoers are individuals, companies, organizations, and institutions who believe in the value of sharing and acknowledge the need of change towards social, economical and environmental sustainability.Pacoers believe in social innovation and the prospect of building their own future.



Elena Marengoni

• Milan, Lombardy, Italy

• Illustrator

  • Jan 2020 - Present



NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti

• Italy
• Fine Arts Schools
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lecturer - Service Design Course

  • Mar 2020 - Present



POLI.design

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Collaborator

  • Jan 2020 - Present



frog

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Researcher

  • May 2016 - Jan 2020

• Design research Intern

  • Nov 2015 - May 2016

  Design research and service design



Politecnico di Milano

• Italy
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• LIB LAB: better libraries, better learners. Participatory design for school libraries.

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

  My graduation project now continues in Milan with Italian schools, to develop a comparative study and come up with better informed design solutions.

• International Office (School of Design)

  • Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  Analyzing feedbacks from exchange students from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, helping the office in the organization of some main events.

• Representative of students (School of Design) member of the student association La Terna Sinistrorsa

  • May 2010 - Dec 2014



the LEGO Group

• Denmark
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Intern at Future Lab

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2015



Designskolen Kolding

• Denmark
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design Camp "Welfare as good business"

  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2014

  The workshop brought together Danish and international students for 15 days to design solutions to help participant companies to side-step into the field of welfare for the elderly. The workshop brought together Danish and international students for 15 days to design solutions to help participant companies to side-step into the field of welfare for the elderly.



Delft University of Technology

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• LIB LAB: better libraries, better learners. Participatory design for school libraries.

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

  I carried out an exploratory field research and a series of co-design workshops to come up with challenges and gain insights to eventually redesign a children's library service. The project has the goal to truly and intrinsically motivate children toward reading and to help teachers and adults in general to deliver better educational contents.

• Erasmus exchange program - Master's in Strategic Product Design

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  Exchange Erasmus Programme: this experience allowed me to learn qualitative and quantitative research skills and to deal with the strategic aspects of design, learning how to advise a company from the side of internal organization and in regard to the launch of a new product. I attended a course in design for children's play and learning, adopting research methods to co-create play value with the kids.



POLI.design

• Italy
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Workshop with Hape International

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  Design of concepts for Hape Toys, to help the company expand its business. Design of concepts for Hape Toys, to help the company expand its business.



Bruno+Partners

• Milan, Italy

• Stage

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2011

  Graphic design, visual communication and merchandising, desk research. Graphic design, visual communication and merchandising, desk research.