My name is Giorgio Venturi and I live and work in one of the most exciting cities in the World: London. I was born in Umbria, often considered the “green hearth” of Italy because of its dense woods. Before staying in London, I have lived in the Netherlands – a country I love too for its quality of life.
I am a user experience professional with more than eight years of international experience. I am an innovator and enterpreneur with an unbounded enthusiasm for my job.
Before 2006, I was a researcher in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). I was Research Fellow and PhD candidate at the University of Bedfordshire (see my publications). I s still try to find time to write papers and essays about user research, interaction design and design philosophy, but I am finding it more and more difficult due to my increasingly involvement with hands-on work. It is actually a very difficult position because I have lots of thing I would like to talk about, but less and less time to do it.
I also carried out a Marie Curie Research Fellowship in Thales Naval, Netherlands, Combat Systems (2003-2005).
My research goal was the integration of User Centred Design in the product lifecycle of interactive products. I was also involved in the design and evaluation of novel information visualisation for command and control systems.
Broadly speaking, in the years 2001-2005 I carried out research on Human Factors Engineering, User Centred Product Development, Universal Design, Accessibility, Cognitive Work Analysis, Learning Design.
Today, I believe those years have helped me changing the way I approach design in organizations today. Design practice is not only a matter of pixels or interaction design patterns; it also mediates between conflicting perspectives and requirements and ultimately it works when it bridges that gap.
’nuff said about my work…
I am married with Marivanna Chessa and I enjoy living in the South of London that, despite local beliefs, I still think is the best place to live.
I love traveling and I especially enjoy backpacking. One of the best times in my life has been spend hitchhiking across the beautiful Ireland.
This website is not updated very often these days, my most recent digital bits are spread around: