About
bio
creative
technologist
Marco graduated in Interaction Designer at SUPSI and Engineer in Microtechnology at the BFH of Bienne. He works as scientific collaborator and manager of the Manufacturing Laboratory at the Design Institute of SUPSI (DACD).
He teaches Digital Fabrication at the Master of Arts in Interaction Design and at the FabLab SUPSI. As a technical collaborator he followed the "Sette Architetture Automatiche" project of Riccardo Blumer's atelier at the USI Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio.
He works as freelance in the design and engineering of interactive installations for museum and art exhibitions.
work
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since 2019
Freelancer
Engineer and Interaction Designer
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since 2015
Mendrisio, Switzerland
Scientific collaborator, Teacher, Fablabmanager
As interaction designer and both software and electronics engineer, I'm working in research project about interactive museum exhibitions, web for accessibility, digital fabrication for assistive devices as well as teaching and coaching. Since 2017 I'm also co-manager of FabLab SUPSI Lugano.
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2016-2017
Mendrisio, Switzerland
Technical Collaborator at the Atelier of Arch. Riccardo Blumer
For the project "Seven Automatic Architectures" lead by the Atelier of Arch. Riccardo Blumer, I followed and technically developed the projects with the students and the other assistants to first build the concept prototypes and then the 1:1 scale installations that have been part of the exhibition during the opening of the new Theatre of the architecture of the USI Academy Architecture campus in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Two of the projects have also been exhibited during the Biennale di Venezia 2018.
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2010-2013
Losone, Switzerland
Laboratory Engineer in Microtechnology
Production and quality control of optical sensors, design, fine tuning and creation of production tools, mechanical and micro-mechanical manufacturing (lathe and milling machine), product photography and video for documentation and advertising, responsible for the final work of poly-mechanic apprentice.
freelance
2022
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LCD 1
Limited edition device/token hardware
Electronics engineering
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operanuova.ch website
International magazine of writers and scriptures
Front-end developer
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ON ICE - il fascino del ghiaccio
Temporary museum exhibition
Interaction Designer
Quiz installation for single or multiplayer game about the content of the exhibition and video playback for according to the score achieved.
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Le molte facce del contagio
Temporary exhibition
Interaction Designer
Contragio
2021
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POC and MVP prototype
Product development
Engineer (CAD, EDA PCB) and Interaction Designer
MVP development
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Spazzacamino!
Permanent museum exhibition
Interaction Designer
Spazzacamini
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Digital signage Campus USI
Installation
Engineering
Insegna Bar USI
2020
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Etnorama
Associazione musei etnografici ticinesi
Itinerant outdoor installation
Interaction Designer
Etnorama
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3D printed robot kit
Educational kit development (3D print part)
3D modeling
Otto robot
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Persuasive System
Artistic temporary installation
Interaction Designer
Persuasive System
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50 di voce 50 di blenio
Temporary museum exhibition
Interaction Designer
50 di Voce 50 di Blenio
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United We Stand, Ischgl, Intensity Intensifies
Temporary art museum exhibitions
Interaction Designer
Custom projection management and audio playback for those photo exhibitions: Intensity Intensifies of Beni Bischof, Ischgl, United We Stand
2019
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Location Ticino
Film festival Castelli in Aria
Augmented Reality temporary exhibition
Interaction designer
Augmented reality exhibition called "Location Ticino"
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Imperfetto
Temporary exhibition
Interaction designer
Interactive exhibition "Il Cervello"
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Let it snow!
Temporary museum exhibition
Interaction designer
For the temporary exhibition titled "Let it snow!", I did setup the installation consisting in three elder men sit around a table and talking about the winter marathons they did help organising in the Leventina valley with many stories and memories about them.
The installation consisted in three vertical monitors each one with the video of a man, symmetrically placed around a round table. For each monitor a speaker played the voice of each individual man.
By sitting at the table, visitors are really into the conversation because the three men are correctly looking at each other and also the voices are coming from their actual location.
Technically, even if it does seem simple, it has been quite a challenge figuring out how to have them all in sync and how to managed the video and audio tracks.
The solution used has been to setup the three monitors as unique screen for the computer and to create a unique video file with all the three videos of the interviews in it as well as the audio tracks in a 5.1 surround configuration to be able to have enough channels for the three voices (stereo has just two mono track, 5.1 surround potentially six).
An external 5.1 surround sound card has been used to have the required multiple audio tracks to be sent to the individual speakers.
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I Magistri moesani
Temporary museum exhibition
Digital artisan
Technical consultancy and realisation of laser-cutted plates containing all the names of the artisans form that valley that worked abroad in the XVII e XVIII century.
2018
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Che effetto che fa
Film festival Castelli in Aria
Augmented Reality temporary exhibition
Interaction designer
Augmented Reality interactive exhibition “Che effetto che fa” about VFX with Edy Radice
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Modular lighting system
Temporary fair exhibition
Engineering
Programmable illumination system for the exhibition in Langenthal about the design schools
2015
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Smart slot
Youth prevention campaign
Interaction Designer
Gioco d'azzardo, slot machines
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Spherical photos for NEAT e-learning
Spherical photography
Photographer
education
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2014
Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design
University of Applied Sciences and Arts, SUPSI
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2009
Bachelor of Science in Micro-engineering
Bern University of Applied Sciences, BUAS
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2005
Electronic technician in audio and video
Scuola d'Arti e Mestieri, SAMT
courses
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2020
Introduction to Computational Design in Grasshopper
Online workshop
Computational design applied to a circular economy and reuse of materials allows us to rethink and rearrange existing elements into new layouts suitable for temporary activities in the urban environment.
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2019
Machine Learning for Creatives 2019
workshop
Machine Learning for Creatives is a creativity and innovation workshop happening from 24 July to 27 July 2019 at the Museum of Digital Art (MuDA), in Zurich. It proposes a learning journey in which teams of students, artists-designers and researchers are enabled to collaboratively create prototypes based on AI and ML technologies thanks to simplified workflows, tools and open resources.
teaching
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Digital Fabrication
Master of Arts in Interaction Design SUPSI
2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Fusion 360, CAD, 3D modelling, CNC machining, laser-cutting, 3D printing, fast prototyping
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Fablab Seminar
2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
Interdisciplinary course for the Bachelor students in architecture, interior architecture, visual communication and civil engineer aimed to teach them 3D modelling skills (Fusion 360) and the use of the machines (CNC and Lasercutter) of the Fablab SUPSI Lugano.
The students are co-designer and fabricators of a WikiBikePark that will be build at the campus, using modular components that are designed and prototyped together. The structure will be something more than not just a bike parking space. It will be a place where to learn something about sustainable mobility, a place where to meet other people and eventually repair your bike or charge it.
The approach is horizontal and driven by the practical approach of many iterations from ideas to prototype and testing and back again.
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Fenomenologia dello spazio in VR
Bachelor in Interior Architecture SUPSI DACD
2021, 2022
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Materials, tools and forms
Bachelor in Interior Architecture SUPSI DACD
2022
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Arduino introductive course
2016
Arduino and coding fundamentals
workshop
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Robot Scarabocchio
2017, 2016
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Introduction to Arduino
2017
coaching
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PIY
The digital fabrication in one app
SUPSI Visual Communication Bachelor Thesis, 2020
Giorgio Francolini
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Henry
Computational playground
SUPSI Visual Communication Bachelor Thesis, 2018
Sara Borghi
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Ethafa
STEAM education kit
SUPSI Visual Communication Bachelor Thesis, 2017
Leyla Tawfik
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Fixture tool for sensors assembly
Mechanical fixture developed for the production of a specific product of the Sensoptic SA company in Losone, Switzerland
LIP Polymechanic AGIE, 2013
Matteo
skills
- 3D modeling
- 3D printing
- 3D Rendering
- 3D scanning
- Lasercutting
- CAD
- CAM
- CNC
- Electronics
- Physical computing
- EDA
- Interactive installations
- Woodworking
- Metalworking
- Mechanics
- Photography
- Videography
- Web development
- Web design
- Interaction design
- Teaching