Assess my aptitude by reviewing my resume, get in touch with all my competencies into a comprehensive Skill Portfolio, and elaborating on how these skills are applied in my Product Portfolio.
Education
Masters Degree Integrated Product Design at Politecnico di Milano GPA 28/30 2022-2024
Resident student at Collegio di Milano w. Excellence Scholarship 2018-2024
Bachelor in Product Design at Politecnico di Milano GPA 28/30 2018-2021
Liceo Italiano Enrico Fermi di Madrid 100/100 G. Grade 2003-2017
Work+ Experince
G20 Simulation, NEXT - Planet Needs YOUth - Forum and Competition, 2024
College architettura, Venice Biennale x OSS, Direction assistant ATIS documentary, 2023
Bicycle Framebuilder Apprentice Kilometro Italiano 2017
Pro Cylist Elite Category 2016-2022
Awards
Lagazuoi winning ideas Mountain Design Award 2022 Finalist
MOD-344 Published on FOCUS 7/22 and Showcased in Fuorisalone 22’
Languages
Spanish Native Italian Native English C1
Personal Interests:
Curiosity drives my life, I spend most of my life exploring whether metaphorically through art, culture or philosophy or literally travelling and observing. Adventure is a way of expressing myself as well as design.
Biography:
Born in Madrid on July 18th 1999. I grew up in my grandphather’s bicycle workshop where I learned to think with my hands. I moved to Milan in 2018 to follow my dream of becoming a Product Designer.
Via Imperia 36, nuno.grebaque@gmail.com, +34 638526808
References
Mónica Alberola Peiró, architect and professor at the Madrid School of Architecture. Contact by mail at: monica.alberola@upm.es
Daniela Frascaroli, Academic Head of Training and Development at Collegio di Milano Contact by mail at: d.frascaroli@collegiodimilano.it
Experience in user, environmental, anthropological, and contextual research in both academic and professional fields, employing mixed and flexible techniques. Proficient in mapping, interviewing, and observation skills.
Concept Genenration
Strong metaproject skills and ideation processes, utilizing design tools to enhance creative thinking and concept generation. Proficient in using mood boards and storytelling to define potential solutions. Effective brainstorming processes, with a functional application of these tools in a team context.
Market Research
Market research for design projects using comparative tools, along with skills in survey creation, data collection, and analysis.
Experience with UX tools to enhance product capabilities and design services centered around the object. These skills have also been applied to create services outside the scope of my product design portfolio
Skill-Portfolio Executive Des. Product Portfolio
Executive design
Experience in executive design practice through technical drawings, effective communication with other companies and technical departments, and image creation for patenting and intellectual property protection.
In-depth knowledge of materials and finishes, encompassing emotional and subjective aspects based on user perception research, as well as technical considerations. Extensive experience with selection tools
Sustainability and life cycle assessment analysis using various tools, ranging from general sustainability project approaches to specialized software like SimaPro.
Strong knowledge of materials and production technologies, with material research conducted through an extensive personal library and practical experimentation.
Skill-Portfolio Executive Des. Product
3D Modelling
Proficient in using 3D design tools, with ease in both parametric and surface-based software.
My preferred tool for professional use is Inventor, but I also have experience with other software such as Rhino, 3ds Max, SolidWorks, and Alias. Adaptable to frequent software changes with strong and quick learning capabilities.
Rendering
Communication
Professional rendering capabilities on differnt versions of Keyshot software.
Strong communication skills, ranging from developing client/internal communication strategies to creating efficient and fast layouts, primarily using the Adobe Suite. Additional experience with open software tools such as Canva and Figma.
Fast sketching skills using mixed techniques, with a strong emphasis on manual sketching to enhance communication during teamwork and client meetings
Sketching
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Prototyping
Exibition design
Heritage Research
Literature Review & Scentific Writing
Prototyping expertise, with knowledge of manual and traditional manufacturing techniques, as well as the use of machinery. Experienced in additive manufacturing and CNC technologies. Rapid prototyping using common materials. Experience in testing prototypes and user observation.
Experience in exhibition design practices for public museums in an academic context, as well as in the bike industry at fairs. Additionally, involved in designing exhibition stands for Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone.
Experience in heritage design through projects in personal, academic, and professional settings, incorporating research on cultural heritage while addressing cultural, historical, and regulatory constraints influencing the projects. Additional training in this field.
Strong skills in academic literature, supported by additional courses and college credits tailored for scholarly research and specifically designed for PhD candidates.
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Bicycle industry expertise
Transversal knowledge
Extensive knowledge of the bike industry, developed through experience in the family business and various professional roles: framebuilder apprentice, mechanic, bike messenger, Colnago heritage researcher, and freelance bike designer. Additionally, attended international fairs as an industry professional.
Extensive interdisciplinary education as a Collegio di Milano student, completing a total of 42 college courses. These ranged from practical skills, such as photography and advanced Excel, to literature and international politics, with a particular focus on social sciences, anthropology and policy-making. This background led to my selection as a vocal member in the G20 Simulation and the Next Forum
Specialized training in journalistic writing and podcast platform content creation, with skills in podcast design and editing acquired at Chora Academy.
Productive, responsible, and informed use of AI tools to enhance and streamline various work activities, supported by specialized education in this context
Clasp Concept Vitra
How can the public be encouraged to engage with coworking spaces?
Final proyect for PRODUCT DESING LAB 2020, in collab with Vitra
Clasp Concept Vitra
Bent wood and plastic chair equipped with storage. Simple, durable, elegant, it aims to accommodate the 21st century worker in the coworking space, creating a personal space.
The project, designed to fit within Vitra's catalog and strengthen their market presen ce, began with a detailed manual analysis of Vitra's catalog. All shapes were thorou ghly sketched to internalize Vitra's design language.
Clasp Executive Design Vitra
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From a conceptual clasp between parts to a technical and effective joint. Then trascending into a choral performance.
The ergonomics were adapted to vitra´s office standards to have a confortable computer position on fixed tables.
The seat is crafted from bent wood, while the container and backrest are made using rotationally molded HDPE. The two components are held together by a shaped clasp and standard hardware.
Onda Forniture Composad
How to make crowded workspaces less noisy?
Final proyectPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STUDIO x Composad, 2022
Concept Composad
An economical sound dampering shelve. The combination of the tilted arrangement of the cells and the recycled wood propierties offer optimal performance.
Final proyectPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STUDIO x Composad, 2022
Dimensionally correct scale models were used to test acustic propierties shoowing a 45% decrease in measured noise on the opposite side of the noise source. Compared to an average 10% of a regular shelve.
The shelve is thought for entry level crowded workspaces. The cost was trimmed to the minimum by the use of recycled wood, standard rectangular wood and commercial hardware.
The project advanced to the executive phase, encompassing user-friendly instructions as well as manufacturing, packaging, and distribution details.
Both intructions and packaging arrangement were tested to confirm their ease.
Packaging:
Measures were optimized to reach the minimum possibble volume of the packaging while staying into container and distribution standard measures.
Sustainability:
The rectangular pieces are cutted from standard wood pannels, the cutting layout was optimezed to achieve a 4% scrap material.
Totem Concept Discipline
How do young people's spaces adapt to their social life?
Final presenation LABORATORIO DI METAPROGGETTO 2019
Totem Concept Discipline
Brief:
How to innovate in the furniture industry. We tries to introduce new conceptual objects otside the traditional categorization.
Six stackable seat-containers that
will accommodate guests and their belongings, transforming any small space into an effective and dynamic coversation pit.
Antropological theries from Desmond Morris were studied and applied to create an optimal enviroment for socialization. Different hights mimic an irregular conversation hierarchy and help the communication.
The storytelling orbits around the concept of tribe. Fram a moment of chaos in wich people runs around the structure to the moment od peace after the distribution od the pieces.
Totem Prototype Discipline
Two real scale prototypes were created to test the capabilityes. Their acceptance was total. Their are still used 4 years later as a meeting point.
Pinguino Prototyping F.Visivi
How can monotony at the workspace be overcome by transforming classic office elements?
The proyect was created for Elementi Visivi course in 2019.
Pinguino Prototyping F.Visivi
Tech:
To create a long lasting and touch-worthy product various techniques were used: from manual trimming of various plastic materials to 3D printing and metal bending.
Testing
a product to exhaustion!
The aim was
to
create a playful object integrated in a serious (sometimes boring) enviroment. An operative prototype was created to test it’s propierties.
The product is a reinterpretation of the classic office desk pencil case. It has 4 piece that can be combined into at least 20 diffrent positions.
Some modern day functionalites were added keeping a simple shape and an analog object, as the smartphone holder or the space to hide a raphics table.
Stamina Versatility Freelance
Is it possible to create compatibility between mountain activities and sustainable habits?
WIMA Lagazuoi 2022 Design Awards Finalist
Stamina Versatility Freelance
Modular bicycle loading system. Lightweight and flexible can easily accommodate the mountain gear.
Modular bicycle loading system. Lightweight and flexible can accommodate the mountain gear in such a way as to transform this means of transportation into the primary sustainable vehicle in the mountain environment.
The modular system allows the substitution of pieces and the adaptation to the needs of the user. The high end materials help to reduce weight. 22
WIMA Lagazuoi 2022 Design Awards Finalist
Fora Dae Bae! Comunication Restoration Des.
How to restore consciousness and memory to Venice and raise tourist awareness?
Fora Dae Bae! Heritage Restoration Des.
Fora dae bae: an expression of Venetian origin, often mistakenly understood as a vulgar expression ti’s in fact a will of freedom and discovery.
Temporary installations that compose a metaphoric itinerary through strategic points.
Temporary installations that compose a metaphoric itinerary through strategic points in, and around Venice aiming to make people understand and respect the life in the lagoon.
Fora Dae Bae! Heritage Restoration Des.
Skills:
The work is based on a thoroug antropological field research, history becomes a tool to communicate to the general public the general aspects of life of a specific group.
Final proyect for Design per il Restauro, 2021
A metaphorical itinerary with 4 steps is being proposed , starting from the provocation, with the inclusion of the message in the road signs. After capturing the curiosity of the user, we will proceed to break him out of the crowds into the narrowness of the courts.
Then is time to encounter the origins of Venice in the small and distant lagoon cities, before finally acquiring awareness of the responsibility of the tourist. All the steps are prpperly signaled and explained in the website.
S. Pietro di Castello
Torcello
Malamocco
Design Engineering
How must the bicycle evolve to be the versatile transport of the uncertain future that awaits us?
FUGA Design Engineering
A hybrid micro-mobility navigator: spacious enough to carry your luggage, yet compact enough for you to fit inside.
Personal Project 2022-2023
The bike is designed to be a multi-terrain vehicle that can be disassembled to be transported in any possible means of transport. At the same time, it is designed to have sufficient load capacity to hold all the owner's belongings.
The basic idea is to create a kind of turtle shell that accompanies and protects the user. suitcase and transport at the same time.
Mod-344 Concept ESA
How to enable work of disable astronauts in the ISS?
Final presenation meeting PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STUDIO 19 / 01 / 2022 x ESA
Mod-344 Concept ESA
Tech: the snap fit mechanism was specifiically created to adapt to the zero gravity enviroment and test virtually and fisically.
How to enable work of disable astronauts in the ISS? A 3D printed adaptable prothesis.
The prothesis is designed to be built with ease fast and in small quantities. It has an adaptable 3D printed design. It can be used both by amputated astronauts and regular ISS inhabitants.
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Proyect PoliMi x ESA, Fondazione Brodolini Fuorisalone, published by Focus.
ZoomRoom Spaces BoschiDiStefano
Can physical, psychological and social inaccessibility be simultanously solved?
ZoomRoom Spaces BoschiDiStefano
Inaccesibilityes:
The room is located in a third floor of an old building in the city center, therefor is inaccesible for physical disabilities and marginal social groups. In addition the crowded and chaotic spaces meke a visit for a mental disabled extremely unpleasant.
Solution:
A fully accesible and open structure that mimics he shapes of the original bulding and hosts two interactive screens to display artworks in an immersive way. The structure s to be set in public spaces in the outskirts of the city.
ZoomRoom expands museum's reach to a broader audience through a portable installation that serves as an ambassador in public spaces.
Accesibility Studio with Pete Kercher 2022
Casa Museo Boschi di Stefano is a small haose Museum in Milan. It hosts a vast modern art collection but has a very limited public due to accesibility and marketing issues. 31
Worn Future
Speculative scenarios for a design intervention in the seond hand market.
INTEGRATED PRODUCT DESIGN master thesis, publishet in 2024
Worn Future Research
Abstract:
The second-hand market is both a timeless practice and a topic of pressing relevance today. Its significance has surged economically in the post-pandemic world, and it holds great potential as a sustainable alternative in a society urgently seeking “green” solutions. In this context, a substantial body of scholarly literature focuses on measuring the impact of specific projects and describing their economic growth. However, there is a noticeable gap in academic qualitative analysis that could provide a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the secondhand market. Notably, few product designers have tackled this subject in these terms, as it necessitates refusing traditional projectuality focused on creation and rethinking design as we understand it.
This dissertation begins by exploring the connections between the discipline of product design and the second-hand market. It lays the groundwork for a "design perspective" on the subject through a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary literature review that incorporates sources from economics, engineering, and sociology. This review aims to establish understandable and applicable terms for designers. The research is complemented by fieldwork using specifically created design observation tools, which help untangle and synthesize insights from this often complex and opaque field.
The study highlights the complexity of the secondhand market and the lack of or a rational management approach. This suggests a future where the involvement of product designers is crucial to prevent the dispersion or complete loss of value and affordance of objects entering the secondhand market. The dissertation proposes seven speculative scenarios for this future intervention, considering the various market variables and the key values that need preservation. Finally, these scenarios are tested through a real-world activity, aiming to inspire interpretations and validate their effectiveness.
The structured transition of objects from their first use to a second life.
DESIGN NARRATIVES research paper 2022
Usato Research
Abstract:
The debate around sustainability is one of the key challenges of the modern world. Therefore, it has been analyzed under several competing perspectives.
The academic literature heavily focuses on how to transform the design profession to adapt our activities to concepts like circular economy, recyclable and eco-sourced materials. All of this helps to reduce emissions, but it is not sufficient to halt the advancement of climate change.
There is a very simple, utopic, and radical way to cancel emissions and waste: completely stopping production. In this context, the skills and knowledge of a modern product designer could play a fundamental role. In this paper, I argue that it is possible to apply widely accepted architecture restoration theories to the second hand market, generating value for used objects in a design driven and structured way.
