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CHICAGO, USA // Marco Susani is a design consultant based in Chicago. He is co-founder, with Defne Koz, of the studio Koz Susani Design, where he is responsible of the disciplines of User Experience [UX] Design, Interaction Design and Strategic Design.

His main interest is in combining high technology with emotional design, aesthetic sensibility with strategic thinking, and to use his design vision to drive toward a more human future.

Among his recent projects are a series of UX Visions for the Future of Transportation, for Xerox and Allstate, for the Future of Food and Nutrition, and for Wearables for Health, as well as explorations on a ‘social calendar’, on cloud TV, and on the Internet of Everything. 

He designed for emerging start-ups and for companies like Motorola, Philips, Panasonic, Seiko, Olivetti, 3M, NTT Japan, Xerox, Zumtobel, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Tokyo Gas, Toshiba, Apple, Logitech, Nestle’, Unilever, Telecom Italia, Mediaset, bTicino.

He started his career with Italian Design guru Ettore Sottsass in the legendary Olivetti Design team. Later he created the Domus Academy Research Center, where he extended the culture of Italian Design to innovation fields like Interaction Design and Strategic Design. After moving to the US, as an executive in Motorola’s Design Team, he led the culture-change toward a design-oriented, experience-driven company, first as head of the Advanced Concepts Group, then as Director of Corporate Strategic Design, an later, as Vice President of Digital Design,
he led the smart phones UX team.