Paolo Jannuzzi, Director

Born in Naples in 1970. He graduates in 1991 from Centro Scolastico Industrie Artistiche (CSIA), Lugano.

From 1991 to 1992 he is Junior Designer with the publisher Casagrande, Bellinzona. From 1992 to 1996 he is Creative Director for Victory Interactive Media, Lugano, where he is responsible for electronic publishing. In 2000 he sets up the design agency Theredbox Communication Design. From 2006 to 2008 he is Senior Consultant for Fabrica, Centro di ricerca per la Comunicazione, Gruppo Benetton, Ivrea.

In 2010 Paolo joins Jannuzzi Smith as the Director of the Lugano office.

From 1997 to 2006 and from 2009 to the present he is Lecturer of New Media and Design at Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Lugano. From 1999 to 2005 he is Lecturer at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). From 2003 to 2005 is Director of the Visual Communication Degree Course at Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI). He is Guest Lecturer at Politecnico di Milano (Facoltà di Design) and at Istituto Superiore Industrie Artistiche (ISIA), Urbino. Paolo was also a speaker at the conferences: Network Switzerland Annual Conference in 1999 and 2002;  Design2context, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zurich, 2006; Comedia, Sindacato Svizzero dei Media annual conference, Lugano, 2008.

From 2001 he is a permanent member of the national jury SGV Design Förderpreis.

Paolo’s first language is Italian. He speaks and writes fluently in French and English and has a good knowledge of German.