Vincenzo Di Maria FRSA

Energetic and creative designer, interested in innovation and sustainable development.
Vincenzo is passionate about people, social change, entrepreneurship, design & socially
responsive innovation. Specialised in design research and service design, creative problem
solving and effective collaboration.

Experience in collaborative working, project lead role, design production and workshop facilitation.
Excellent communication skills, fluent Italian and English, good Spanish and Portuguese, some
understanding of French. Positive approach to life, passion for cooking, travelling, and curious
about other cultures.

Work Experience

• December 2011/ongoing
  Design research and SROI evaluation team at Quotidian, Lisbon
  www.quotidiansite.com
  
  
• December 2008/ongoing
  Co-ounder & Catalys at commonground where design meets positive social change.
  In partnership with Bruno Taylor.
  www.gotocommonground.com
  
  
• January 2011/ongoing
  Co-founder and evangelist at FLiPjobs, a digital start up about young people and employment
  opportunities in the UK. Co-developed with Bruno Taylor, Dave Fletcher and Itamar Ferrer.
  www.flipyourself.co.uk
  
  
• January 2010/ongoing
  Visiting Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, College of Art and Design, University of the Arts
  London. Working with postgraduate courses bringing expertise in design research, user centred
  approach, co-design and prototyping. In 2011 Vincenzo co-founded and delivered the first
  Service Design Summer course at Central Saint Martins. www.arts.ac.uk [service design]
  
  
• February 2011/February 2012
  Coordinator of Action for Age 2011 at experimentadesign (design response).
  Action for Age is an initiative of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures
  and Commerce (RSA) in partnership with experimentadesign, with the support of the Calouste
  Gulbenkian since 2009 and Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa since 2010.
  
  
• September 2007/ongoing
  Design Against Crime Research Centre - Central Saint Martins Innovation Research Center,
  University of the Arts London, freelancer design researcher. Bikeoff project assistant, research,
  visualisation and consulting. www.designagainstcrime.com / www.bikeoff.org
  
  
• September 2009
  Curation of Up All Night 2009, Central Saint Martins Showcase, London Design Week 2009.
  University of the Arts London, with Bruno Taylor. www.upallnight2009.blogspot.com
  
  
• October 2009
  Display and curation of Chelsea Barrack Partership consultation material, Pimlico Road Community
  Hub and Chelsea Town Hall, London. Soundings: www.soundingsoffice.com
  www.chelseabarrackspartnership.com
  
  
• July 2009
  Design visualisation for Vexed Generation, Luta project, Fight for Peace collection.
  
  
• November 2008
  Design production for Loop PH studio, Sonumbra Project private commission.
  http://loop.ph/bin/view/Loop/WebHome
  
  
• November 2008
  Design consulting and strategy planning for North & South London. Client: Vrumona soft drinks.
  Branding workshop.
  

Education

• 2006/2008
  MA Industrial Design MAID Central Saint Martins school of Art and Design,
  University of the Arts London UK
  www.maindustrialdesign.com
  
  
• 3/28 July 2006
  Advanced Product Design double course www.london-milan-courses.com
  Central Saint Martins College of art and design, London UK
  Domus Academy Design, Milano ITALY
  
  
• 2004/2005
  Socrates-Erasmus program, BA Product Design, Plymouth University,
  Faculty of Arts and Design, Exeter UK
  www.plymouth.co.uk
  
  
• 2002/2005
  BA Industrial Design ISIA Roma Istituto Superiore Industrie Artistiche ITALY
  www.isiaroma.it
  
  

Professional Development

• December 2007
  Light design Master class by Trilux and AIT,
  Luxfutura, the future of light, Arnsberg, Düsseldorf GERMANY
  
  
• 1/7 September 2007
  Architecture Sans Frontiers Eden Project Summer Camp UK
  Sustainable livelihoods and social enterprise: building with waste
  
  
• 12/21 July 2007
  Dott 07 Sustainable Tourism Design Camp
  Design of the Time Festival Allendale, Newcastle UK www.dott07.com
  
  

Awards

• Sptember 2011 Winner of Naples 2.0 International Social Innovation competition,
  project Gioconomics. With designers Jonas Piet and Mylene Jonker. Awarded by the
  Unicredit Foundation, organised by the Euclide Network.
  www.gioconomics.org
  
  
• March 2010 Commended RSA Design Direction 10
  Category: Working Late. Project: Detoor. With Ayda Anlagan and Bruno Taylor
  
  
• March 2009 Winner RSA Design Direction 09
  Category: Action for Age, Project: Project Patchwork Plus.
  With Ayda Anlagan and Pu Tai. in collaboration with Age Concern Hackney
  
  
• March 2009 Commended RSA Design Direction 09
  Category: Design Against Bicycle Theft, Project: Bike Stop. With Bruno Taylor and Pu Tai
  
  
• February 2008 Shortlisted RSA Design Direction 08
  Category: Domestic Green Clean, Project: Cubic Waste. With Ayda Anlagan
  
  
• December 2007 Luxfutura “the future of light” by Trilux
  Finalist project: Meeting Point, interactive concrete outdoor light system.
  
  
• December 2007 Breaking the Rules. British Library exhibition design for the Avant-garde.
  Up running finalist project: Butterfly Collection, interactive dynamic installation.
  
  

Exhibitions

• January 2010. Pillars of Hope. Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Guildhall square, London.
  Public installation for the day of memory 2010. With Bruno Taylor and in collaboration
  with MA Creative Practice for the Narrative Environment students, Central Saint Martins.
  
  
• September 2009 Up all Night 2009, Innovation Gallery, Central Saint Martins, curation and production.
  www.upallnight2009.blogspot.com
  
  
• September 2009. Historias de Graça. experimentadesign 09Lisbon: it's about time.
  Public installation and event with Action for Age programme. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
  
  
• April 2009. Hands on the Jukebox. Triennale di Milano. www.hands-on-media.org
  Design: Ben Hughes. Research Vincenzo Di Maria and Bruno Taylor.
  
  
• 3 October 2008. Putting the brakes to bike theft Seminar. Design Against Crime.
  Barbican Centre, Garden Room, 4th level.
  
  
• One Night Stand. 9 months chair. Gallery 1.1 Red Church Street
  www.onenightstandexhibition.com
  
  
• 27 September 2008. Illumini Quantum. Mr Plug, the electric light.
  Langthorne Park Community event. London Uk
  
  
• 5/17 September 2008 Illumini. Mr Plug, the electric light. St Pancras Church Crypt,
  London UK Light design artist collective exhibition.
  
  
• 14/20 June 2008 Central Saint Martins Degree Show. MAID 2008 London
  
  
• May 2008 Xhbit 2008. UAL University of The Arts London, Davies Street UK.
  Mr Plug lamp, selected student exhibition.
  
  
• 16/21 April 2008 X, Y, Z MAID Central Saint Martins. Salone Satellite B47,
  Milan Furniture Fair, 3D virtual exhibition www.maindustrialdesign/xyz.com
  
  
• 6/11 April 2008 Light+Building. Meeting Point, Trilux - Luxfutura project,
  Frankfurt Am Main, GERMANY. Social behavior public light system.
  
  
• 18/21 October 2007 Revealing the Invisible. Dott 07 Newcastle
  Design Festival, Allendale Town, light installations. Sustainable tourism UK.
  
  
• 22/25 May 2007 Holborn Unlocked. Lethaby Gallery, Southampton Row, London
  Cycleparking+Wayfinding+Placemaking=Regeneration,
  
  
• 18/21 April 2007 Azzeccazzillarium. Azzeccazzilla Design Parassita,
  NABA Campus, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, ITALY