gi-ul.io | Interaction Design

gi-ul.io

Hi there.

My name is Giulio Sven Barresi.

I’m Norwegian made and Geneva CH born.

I am an Interaction designer graduated from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne.

This website presents some of my interactive tangible and digital works.

Link

hello @ gi-ul.io

Featured Exhibitions

Swiss Innovation Forum – November 2018, CH

ECAL Diploma Show – September 2018, CH

ECAL Half Time – February 2018, CH

KIKK Festival – November 2017, BE

Dubai Design Week – October 2016, AE

Design Days Renens – October 2016, CH

ECAL Half Time – February 2016, CH

Milano Design Week – April 2016, IT

ECAL Half Time – February 2015, CH

Tools For Connected Humans

Created by Giulio Barresi at ECAL.
Supervised by Alain Bellet, Cyril Diagne, Christophe Guignard & Gael Hugo
Photography : Noé Cotter
2018

Nowadays, smartphones are seen as an extension of the human being. Both a tool and a distraction, these devices make it difficult to focus due to a digital overload of social interactions.

The ability to interact with others without a connected devices is fading away.

As an interaction designer, I question our actual relationship with technology face its utterly promises to shape a better world.

In the search for space for more disconnected interactions, I designed Tools for Connected Humans. A series of connected devices ready to help the user disconnect from connectivity.

Visit full website for more..

Link

connectedhumans.tools – official website

Press

CreativeApplications.net Metatrend Vol. 108 – KR Hackster.io

Houseplant Protection Society

Created by Giulio Barresi at ECAL.
Supervised by Gael Hugo
Photography : Anastasia Mityukova
2018

“I think today is the day. She’s filling up the water bottle. I’m sure. It’s weekend, no plans ahead! I’m sure she doesn’t mean it, she’s just too busy. Yes, way too busy... I know she loves me. I do. It was more than the discount. That day I felt a connection. I could feel it in my roots. I’m sure today she will remember to water me!”

It’s time to put an end plant abuse.

It’s time to report the thousands of dying plants that clueless caretakers decide to buy. It’s time.

The new Houseplant Protection Society platform provides detailed information about any victim plants around you. If you have the HPPS 1.0 smart case you can even update their status, analyse every house plant’s health and report any of our mistreated green friends.

Give a new meaning to “go green” and seed your care HERE.

Blurify

Created by Giulio Barresi at ECAL.
Supervised by Alain Bellet
2017

As fresh as music can get.

For this app concept design I created a Spotify defier - a myst for the Weekly Discovery.

More than a simple app, I imagined a bot that could share the user’s Spotify account and dynamically impact on its algorithm. A partner in crime that would interact with its user to present new and more fresh music, instead of the obvious suggestions.

The bot asks questions in the chat, listens to music in Spotify, collects user data and so on - all this negotiation process lasts for approximately for a week, unless the user decides to mute him - but careful, the bot has feelings too. Et voilà, Blurify brings you a new taste in music. A fresher taste.

Catapulse

Created by André Andrade & Giulio Barresi at ECAL.
Supervised by Vincent Jacquier, Pauline Saglio & SIGMASIX.
Photography : ECAL/ Younès Klouche
2016

“Catapulse” is one expression of the actual and future interactions between humans and connected objects.

The interaction with the object creates an imaginary reaction visually expressed on the screen. This explores the dream world of AI and expands the future autonomy of interactive objects.

This project was part of the collective exhibition “When Objects Dream” that took place in Milan April 2016.

Exhibitions

Dubai Design Week, Global Grad Show – October 2016, AE Design Days Renens – October 2016, CH Milano Design Week – April 2016, IT

Press

24Heures Domus Dezeen Archipanic HK01 WGSN Insider Elle Decor Italy

Trafficmood

Created by Giulio Barresi at ECAL.
Supervised by Cyril Diagne, assisted by Tibor Udvari.
Photography : Julien Deceroi
2016

Time is gold.

Nowadays the use of public transportation implies opening an app, checking the next vehicle's arrival and running. Fast.

When you see a delay on the app feed, frustration takes over and Trafficmood makes turns that reality into a graphical piece of interpreted information.

Trafficmood is a script that collects and interprets, in an abstract way, the TPG delays – Geneva Public Transports - and automatically sends a printed letter to their headquarters.

This project is about creating a material form to a digital interpretation. Not a complaint, but a graphic representation of the traffic’s “mood”.

Link

trafficmood.ch – official website

Catch me if you can (Hands ON)

Created by Pierry Jaquillard & Giulio Barresi at ECAL.
Supervised by Andreas Gysin during a 5 days workshop.
2016

One button game.

Or as Pierry and I conceived it - a no button game. For this workshop leaded by Andreas Gysin, the bare hands were the static electricity commanded joysticks.

As for the output, three LEDs kept the minimalistic user experience on the spotlight and gave the instruction to “attack”, “leave” or “don’t move”. The winner was signalised by the LED nearest to the player.

This game about reflex and memory has the shine of a classic board game and it was designed, coded and, soldered at ECAL during the five days workshop.

Exhibitions

ECAL Half Time – 2016

The backgroud animation is a personal interpretation of time or as some may call it, a clock.
The big circle turns around the screen like the hour hand and the dots multiply according to the amount of minutes.
Feel free to come back later, for every hour there is a surprise and the environment changes from day to night.
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