Maurizio Poletto is an Italian Designer working in Vienna. Since 1996 he collaborates with the design studio Nofrontiere which realizes international design projects for client like Procter & Gamble International, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche bank 24, BMW, Lower Austria Industry, Umdash, Jewish Museum Vienna, Deutsche Telekom, Max Mobil, Austria Tabak, Casinos Austria, and many others.
He is currently Art Director of Nofrontiere and creative director at Collettiva Design, a “laboratory for communication” located in Vienna which he founded together with Mr. Markus Hüber in January 2003
Graduated in 1990 from the Art School in Cordenons PN in the Northern of Italy, at the department of Design and Photographic art Istituto, he studied Graphic, Editorial Design, Illustration and Photography at the public Graphic Italian University, Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) in Urbino.
One of his artwork, a vinyl album cover for the American band “The Walkabouts”, has been selected to be part of the design permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).

• to understanding the complexity of the design process
• to focus on the method
• to explore a project behind the pure visual appearance
• to see how we can push the design interface concept
• to try to imaging what we want to do tomorrow, and why
• to see if Action Design will interest other people then me

• having a look at the project I have done in The past which are relevant for the matter
• asking question about the projects, and hopefully starts a discussion on the method, the focus and the effectiveness

• introduction to the main topics of the seminar
• presentation of projects dealing with the concept of design system
• positioning and role of a media designer today (what is Action Design)
• presentation of the projects organisational background, project development, concept development, design studies, visuals, media representations Discussion (question and answer on presented projects)