Graduated in Architecture and PhD in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication, he worked at Domus Academy Research Centre and at Philips Design as Senior Design Consultant, working on the integration between the technological development and the design of new products, services and systems. He carries on a theoretical and research activity in the field of interaction design, graphical users interfaces, dynamic interfaces and interaction techniques, knowledge organization and information visualization, writing and representation systems.
He is the author of the theoretical book on computer-based systems Design dell’informazione. Tassonomie per la progettazione di sistemi grafici auto-nomatici (2006) and the editor of the books: L’ambiente dell’apprendimento. Web design e processi cognitivi (2006) with G. Anceschi and M. A. Garito; Multiple ways to design research. Research cases that reshape the design discipline (2009). At SUPSI, he is the Head of the Master of Advanced Studies in Interaction Design and the Co-Head of the Interaction Design Lab.