Gea Sanvido

Gea Sanvido, product designer

Portfolio cover with the name Gea Sanvido and close-ups of her product designs

Product designer

MSc student in Integrated Product Design at Politecnico di Milano.

Looking for a curricular internship from March 2027, for 3–6 months.

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Hi, I'm Gea

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I’m a designer. While my main focus is product design, I carry interdisciplinary knowledge of other fields, which I can always implement in my projects.

  • English, C1 level
  • Italian

Education

  • Integrated Product Design

    Master’s degree @ Politecnico di Milano — current

  • Industrial Design

    Bachelor’s degree @ Accademia di Belle Arti, Verona — 110 cum laude/110 (2025)

  • Graphic Design

    High school diploma (2022)

  • Creative
  • Open-minded
  • Collaborative
  • Leadership
  • Curious Curious about design and life, always driven to explore and travel.
  • Waterfall in a green valley
  • Mountain landscape
  • Historic villa among trees
  • Northern lights over a dark landscape
  • Rocky sea coast

My design

What can I design?

Product, graphics, UI/UX and video

My instruments

3D modeling

  • Rhinoceros
  • Blender
  • 3ds Max

Graphic design & UX

  • Adobe Suite
  • Figma

Technical design

  • AutoCAD
  • SolidWorks

Video editing

  • DaVinci Resolve

My approach

  1. Research Investigate the product and its context from the basics, without preconceived ideas.
  2. Define Identify product characteristics and creatively rethink how it looks or works.
  3. Make Develop technical datasheets and detailed plans, then bring the product to life.

Awards

Index of projects: Flow, Ally, Tua and Cin. Each project is briefly summarized by its key points.
Flow wearable devices in white and orange on a reflective surface

Flow is a wearable device designed to help people who stutter by turning scientific research on vibrotactile therapy into a discreet, personal, and easy-to-use everyday product.

2026

  • Health
  • Technology
  • Wearable
Research
About 1% of adults worldwide stutter. Existing assistive solutions rely only on auditory feedback, and are often ineffective and stigmatizing.
Technology
Rhythmic vibrations between 60 and 80 bpm act as a subtle “internal metronome” that supports the body’s natural sense of speech control.
Prototype
Developed through hands-on prototyping and tested with a person who stutters. Injection-molded PC/ABS body, a single recessed button and battery indicator lights.
Ecosystem
Three accessories for different wearing positions, plus an app for autonomous management, health monitoring and repair guidance.
  • Flow, page 1 of 4: cover
  • Flow, page 2 of 4: research and technology
  • Flow, page 3 of 4: product, prototype and accessories
  • Flow, page 4 of 4: companion app
Ally modules in blue and white, including a display hub

Ally is a modular add-on device that upgrades your existing fridge with smart monitoring of food freshness and performance, skipping the cost and waste of buying a whole new appliance.

2026

  • Home
  • Technology
Two base modules
An external hub on the fridge door shows real-time data and controls the system; an internal module tracks food freshness with VOC, humidity and temperature sensors.
Modular
The hubs exchange power and data over Bluetooth, so additional modules can attach for a customizable, unified system.
Users
Private households, shared apartments, small businesses and hospitality: less food waste and easier shared spaces.
Production
ABS and TPU, made with two-shot injection moulding.
  • Ally, page 1 of 4: cover
  • Ally, page 2 of 4: modules, goals and users
  • Ally, page 3 of 4: production and user clusters
  • Ally, page 4 of 4: app and display interface
Tua chair, open and closed, with silhouettes of people exercising and sitting

Tua is not only a pilates machine, and not only a piece of furniture. It’s a functional instrument that seamlessly transforms into both whenever needed.

2025

  • Home
  • Sport
Concept
A Pilates Wunda Chair that adapts to the smaller living spaces of modern homes by transforming into functional furniture.
Expert input
Based on professional advice from the Pilates instructor and founder of Pilates Italia.
Innovation
Convertible, with clear affordance, proper exercise positioning for more people and an elastic band attachment for more exercises.
Details
Two-stage height-adjustable handles, an extra-deep seat, an automatic piston locking mechanism, easy mobility and quick replacement of wear parts.
  • Tua, page 1 of 4: cover
  • Tua, page 2 of 4: concept and innovation elements
  • Tua, page 3 of 4: configurations and opening process
  • Tua, page 4 of 4: dimensions and exploded view
Cin pendant lamp in jute against an orange background with a pattern of light

Finding happiness in life’s small, simple things is an art we should learn from the past. With Cin, a material from tradition meets modernity with its organic forms, in a designed equilibrium.

2025

  • Home
  • Lighting
Concept
A Made in Italy lighting appliance that celebrates traditional craftsmanship, using jute to diffuse light into a soft, sculptural glow.
Name
From the Venetian phrase “An cin”, meaning “a little bit, but enough”.
Materials
A coarse jute weave projects its texture onto the surrounding space, contrasted by satin black steel.
Production
Designed for small to medium-scale production that adapts traditional techniques to contemporary industrial processes.
  • Cin, page 1 of 3: cover
  • Cin, page 2 of 3: concept
  • Cin, page 3 of 3: components, materials and production

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