Davide Melis

Web & Interactive Designer

General info
Web & Interactive Designer
London, UK
I always been fascinated by everything simple and perfectly working, so when I discovered internet I knew what would be my job once I grown up.

I followed my passion, graduating from the Politecnico of Milan with a degree in Multimedia Communication Design, and then working for several agencies in Milan, Italy.

Internet is not only a system to find information, I foresee many more opportunities coming from the mix of existing data and solution with an ever growing passion for experimenting and pushing the current boundaries of the web.

Like every computer "geek", I spend a large amount of my time in front of the screen trying to create and resolve the issues that arise from the projects I work on. But it does not stop me from having a social life.
During my free time I enjoy going out with my friends, taking photographs, going to concerts, watching movies and of course spending time with my lovely girlfriend. From the moment in which I moved to London this city has amazed me and I know that it will not cease to do it.
Experience
London, Uk
Aug 2004 - Present
Owner & director
Magmaedia is the name of my freelance activity

Some highlights:

[Place Online](http://www.placeonline.us/)
Minneapolis based Charity

[Apricot online](http://www.apricotonline.com/)
Milan Based PR Agency

[Sazacat website] (http://www.sazacat.net/)
Illustrator Silvia Bartoli personal portfolio
Milan, Italy
Mar 2006 - Jul 2006
Web Designer
* Member of the creative team

* Contributing to the creation of web sites, web advertising and brochures for various clients

* Understanding of marketing strategy and custom hi-level IT back-end solutions
Milan Italy
Mar 2005 - Mar 2006
Jnr Web Designer
First experience as a webdesigner.

* Streamlining the web production flow, among all professional roles

* Contributing to the design of web sites both in Flash and HTML/CSS
Education
Milan, Italy
Oct 1998 - Jul 2004
Multimedia communication design
Degree project: study and prototype of a web system targeted to enhance and improve the transparency of a local administration through the utilization of the Internet.
Acknowledgements and recognitions
Sazacat.net was launched during 2006 May1stReboot, where received an "honorable mention".
The site was featured on websitedesignawards.com, e-creative.net and in the Issue n°5 of newwebpick e-magazine.
The site received the “Site of the day” award from Favourite Website Award (FWA).

Placeonline.us has been published on the gallery of .net Magazine uk
and featured on on websitedesignawards.com and designcharts.com

Some of my works ware featured on the book "Websites II" by Feierabend Unique Books