Stefano Marchetto - Inventor & Designer — Milan, Italy
Stefano Marchetto was born and raised in Italy. He graduated at the Faculty of Design and Arts with a degree in Industrial Design and obtained a master's degree in Industrial Design at Politecnico in Milan. He is now working as freelance designer.
His design philosophy could be summarized in 3 words: emorational - innovative - sustainable. “Emorational” is a word created mixing the words emotional and rational, meaning an ideal coexistence between the two values.
Education
2006/2011 - Masters Degree in Industrial Design at Politecnico in Milan
2007 - Car Design course with Politecnico in Milan and FIAT
1999/2003 - Degree in Industrial Design at IUAV - Venice
Languages
Italian: mother-tongue
English: TOEFL IBT score: 83
Softwares
2D: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Flash
3D: 3D Studio MAX, Cinema 4D, Rhinoceros, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Maya, Alias Studio
Rendering: Vray, Brazil, Maxwell Render, Keyshot, Shot
Light: DIALux, Tracepro
Skills
model making: wood, paper, foam, clay
mixed hand/photoshop sketching
knowledge of different User Experience methods, and MSDS Sustainability research method
(my last thesis project is a sustainable trike sharing system for contemporary urban environments)
Design philosophy
Innovative – sustainable and “emorational”. “Emorational” is a neologism I created, mixing the words “emotional” and “rational”.
Working Experience
2012: Co-founder and Chief Designer at Uman Solutions srl
2011: freelance designer at SMid
2011: Co-founder and Chief Designer at Bellabici
2010-2011: Creative director at Bioforce srl
2008-2009: product and concept designer at DiBari LLC
2005-2006: freelance designer, 3DStudio Max and Rhinoceros teacher
2003-2005: industrial designer and 3D modeller
1998-1999: works in the IT
Awards
2012 - Singularity University Global Impact Competition 2012: finalist with Mobility
2011 - Expo Bicitech Innovation Award 2011: selected with Bellabici
2010 - Featured Portfolio at Coroflot
2009 - FWA (with Piaggio Mp3 website, as 3D artist)
2009 - FWA (with Eternal Platinum website, as 3D artist)
2008 - Samsung Young Design Award - Finalist
2008 - iF Concept Design Award
2008 - Michelin Design Challenge - Car Design Competition : Finalist
2007 - Michelin Design Challenge - Car Design Competition : Finalist
2007 - The radical radiator of the future - Industrial Design competition : Finalist
2006 - Stile Italiano Giovani - Car Design Competition : Finalist
2004 - Stile Italiano Giovani - Car Design Competition : Winner
Various
Former speaker in a radio program, I’m interested in electronic music. I like to compose using different sofwares. You can listen to some of my songs at my MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/smid04.
I also like to play electric guitar and design T-shirt graphics.
I’m an active Couchsurfing member: so far I’ve hosted more than 20 travellers from all around the world, and organized an itinerant Cineforum in Padua.