photo mino parisi about senior ux designer

I’m a designer who’s passionate about solving problems and creating loved experiences.

Experience — In the last 12 years, I designed digital products, services, websites, apps, platforms, e-commerce, and facilitated processes for many clients in different industries such as telco, IT services, banking, eyewear, education, music, surfing, local NGO, transportation, and Government institutions.

  • HCL Technologies (BigFix)
    Senior UX Designer
    May 2019 - Present / Rome, Italy

  • Fifth Beat
    Senior UX Designer
    Febraury 2016 - March 2019 / Rome, Italy

  • Engineering spa
    UX Designer
    March 2015 - Febraury 2016 / Rome, Italy

  • UserTest/Lab
    UX Designer
    January 2014 - January 2015 / Rome, Italy

  • TheBlogTv
    UX Designer
    July 2013 - December 2013 / Rome, Italy

  • From 2009 to 2013 (during my Master's degree) I was an industrial designer and I designed furniture and jewels for various brands.

Teaching

Lecturing


Mentoring

  • Talent Garden: Hack for the Future / July 2019, Milan (IT)

  • Education Hackathon / June 2018, Rome (IT)

  • CoDesign Jam: Social Design for Urban Change / November 2015, Rome (IT)

  • Maker Hackathon / March 2014, Rome (IT)


Speaking

  • UX Book Club Rome (2018)
    Talk title: Design Fiction, Speculative and Critical Design.

  • World Information Architecture Day - Rome 2017

    Talk title: Rome Design City.

  • World Information Architecture Day - Rome 2016
    Talk title: User Research made with photography.

  • Codemotion Conference 2015
    Talk title: How UX Design can improve Makers Movement.

  • Maker Faire Rome 2015
    Talk title: How UX Design can improve Makers Movement.

Teaching & Speaking — In my opinion, teaching is one of the most significant missions for a designer because it shapes how future designers will change the World. Also, help you to create new tools and experiment with methodologies. Moreover, I was a speaker at different Design and Tech events to share my thoughts and ideas.

Education — Always learning! Every year, I used to follow 2-3 conferences and different online talks, courses, and workshops.
I usually read a design book every month, from old 70s Design Theory essays to the last trending books about UX methods.
Medium articles? Yes, but I’m careful about the sources (I don’t like copy and paste).

Degrees

  • Sapienza - University of Rome
    Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design / December 2009

  • Sapienza - University of Rome
    Master’s Degree in Multimedia Design / March 2012


Certifications

Design Communities — I led the local UX Community (UX Club Rome) from 2015 to 2017 (photo on the right).

Moreover, I co-hosted different UX events such as the CoDesign Jam Rome 2015, WIAD Rome 2016 and 2017. Also, I organized other events and communities related to technologies, the makers movement, and DIY practices like indie video games and circuit bending.

I believe in learning by doing, in the Do-It-Yourself, and the power of spreading knowledge through the communities.

Beside design

I love Music

Before Covid, I usually attended more than 50 concerts every year from small punk DIY gigs to big ones like Aphex Twin, Slowdive, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Alva Noto & Sakamoto.
In a nutshell, I’m crazy for music, vinyls and concerts!

Photo as changemaker

I believe that photo-reportage can nudge us to improve the society. My fav reporters are: Alex Majoli, Matt Black, Letizia Battaglia, Josef Koudelka, Paolo Pellegrin, Abbas.
I always take with me my Nikon FM2 for exploring the World.

Art as inspiration

I think that all artistic fields, also Design, are intertwingled! Some of my best ideas came out after I walked into a gallery or a museum. I usually go to 1-2 exhibits every month because they’re the fuel for my creativity!