Martina Pagura, 1983
Education
Liceo ‘La Filandere’ (science high school), San Vito al Tagliamento, near Pordenone, north Italy.
Undergraduate degree in Industrial Design (Product and Graphic Design) at Politecnico di Torino (University of Turin). Thesis, Stili di vita in poltrona: storia e critica dell’imbottito in Italia 1945–2006 (Armchair lifestyles: a history and critique of Italian upholstery, 1945–2006) supervised by Elena Dellapiana.
Erasmus programme at Strate Collège, Paris, academic year 2004–05: work on product and packaging design.
Currently: Graduate degree in Product Design, specializing in Interaction Design, at IUAV University of Venice. I am working on my thesis project Laundrym until 22 April 2009.
Workshops attended
2002: ‘Color’ – photography workshop directed by Franco Fontana at the Politecnico di Torino.
2003: ‘Food Design’, directed by SupraDesign (the Turin studio) at the Politecnico di Torino.
2005: ‘Light and Spaces’, directed by Franco Forchino and Claudio Meloni at the Politecnico di Torino.
2007: ‘Design comme langage’ – design of an identity for the European Union, an international project involving IUAV University of Venice, Glasgow School of Art, La Cambre (Brussels), ENSCI (Paris), and Tel Aviv University at La Cambre.
2008: ‘Usable Witchery’ physical computing workshop directed by Yaniv Steiner at IUAV University of Venice.
2008: Processing workshop directed by Casey Reas – Fondazione Replay-Claudio Buziol
Recent studio courses (IUAV)
2006: ‘Design dei prodotti elettronici’ – design of possible innovations in electronic domestic objects.
2007: ‘Invisible Bridges’ – design of social software for the mobile phone, directed by Gillian Crampton Smith with Philip Tabor and guest tutors Christian Riekoff, Vinay Ventrakamen and Nicholas Zambetti.
2008 (current): ‘Time Machine’ – design of an ambient interactive installation in Venice, directed by Philip Tabor with Gillian Crampton Smith and guest tutors Durrell Bishop and Tom Hulbert.
Design competition
2008: “Selachimopha” Selachimorpha won the second prize in the competition “Vota e vinci il design”, Online section of Samsung Young Design Award 2008
Informatic skills
High level: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Rhinoceros.
Medium level: 3D Studio Max , Cinema 4D, Processing, Mobile Processing.
Low level: Final Cut Pro, Flash.
Physical prototyping skills
Good experience with balsa, expanded polyurethane, chalk, ceramics and paper.
Languages
Italian: mother tongue.
English: good. Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET): 2004 pass with merit.
French: good spoken language and comprehension, school-level writing.
German: school-level.
Experience and interests
2000-2001-2002-2008: gymnastics coach (C.O.N.I. diploma instructor). Worked with children (8-12y.o.) at Nova Virtus – S.Martino al Tagliamento.
2001-2002: Work for the municipality of Zoppola as organizer of activity and happenings promoted by the youth center.
2005: 3-month internship at Fausto Boscariol Associati on transportation and product design.
2005–07: Collaboration with non-profit association Pro Loco di Zoppola on graphic projects for local events.
2007–08: Teaching digital photomontage at the Libera Università di Zoppola.
2007-2009: Collaboration with Orchestra Cortile on image and graphic promotion.
I like to find a connection between abstract concepts and practical applications: I enjoy equally mathematics and making things by hand, and am particularly interested in innovation. I would like to work on new ideas, abstract or concrete, for new lifestyles. I am committed to solving existing problems by looking ahead and imagining innovative ways of doing things, not just by making another object.
