Biography/Background
Lorenzo is a designer with a particular interest in large-scale systems and sustainability.
Italian, with a background in Classical Studies, he obtained his BS and MS in Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano, where he developed his master thesis within the Design Innovation for Sustainability Research Unit. Afterwards he spent some time in the United States working at MIT as a research assistant for the Vehicle Design Summit, collaborating with Senseable City Lab and the Trash Track Project. More recently he was an intern with the Mobility and Energy Efficiency Team at the Rocky Mountain Institute in Boulder Colorado.
He joined the Design Research Group at Umeå Institute of Design in September 2010.
He is researching the role that design has in the development of an "Urban Internet of Things”. This will enhance the ability of cities and utilities to increase both the responsiveness and efficiency of their services/infrastructures to the growing needs, behaviors and culture of their citizens.
Area of interest
Service, Interaction, Strategic, Sustainability, Sociality, Systems, Infrastructures, Energy, Transportation, Ubiquitous Technologies, Participatory Sensing.
Recent work
RMI Fleets
http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Fleets
SenseableLab Trash Track
http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/
PINK! Workshop
http://senseable.mit.edu/pink/
Vehicle Design Summit
VDS Product Service System
