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headline: I'm a designer with a love for coding
lead: When not busy at work I love cycling, hiking in the Dolomites and playing LEGO with my two sons. I’m passionate about astronomy and sci-fi. 
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      For the past 15 years, I've worked as a <strong>Product Designer</strong> designing and building a wide range of digital products. I believe that good design should be both functional and aesthetically pleasing, and strive to create intuitive and engaging user experiences.
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      During my career, I've had the pleasure of working with a variety of clients in fields such as Editorial, Healthcare, Banking, Sports, Public Administration, E-commerce, and Information Technology. <br>Some of my notable clients include <strong>Scuderia Ferrari F1</strong>, Enel Energia, <strong>ING Direct</strong>, and <strong>HCL Software</strong>. Most recently, I served as a Senior Product Designer at the Italian Department for Digital Transformation, where I managed complex ecosystems of user interfaces and front-end libraries for key government initiatives.
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      In addition to my work as a designer, I co-founded <strong>Robodomain</strong>, a SaaS company focused on domain management tools. Our software was acquired by DNSimple in 2013, which was a valuable learning experience.
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      From time to time, I <strong>write</strong> and <strong>speak</strong> about design methodologies, workflow, and tools at conferences and events. I am also a lecturer at UXUniversity, where I conduct a full-day workshop on Design Systems and Atomic Design.
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      If you're interested in learning more about my work, feel free to <a href="mailto:me@francescoimprota.com">connect with me</a> or <a href="/work/">check out my work page</a>.
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      <a href="https://www.amazon.com/CSS3-Solutions-Essential-Techniques-Developers/dp/1430243376">CSS3 Solutions - Essential Techniques for CSS Developers</a>
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    <p>CSS3 contains a broad set of new additions and changes to the core CSS language across a range of modules, which means lots of new things to learn, and lots of new things that can go wrong.</p>
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  <p>A collection of mixtapes I curated on Spotify. Available to listen for free. Let me know if you liked it.</p>
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