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

Books, journals, papers, and other academic work

monograph

2019 → monograph → Moretti, M. (2019). Socio-social-design. Corraini edizioni. ISBN 9788875708061

edited volume

2026 → edited volume → Moretti, M., Bollini, L., Facchini, C. (Eds.). (2026a). WUD 2023. Collaboration and Cooperation. AIAP edizioni. ISBN 9788899718374
2026 → edited volume → Moretti, M., Bollini, L., Facchini, C. (Eds.). (2026b). WUD 2024. Designing for Better World. AIAP edizioni. ISBN 9788899718404
2022 → edited volume → Luigini, A., Moretti, M. (Eds.). (2022). Visual Storytelling: 13 punti di vista. LIStLab. ISBN 9788832080841
2019 → edited volume → Moretti, M., Burgio, V. (Eds.). (2019). Europa Dreaming: Yearning for Europe From the Brenner Pass. Bu.press. ISBN 9788860461537

chapter

2026 → chapter → Moretti, M., Bollini, L., Facchini, C. (2026). Postdisciplinary Scenarios to Collaborate and Cooperate for a Better World. In M. Moretti, L. Bollini, C. Facchini (Eds.), WUD 2023. Collaboration and Cooperation (pp. 7–11). AIAP edizioni. ISBN 9788899718374
2026 → chapter → Bollini, L., Facchini, C., Moretti, M. (2026). Designing for a “Better World?”. In L. Bollini, C. Facchini, M. Moretti (Eds.), WUD 2024. Designing for Better World. AIAP edizioni. ISBN 9788899718404
2023 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2023b). Disabled Data, se i dati non esistono le persone non esistono. In E. E. Giunta (Ed.), Design for social: Accelerare innovazione nell’impresa sociale–Boosting innovation in social enterprises (Italian and English eds.). ISBN 9791221039566
2023 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2023a). Dati come bene comune. In E. Formia, V. Gianfrate, L. Succini (Eds.), Design per l’innovazione responsabile: Guida per processi formativi in trasformazione. ISBN 9788835144700
2022 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2022a). Covidash. Un progetto troppo lungo. In I. Cortoni, C. V., F. V., M. M (Eds.), Dai dati allo storytelling: Il ruolo dell’infografica nel racconto della pandemia COVID 19. (pp. 108–117). Franco Angeli. ISBN 9788835137245
2022 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2022b). Raccontare i dati sul cambiamento climatico. In A. Luigini, M. Moretti (Eds.), Visual Storytelling: 13 punti di vista (pp. 18–27). LIStLab. ISBN 9788832080841
2021 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2021c). Mentire (meno) con le mappe. In E. Cicalò, E. Menchetelli, M. Valentino (Eds.), Mappe (pp. 970–989). PUBLICA. ISBN 9788899586201
2021 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2021a). Designing digital commons. In L. Casarotto, R. Fagnoni, G. Sinni (Eds.), Oltre il visibile: Il design dei servizi per il territorio e i cittadini (pp. 135–143). Ronzani. ISBN 9791259970817
2021 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2021b). Exploring socio and social design practices for migration. In A. Bernagozzi (Ed.), Towards sharing common futures (pp. 134–146). Corraini edizioni. ISBN 9788875709785
2021 → chapter → Bosco, A., Gasparotto, S. (2021). Participatory data physicalization as a tool to facilitate the opening of debates. In Updating Values: Perspectives on Design Education (pp. 208–215). Quodlibet. ISBN 9788822905451
2020 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2020c). Participatory data physicalization: Designing informative experiences. In S. Foraita, B. Herlo, A. Vogelsang (Eds.), Matters of Communication–Formen und Materialitäten gestalteter Kommunikation. (pp. 136–141). Transcript Verlag. ISBN 9783839451182
2019 → chapter → Sinni, G., Moretti, M. (2019). La ricerca sul visual journalism, verso nuove esperienze informative immersive, partecipative e interattive. In G. Sinni (Eds.), Designing Civic Consciousness: ABC per la ricostruzione della coscienza civile (pp. 1–10). Quodlibet. ISBN 9788822904195
2019 → chapter → Burgio, V., Moretti, M. (2019). Dreaming and drowning: A project of visual journalism on borders and Europe. In V. Burgio M. Moretti (Eds.), Europa dreaming (pp. 1–15). Bu.Press. ISBN 9788860461537
2019 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2019d). Visual journalism and the production of counter-narrations: The case of Europa Dreaming. In V. Burgio M. Moretti (Eds.), Europa dreaming (pp. 34–54). Bu.Press. ISBN 9788860461537
2019 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2019b). Design, migrazioni: Progettare oltre l’emergenza. In D. Piscitelli (Ed.), First things first: Comunicare le emergenze, il design per una contemporaneità fragile. (pp. 126–132). LIStLab. ISBN 9788832080131
2017 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2017a). Data Visualization. In S. Splendore, M. Antenore (Eds.), Data journalism: Guida essenziale alle notizie fatte con i numeri. (pp. 89–102). Mondadori Università. ISBN 9788861845862
2015 → chapter → Moretti, M. (2015). Reporting the ‘invasion’: Perception and reality of Chinese migrants in Bolzano, Italy. In T. Felle, J. Mair (Eds.), Data Journalism: Inside the global future. (pp. 234–241). Abramis. ISBN 9781845496630

article

2025 → article → Moretti, M., Mattozzi, A. (2025). From data to codex: Making knowledge public framing participation through participatory data physicalization. Progetto Grafico, 22(41). ISSN 1824-1301. https://doi.org/10.82068/pgjournal.2025.22.41.09
2025 → article → Bollini, L., Moretti, M. (2025). Publish or perish? The accessibility of scientific discourse in design. Progetto Grafico, 22(41). ISSN 1824-1301
2022 → article → Moretti, M. (2022). Mapping diversity: The memory street names celebrate. PAD, 15(23). ISSN 1972-7887. https://www.padjournal.net/new/pad-23-2022-december-vol-15/
2022 → article → Bortoloni, L., Moretti, M., Corona, A. (2022). Quasi lo stesso posto: Perdersi (e ritrovarsi) tra gli open data di un territorio. Progetto Grafico, 38. ISSN 1824-1301
2020 → article → Moretti, M. (2020a). Opening the open data: Three digital social design cases. Rivista italiana di ergonomia, 21. ISSN 2531-8845
2019 → article → Moretti, M. (2019c). From visual journalism to informative experiences: Our research on socio design artefacts in the information field. IMG Journal, 1(1), 214–233. ISBN 9788899586096. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2724-2463/11070
2019 → article → Moretti, M. (2019a). Design for migration: Nuove pratiche di design verso una società più inclusiva. Roots–Routes Journal, IX. ISSN 2039-5426. https://www.roots-routes.org/design-for-migration-nuove-pratiche-design-verso-societa-piu-inclusiva-matteo-moretti/
2018 → article → Luigini, A., Moretti, M. (2018). The relevance of Otto Neurath: From ISOTYPE to visual journalism for a visual account of society. XY Journal, 3. ISBN 9788884438409. https://doi.org/10.15168/xy.v3i6.112
2017 → article → Moretti, M. (2017b). Europa dreaming. Sciences du Design, 5. ISBN 9782130788577. https://doi.org/10.3917/sdd.005.0013
2017 → article → Moretti, M. (2017d). People’s republic of Bolzano. Sciences du Design, 5. ISBN 9782130788577. https://doi.org/10.3917/sdd.005.0018
2017 → article → Moretti, M., Teli, M., de Angeli, A. (2017c). People’s Republic of Bolzano or how digital artifacts can be adversarial to misinformation. The Design Journal, 20. ISSN 1460-6925. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352842
2011 → article → Moretti, M. (2011). Spaghetti Vespa typography. Progetto Grafico, 20. ISSN 1824-1301

proceedings

2025 → proceedings → Moretti, M. (2025). Transforming the transformer in a time of crisis: Marie Neurath’s experience in the time of the web. In Design 2025 (pp. 99–118). transcript verlag. ISBN 9783839476031. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839476031-008
2023 → proceedings → Moretti, M. (2023). Design for graphicacy: The case of glocal climate change. In D. Villa, F. Zuccoli (Eds.), Proceedings of IMG 2021: 3rd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Vol. 631, pp.). Springer Cham. ISBN 9783031259050. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25906-7_81
2023 → proceedings → Rattalino, E., Moretti, M., Schmidt-Wulffen, S. (2023). Learning from scientific visualisations: Knowledge exchanges between science, design and art. In D. Villa, F. Zuccoli (Eds.), Proceedings of IMG 2021: 3rd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Vol. 631, pp.). Springer Cham. ISBN 9783031259050. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25906-7_42
2022 → proceedings → Menéndez Blanco, M., Ugur, S., Moretti, M. (2022). From data to concerns: Gender equity in higher education. In 2CO3 – Communicating Complexity. Franco Angeli. ISBN 9788835164326
2020 → proceedings → Moretti, M., Mattozzi, A. (2020b). Participatory data physicalization: A new space to inform. In E. Cicalò (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination. Springer Publishing. ISBN 9783030410186. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41018-6
2019 → proceedings → Luigini, A., Brusaporci, D., Lo Turco, M., Moretti, M., Panciroli, C., Parricchi, M., Rossi, D., Viganò, F., Zuccoli, F. (2019). EARTH 2018 ambienti digitali per l’educazione all’arte e al patrimonio: II Simposio UID di Internazionalizzazione della Ricerca (Patrimoni culturali, architettura, paesaggio e design tra ricerca e sperimentazione didattica).
2019 → proceedings → Cicalò, E., Basso, D., Brusaporci, S., Lo Turco, M., Luigini, A., Menchetelli, V., Moretti, M., Pancirolli, C., Rossi, D., Parricchi, M., Brusaporci, A., Bertocci, S., Conte, A. (Eds.). (2019). Proceedings of IMG2019 – 2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination. DidaPRESS.
2019 → proceedings → Moretti, M., Camillini, G. (2019). Communicating the heritage: A transmedia-driven approach. In Proceedings of the 1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Digital Environments for Education, Arts and Heritage – EARTH 2018. ISBN 9783030122393. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12240-9_14
2018 → proceedings → Luigini, A., Basso, D., Moretti, M., Brusaporci, S., Cicalò, E., Menchetelli, V., Lo Turco, M., Pancirolli, C., Rossi, D., Villa, D., Bartocci, S. (Ed.). (2018). Immagini?: Image and Imagination Between Representation, Communication, Education and Psychology. DidaPRESS.
2018 → proceedings → Luigini, A., Moretti, M. (2018). Visual journalism come strumento per la narrazione della città altra. In F. Capano, M. Pascariello, M. Visone (Eds.), La Città Altra: Storia e immagine della diversità urbana (Luoghi e paesaggi dei privilegi e del benessere, dell’isolamento, del disagio, della multiculturalità). FedOA Press.
2017 → proceedings → Burgio, V., Moretti, M. (2017). Le forme della narrazione nel web-based documentary: Il caso Europa Dreaming. In A. M. Lorusso, F. Polacci (Eds.), Atti del XLIV Congresso AISS – Narrazioni e forme del senso. Associazione Italiana Studi Semiotici. ISSN 1970-7452
2017 → proceedings → Burgio, V., Moretti, M. (2017). The role of movement in data visualization: Animation as an agent of meaning. In N. Ceccarelli, C. Jiménez-Martínez (Eds.), Contributions From the Tenerife Conference. Universidad de La Laguna. ISBN 9788409101719. https://doi.org/10.25145/b.2COcommunicating.2020.017
2017 → proceedings → Burgio, V., Moretti, M. (2017). Infographics as images: Meaningfulness beyond information. In Proceedings of IMMAGINI? Image and Imagination Between Representation, Communication, Education and Psychology–IMG 2017. ISBN 9783038426813. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings1090891
2013 → proceedings → Moretti, M. (2013). Cornu portraits: A generative homage to generative pioneers. In C. Soddu, E. Colabella (Eds.), Proceedings of Generative Art 2013: XVI International Generative Art Conference. Domus Argenia. ISBN 9788896610251
2010 → proceedings → Moretti, M., Benincasa, A., Gleiter, J. (2010). Generative and analog ornament. Swiss Design Network, Negotiating Futures–Design Fiction: 6th Swiss Design Network Conference.