Who is Matteo Moretti?

Matteo Moretti is an award-winning information and data designer, researcher, and professor. He is Associate Professor at the Università degli Studi di Sassari (Uniss) and founding partner of Sheldon.studio. He works on data design for social issues, visual journalism, participatory data physicalization, and digital social design.

What does Matteo Moretti research?

His research focuses on informative experiences, digital social design, and participatory data physicalization — using data visualization, narrative, and interaction to address social, environmental, and civic topics in public and educational contexts.

Where does Matteo Moretti teach?

He is Associate Professor at the Università degli Studi di Sassari (Uniss), Department of Design, Architecture, and Urban Planning. He has also taught at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Università della Repubblica di San Marino, and other institutions.

What awards has Matteo Moretti received?

His work has received the Data Journalism Award (2015), European Design Awards (2016, 2017, 2025), World Press Photo jury membership (2017–18), and selection among 100 ambassadors of Italian design (2018).

What is Sheldon.studio?

Sheldon.studio is a studio co-founded by Matteo Moretti in 2020, specializing in data visualization, informative experiences, and digital social design for cultural institutions, public bodies, and international organizations. Website: https://sheldon.studio

Public talks, lectures, and workshops

public talk

2026 → public talk → Data is not enough — Eurac, Bolzano (IT)
2026 → public talk → Data as a Medium — Politecnico di Torino (IT)
2026 → public talk → Dati sensibili: la rilevanza del design tra passato, presente e futuro — Technology Biennale, Turin (IT)
2026 → public talk → Dati dal basso — MADE Program, Reggio Emilia (IT)
2026 → public talk → BlurM3Not: an interactive data gamification installation — Learning Festival, Modena (IT)
2026 → public talk → From Graphic to Infographic — Will New Media Academy, Milan (IT)
2025 → public talk → Digital Creative Reconstruction & Social Design Tools — DEL In Between, New York (US)
2025 → public talk → Data and participation — World Usability Day, Rome (IT)
2025 → public talk → Data is Fragile — Narrating Transformation in Marginal Territories, Bolzano (IT)
2024 → public talk → Potenziare il sapere locale attraverso i dati — Learning Festival, Modena (IT)
2024 → public talk → Data Tada! — Dialoghi d’Impresa, Mestre (IT)
2024 → public talk → Data Tada! — Triplosound Festival, Orvieto (IT)
2024 → public talk → Digital Social Design — Graphic Days, Turin (IT)
2023 → public talk → Data, Data, Data, and Data Again! — Good Design İzmir 8, İzmir (TR)
2023 → public talk → Mapping Diversity — Future4Cities, Milan (IT)
2023 → public talk → Disabled Data — WMF – We Make Future, Rimini (IT)
2023 → public talk → Data, Data, Data, and Data Again! — Italian Cultural Institute, Bucharest (RO)
2023 → public talk → Digital, Data, Social, Design. What Else? — ACSG, Milan (IT)
2021 → public talk → Opening EU Climate Open Data through Data Storytelling — EU Open Data Days, Luxembourg (LU)
2021 → public talk → The Density Dilemma — Viscom (online), Milan (IT)
2021 → public talk → Designing Digital Commons — Speck & Tech, Trento (IT)
2021 → public talk → Designing Digital Commons — Crossings, Belmonte (IT)
2021 → public talk → Designing Digital Commons — On Data and Design, Bern (CH)
2021 → public talk → OpendataTalk — Milan Design Week (online), Milan (IT)
2021 → public talk → Digital social design — Milan Design Week (online), Milan (IT)
2021 → public talk → Mapping Diversity — Data Beers, Turin (IT)
2021 → public talk → The Night of Alter-Realities — Porto Design Biennale (online), Porto (PT)
2021 → public talk → Mapping Storytelling — Bolzanism, Bolzano (IT)
2021 → public talk → Truth — Porto Design Biennale (online), Porto (PT)
2021 → public talk → Digital Evaluation and Open Data — Chemnitz 2025 (online), Chemnitz (DE)
2020 → public talk → Let’s Open the Open Data! — DataViz Live (online), London (UK)
2020 → public talk → Let’s Open the Open Data! — WUD Perugia (online), Perugia (IT)
2020 → public talk → How Charts Lie — Research Communication Week (online, IT)
2020 → public talk → Let’s open the open data! — Matera Open Data (online, IT)
2020 → public talk → Design, data, and narratives — The Good Lobby (online, IT)
2020 → public talk → Designing Informative Experiences for Enterprises — DataViz Live, London (UK)
2020 → public talk → Information Experience across Industry and University — Visibilia, Verona (IT)
2019 → public talk → Socio-Social Design — various events (Bologna, Milan, Trento, Rome)
2019 → public talk → Designing Informative Experiences — CorData, Turin (IT)
2019 → public talk → Participatory Data Physicalization — Encode, London (UK)
2019 → public talk → Socio-Design: Making Sense of Design — SPD, Milan (IT)
2019 → public talk → Design for Migration — Nuove Pratiche Festival, Palermo (IT)
2019 → public talk → On Design, Migration and Democracy — Open Days Innovazione, Turin (IT)
2019 → public talk → Participatory Data Physicalization — 2CO Everyday, Milan (IT)
2018 → public talk → New narrative forms against fake news — SIAA, Cremona (IT)
2018 → public talk → Good Design, Bad Design — WUD, Bolzano (IT)
2018 → public talk → Europa Dreaming — Europe Direct, Cuneo (IT)
2018 → public talk → Data & the City — Wild Mazzini, Turin (IT)
2018 → public talk → Journalist and computer scientist — Informatici Senza Frontiere, Rovereto (IT)

lecture

2025 → lecture → Social Data Design — IUSVE, Verona (IT)
2025 → lecture → Social Information Design — Shenkar, Tel Aviv (IL)
2025 → lecture → Social Information Design — University of Palermo (IT)
2025 → lecture → Social Information Design — Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (IT)
2024 → lecture → Data viz/phyz/phyg for impact analysis — University of Naples Federico II (IT)
2024 → lecture → Socio Design — University of Naples Federico II (IT)
2023 → lecture → Curare i dati: visualizzare la complessità? — MAXXI, Rome (IT)
2023 → lecture → Data, Data, Data, and Data Again! — University of Bologna (IT)
2022 → lecture → Data Journalism – What’s New? — DATA4CitSciNews, Barcelona (ES)
2022 → lecture → Play with Data — Bachelor in Data Design and Art (online), Basel (CH)
2022 → lecture → Using Data to Explain the Magnitude of Climate Change — Journalismfund.eu (online, BE)
2022 → lecture → Tangible Data for Public Engagement — Ca’ Foscari Research Communication Week (online, IT)
2022 → lecture → Data Leader Master — Dataninja School (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Visual Journalism — NABA, Milan (IT)
2021 → lecture → Visual Journalism — 2CO Educational (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Designing Digital Commons — IUAV (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Designing Digital Commons — UHasselt (online, BE)
2021 → lecture → Data Leader Master — Dataninja School (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Beyond DDJ — Lab24, Il Sole 24 Ore (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Opening the Open Data — Sapienza University of Rome (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Designing with data — Camplus (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Designing Digital Commons — IUAV (online, IT)
2021 → lecture → Designing Digital Commons — University of Bologna (online, IT)
2020 → lecture → Collaborazione per l’azione pubblica — IUAV (online, IT)
2020 → lecture → Designing Digital Commons — University of Perugia (online, IT)
2020 → lecture → Exploring Socio-Social Design Practices for Migration — ENSAD, Paris (FR)

workshop

2026 → workshop → Framing participation with data — Eurac, Bolzano (IT)
2026 → workshop → Graphic Design Module Workshop — Will New Media Academy, Milan (IT)
2026 → workshop → Communication and visual storytelling for qualitative research — Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale - Università di Trento, (IT)
2025 → workshop → Dati e partecipazione — , Fondazione Links, Turin (IT)
2025 → workshop → Data Triggers — Hochschule der Künste Bern (online, CH)
2025 → workshop → Data storytelling for scientific communication — SUPSI, Mendrisio (CH)
2025 → workshop → Scientists and Graphic Abstracts: A Complicated Relationship — EIEE annual meeting, Venice (IT)
2024 → workshop → Metaphors and Design Systems — Graphic Hunters (online, NL)
2024 → workshop → Data Journalism — ELISAVA, Barcelona (ES)
2023 → workshop → Data visualisation for scientific communication — SUPSI, Mendrisio (CH)
2023 → workshop → Info Design — University of Sassari, Alghero (IT)
2023 → workshop → Data Journalism — ELISAVA, Barcelona (ES)
2022 → workshop → Data Storytelling on Gender Issues — Bressanone/Brixen (IT)
2022 → workshop → Data Journalism — ELISAVA, Barcelona (ES)
2021 → workshop → Urban Dataviz Contest — AIAP, Rovigo (IT)
2021 → workshop → Data Design per non esperti — RivistaCasanova, Bolzano (IT)
2021 → workshop → Iperoggetti vicini e lontani — IUAV, Venice (IT)
2021 → workshop → Multimedia languages and visual journalism — online
2021 → workshop → Data Journalism — ELISAVA (online, ES)
2020 → workshop → Visual Journalism Workshop — ELISAVA, Barcelona (ES)
2018 → workshop → Fake News Design — Cuneo (IT)