Laura Varisco

Lead Designer & Researcher

Interaction and Experience designer with 10+ years of design and lead experience. Creative and proficient in the creation of digital solutions and services. Passionate and skilled in the use of data and digital emerging technologies, and their possible applications within the design process and in new design solutions.

I aim at understanding how new technologies impact on the design process and what are their social and ethical consequences. I want to promote critical discussions and improve design choices during the creative process. PhD in Design, I’m currently Design Lead & Future Experience designer and lecturer teaching the relationships between digital technologies and society.

Experience

From 2016

Freelance Interaction and Experience Designer, and Researcher

MIT Design Lab – Cambridge, MA (USA)
Samsung Design Innovation Center – San Francisco, CA (USA)
TIM – Milan (Italy)
Innovation by Design – Milan (Italy)

 

From 2020

Adjunct Professor, Guest Lecturer & Workshops/Hackathon Mentor

Domus Academy – Milan (Italy)
Politecnico di Milano – Milan (Italy)
MIT Design Lab – Cambridge, MA (USA)
Samsung Design Innovation Center – San Francisco, CA (USA)
Huawei Aesthetic Center – Milan (Italy)
World Usability Day – Turin (Italy)
Polifactory, Politecnico di Milano – Milan (Italy)
Innovation by Design – Milan (Italy)

 

2021-2023

Design Lead & Future Experience Designer

Samsung Electronics Italia – Milan (Italy)

 

2019 – 2021

UX/UI Design Lead

Arkius PBC – Saratoga, CA (USA)

 

2014 – 2015

Senior Interaction Designer

SRLabs – Milan (Italy)

 

Education

2019

Ph.D cum Laude in Design

Politecnico di Milano – Milan (Italy)
Dissertation title: Personal Interaction Design: Introducing in the Design Process the Discussion on the Consequences of the Use of Personal Information.”

 

2013

MsC in Communication Design

Politecnico di Milano – Milan (Italy)

 

2010

BsC in Communication Design

Politecnico di Milano – Milan (Italy)