I'm an Italian Product Designer with more than 30 years of professional experience in several fields of design, from toys to furniture, from automotive to aerospace, consumer electronics and IT, mobile and Audio/Video devices, advanced composites for the aerospace and marine industry, yacht design.
Several applications, different challenges, a wise experience on materials and manufacturing techniques and processes. With a strong knowledge about Injection Molding of thermoplastics and Die Cast metal alloys.
From 2001 to 2005 have been designing pre-production tooling and molds of tail lamps for the major European car manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Bugatti, Mercedes, Porsche, Volkswagen, Volvo).
I've been working on advanced 3D CAD systems since 1988. From Computervision and Intergraph on Unix Workstations to SDRC I-DEAS, Rhino 3D and Microstation on Win NT platforms, to Catia V5, Solidworks and Rhino V5 on Win7 multiprocessor HP workstations. Rendering applications of choice: Maxwell Render and KeyShot, for stunning photorealistic results and quick animations for presentation purposes.
My design approach consists in evaluating the customer's requests and technical brief, the product specifications and - possibly - a market analysis. Based on the provided information, an early evaluation sketch is usually produced with mixed techniques including a rough 3D model for basic evaluation of volume and proportions.
After a first customer evaluation and approval, further refinements...