1 - Piero Niccolai

Piero Niccolai
designer
P.IVA 02654371208 - via Massarenti, 394 - 40138 Bologna - Italy
phone. +39 051 531782 mobile. +39 347 7283176
email: [email protected] web: www.pieroniccolai.it
Personal info
Born the 21st of May, 1957 in Pistoia.
Lives in Bologna, via Massarenti no. 394.
He is legally separated with one son.
Registered in the mobility lists since 14th of April, 2005 with 12nd of July, 2005 CRI deliberation.
Education
High school final certificate achieved in the Scientific High School “Augusto Righi” of Bologna in 1976.
From 1976 to 1982 university studies in Mechanical Engineering and Contemporary History at the Bologna University.
Professional experiences
First job experiences as toll operator with Autostrade S.p.A. (1979-1989).
From 1981 to 1985 is member of Panfoto cooperative as photographer and graphics designer.
From 1987 to 1989 collaborates with Stylo, a Regulus group company active in computer graphics, as a graphic consultant.
From 1989 employee in the same company.
From 1993 he is responsable for the coordination of the multimedia graphical activities and web design for Stylo and for Logital group.
From 2005 he is freelance as computer graphics designer.
Works
• Graphic project and images for Tutorials and Demo software for Olivetti Office computers from 1989 and after.
• Graphic project and images for Demo programs and television broadcasts for Italia ’90 world football championships.
• Graphic project, images and 3D images for Automatic Banking Info points for: Banco di Sardegna, Credito Valtellinese, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Credito Italiano, Banco di Roma, Banco Ambrosiano Veneto, etc.
• Introducer for Autodesk of Autodesk 3D Studio at IcoGraphics ’91 (first italian presentation for this software), ’92 and SMAU ’91 and teacher of
this software at Olivetti headquarters in Ivrea and at Municipal Professional Training School in Ferrara.
• Graphic project and images 3D for video movies of Olivetti products.
• Graphic project, images and graphic interfaces for Regulus - Olivetti ATMs Bancomat, Automat, etc.
• Graphic project and images for Le Monnier - Firenze “PCScrivo” easy to use and well known typewriting training program.
• Graphic project, images and 3D images for Opera Multimedia “Grandi Autori del XX secolo” (XX century Great Artists).
• Art direction, graphic project, images and 3D images for Opera Multimedia “Uffizi”.
• Graphic project, images and 3D images for Opera Multimedia “Encyclomedia - il 600”.
• 3D images for the exhibition “Leonardo” at palace Grassi in Venice.
• High resolution images elaboration for Opera Multimedia “Trekking - le grandi montagne” (Trekking - the great mountains).
• Graphic project, images and 3D images for Opera Multimedia “Encyclomedia - il 700”.
• Graphic project, images and graphic interface for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Info point for “Telethon” television broadcast in ’94, ’95, ’96.
• Art direction, graphic project, images and 3D images for Anagram “Trazom”.
• Graphic project, images and graphic interfaces for ticket selling distributed emplacements for Novara Theatre, new Pesaro Sport Arena, etc.
• Graphic project, images and graphic interface for “Dimmi”, distributed certification system of the Bologna Municipality.
• Graphic project and images 3D for Opera Multimedia “Encyclomedia - l’800”.
• Graphic project, images, 3D models and Quicktime VR animations for the exhibition “Dalla Repubblica agli Imperatori” (from Republic to Emperors) at the Correr museum in Venice.
• Graphic project and images 3D for Opera Multimedia “Encyclomedia - il 500”.
• QTVR photo campaign of Bernini’s statues for Opera Multimedia “Bernini”.
• Panoramic QTVR photo campaign for the TCI-Opera Multimedia CD guide “Roma”.
• Panoramic QTVR photo campaign for the TCI-Opera Multimedia “Piazza San Marco”.
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Piero Niccolai
designer
• Art direction, graphic project, images and QTVR photo shoots for Opera Multimedia “Galleria Borghese” (Borghese Gallery).
• Photographic campaign of Uffizi gallery for QTVR authoring for Opera Multimedia “Grandi Uffizi” (Great Uffizi).
• In 1997 was teacher of vectorial graphics and Corel Draw at ENFAP (Nazionale per la formazione e l’addestramento Professionale - National
Agency for professional formation and training).
• Websites project and graphic realisation for Rainbownet (www.stylo.it , etc.).
• Art direction, graphic project, images for the Bolzano Autonomous Province CD ROM “Storiografia della questione altoatesina” (South Tyrolean
question storiography).
• Project, realisation and mantaining of the new website of ATC, Azienda Trasporti di Bologna (Bologna Transportation Agency) with attention to
accessibility problematics and related activities coordination (www.atc.bo.it).
• Graphic project and protypation of Federico Motta Editore main website (www.mottaeditore.it).
• Graphic project and protypation of Motta Editore school division websites (www.mottascuola.it, www.mottaformazione.it, www.scuoladigitale.com).
• Graphic interface and page template realisation of online images research and offering website (www.mottaimmagini.it).
• Design and art direction of Pink Village, Nautiweb, BolognaVillage websites (www.nautiweb.it, www.bolognavillage.it).
• Project, realisation and mantaining of ATC Carsharing website (www.atc.bo.it/caratc).
• Writing of palimpsests, realisation of graphical and interface contents, coordination of the graphical activities of the project WOB, Welcome On
Board, multimedia, informative and advertising device installed on the ATC public vehicles, with, in particular, the use of the Flash technology in
coupling with Actionscript and XML.
• Collaboration with Monrif group for Monrif.net web design activities.
• Coordination of the accessible websites (according to W3C/WAI standards) creation and validation team
• As freelance, in teamworking with others, realised B2C and B2B low cost e-commerce websites for small companies www.bartolomeimodestosas.it, www.calandrini.com, www.centrofruttacastiglione.it.
• Project and realisation for Osservatorio Nazionale del Miele (Honey Market National Observatory) of its main website in XHTML and accessibility.
• Project and realisation for Federico Motta Editore of the interface graphic layouts for their encyclopedic website “Matilda”.
• In 2006 kept specialistic speechs about websites project and creation in the course “Corso di Tecnologie Multimediali” (Multimedia Technologies
Course) into the three years graduation course DAMS Cinema of Lettere e Filosofia faculty of the University of Bologna.
Competences
At Stylo since 1987 he accumulates remarkable acquaintances and experience in the acquisition, elaboration and realization of pictorial, illustrative and three dimensional images and, moreover, in the project, prototypation and realisation of websites using with professional competence
informatic tools as
• Autodesk 3D Studio and 3DMax,
• Autodesk Animator,
• Adobe Photoshop,
• Corel Draw,
• Corel Painter,
• Adobe Premiere,
• Adobe Illustrator,
• Apple QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR),
• Macromedia Flash,
• Adobe Golive,
• etc.
He is first aid and fire prevention responsable in accordance with law no. 626.
Languages
Good knowledge for written and spoken english.
Basic knowledges for french, german and spanish.
Personal interests
Between his several personal interests can have relevance, for professional purposes, the creation and the management, as webdesigner and
webmaster, of the “Elefanti Italiani” (Italian Elephants) website, official website of passionate owners of the motorcycle Cagiva Elefant (www.
cagivaelefant.it) realised entirely in ASP language.
In the same way cures, using software as Premiere and Encore DVD, etc. the realisation and the DVD mastering of the group movies.
He still cultivates his passion for photography.
I authorize to the treatment of the personal data in accordance with law no. 675/96
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