User:Gianmarcogr

I am a 23 years old Interaction Designer currently based in Malmö, Sweden. I got my Bachelor's degree in Social Innovation, Communication and New Technology at the Univerity of Turin, achieved Google's UX Design diploma and finally got a Master's degree in Interaction Design at Malmö University. I have worked as an accountant and as an English tutor to pay for my studies and participated as a designer in two exhibitions: Time Space Existence in Venice, Italy, and Southern Sweden Design Days in Malmö. The drive of my work is the concept of embodied interaction design, which affirms that we are constantly embodied in our physical bodies, the cultural context we live in and the space and time we experience; we create meaning by experiencing the world around us and through our designs we shape it and get shaped by it. Some of my previous projects include MindBuddy, an app for wearable devices to keep track of one's own mental health during pandemic lockdowns, Heart Drop, a speculative design of an hourglass filled with water that goes at the rhythm of the user's heartbeat, and Visions of Couture, a system for high fashion showrooms that uses holographic illusions and gesture interaction to let clients interact with the models and looks from fashion shows.

For the current WiR, I would be interested in working on the "Content" topic, meaning how to best reflect, create and document knowledge and how to create open content in a regular and structured way, together with local communities. Knowledge is something that is extremely embodied, connected to the context in which it is generated and consumed, the space, time and culture it speaks and refers to and the individuals or communities that create it, store it and share it. I would like to get in contact with everyone that is actively involved and influenced by the knowledge that Timelab produces to study the best way to collectively create, store and share this knowledge, possibly creating a platform or system that accounts for this specific context in which it would be used.