RESUME

francesca signori design & inspirations

A multi-faceted, creative and energetic professional exposed to various facets of design.

Product design - interior design - trend and research - concept - inspiration trips - graphic design – art direction – brand direction.

Use for: observing, connecting, understanding, brainstorming, problem solving & dreaming.

FRANCESCA SIGNORI

Place and date of birth: Gazzaniga Bg, Italy 19/04/1977

Home address: Via 4 Novembre 2, 24021 Albino (BG), Italy

Mobile +39.347.8646783

e-mail: francescasignori@yahoo.it

www.francescasignori.com

Education:

· 04-2005 Master degree
Trend setter and cool hunting – Industrial Design dept.
Domus Academy – Milan

· 04-2002 Degree in Industrial Design, 100/100 cum Laude
III Faculty of Architecture – Industrial Design dept.
Politecnico di Milano, Milano - Italy
Thesis title: “XF Generation extra-flexible, furniture project for young urban nomads. Transformable and transportable seating system based on the honeycomb structure of paper decorations”.

· 1996 High school degree at the experimental artistic high school BG.

Computer programs:

Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, 3D studio Max, Rhinoceros, Premiere, Director, Autocad.

Languages:

Italian (mother-tongue), English (fluent), Japanese, level base

Work experience> magazine

· 2003-2006 photographer and cool hunter

Glamour Italy, Glamour Germany, www.glamour.com, www.voguevanity.com

(photographer for backstage during Fashion Week in Milan, London, New York, Paris)

Mood (design, fashion), In-style (Monaco), Bunte (Monaco), Future concept Lab (Italy).

Work experience> design, research, interior design

· 2006: Capogiro disco club, Bergamo, Italy

Interior design – Art director

· 2006: Secret, Restaurant

Interior design, Art director

· 2006: Bags collection for My Bags, Vertical Vision.

· 2006: Just Fragile, Salone del mobile, Milano

Collection of soap jewels to wear like precious lingerie before the bath

In collaboration with Celia Suzanne Sluijter and Le Savonnerie (Amsterdam).

· 2006 Soffittoviola Iseo, Brescia, Italy

Interior designer – Art director

Trend and research shop about design and fashion

· 2005-2006 CaPoGiRo-joy Club, Bergamo, Italy

Interior designer - Art director

www.capogiro.it

· 2005-2006 Secret-restaurant Bergamo, Italy

Interior designer - Art director

· 2006 Volè, for Agrimec, Bergamo, Italy

Project of transportable and strip down house

www.agrimec.it

· 2005 Furniture book, for Despina Editor, Milan, Italy

A book that transform itself into household furniture.

· 2005 Elio Fiorucci, Milan, Italy

window shop, fashion designer, web

www.eliofiorucci.it

· 2004 Fopppedretti, Bergamo, Italy.

Collection of furniture completely knockdown, transportable in a bag.

www.foppapedretti.it

· 2004 Lazzari, Milan, Italy.

Collection of Graphic for furniture.

www.lazzarimilano.it

· 2004-2006 with Michele Siconolfi open Tuttafuffa Design,

A young design company based in Italy. Colletions: Pret à Habiter and Naftalina.

· 2003 Studio 8, Paola Navone, Milan.

Project for Illy café, new coffee design shop.

· 2003 Fashion designer, Trend and concept for Scorpion Bay (sport and surf), accessories and bags.

· 2003 Collaboration with Future Concept Lab (MI) concerning the realization of a research in New York about new trendy places, innovative advertising campaigns, trendy products, places of aggregation and cultural consumption, fashions and clothing styles, tendencies in consumption in general (products + brands)...

· 2002 Internship (3 months) at Culinaria, New York. Projects for product design, web design and interior design.

· 2002 Collaboration with Garde, Tokyo. Architecture and design group. Project for a coffee Jeweller in Tokyo.

· 2002 Thematic tutor of the Fashion course at the Politecnico di Milano. Professors: Nanni Strada, Sara Mano, A.Maria Castro.

Publications>

Works, interview and products have been published in various design magazines, newspapers.

Interni (11-06), Casa Naturale (11-06), Case da Abitare (10-06), Casaviva (10-06), Lp Magazine (09-06), D casa della Repubblica (09-06), Casamica (09-06) DDB (09-06), Il bagno (09-06), Glamour Austria (08-06), DHD, Hospitality (04-06), Flair (03-06), Mood (03-06), Elle Decor (02-06), Vogue Sposa (01-06), Casaviva (03-06), NE, Russia (02-06) Casa Mia Décor (04-06), Wohn!Design (01-06), Ottagono (01-06), D Casa Repubblica (11-05), Grazia Casa (11-05), Deco Home (01-06), Grazia (07-05), Box (07-05), Vogue Italy (04/05), D Casa, La repubblica delle donne (09/04), AD France (09/04), Elle decor (08-09/04), Marie Claire, Mosca (09/04), Marie Claire (08/04), Elle Decor Oslo (08-09/04), Glamour, Italy (08/04), Metroplois- Usa (07 2004), Casa mia Decor (08-09/04), La Stampa: 19/06/04, Fashion: 07/04, Next Exit (07/04), Case da Abitare: 06/04, Glamour, Italy (06/04), D della Repubblica (05/04)

Exibitions>

Salone Satellite, Milan Fourniture 2006, Design Amsterdam, 09/05, Salone Satellite, Milan Fourniture 2005, Salone Satellite, Milan Fourniture 2004, Mipim, Milan 2004, Young designer in Bergamo: Francesca Signori and her personal point of view. Bergamo 2000

Hobbies> Travel, Dance, Free Climbing, Theatre, Mountains, Yoga.