‘Complicating is easy, simplifying is difficult. To complicate you just add: colours, shapes, actions, decorations, characters, environments full of things..Few are capable of simplifying’. B. Munari

Research fellow at Politecnico di Milano, she earned her MSc degree in Product-Service System Design at Politecnico, with the thesis "Coltivando from theory to practice, diary of Paola Russo's co-design activities" concerning Coltivando, the convivial garden at Politecnico di Milano. The thesis focuses on the co-design activities developed during the first months of the project to tackle the crucial problems of the orchard system together with the garden community. She is also a small entrepreneur managing her ironic and colorful papercraft illustration brand “Le Paolette”.

Ringing the doorbell of Albugnano

A project that crafts a nuanced assemblage of Albugnano's identity by interweaving relational and spatial data, bridging past legacies with present aspirations.