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I’m Mariano Viola, building digital products at the crossroads of code, data and design

Latest posts

Future Tense

Digital News Outlets Are Becoming Legacy Acts — and Why This Matters for the Future of Information

Digital news outlets increasingly resemble legacy acts, authoritative, trusted, and culturally significant, yet structurally limited in how they evolve within an AI-mediated information landscape. Their challenge today is not overcoming their legacy but converting it into a foundation for new paradigms—verified information flows, trust-driven signals, and product-oriented models that can sustain relevance beyond the traditional news cycle.

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Design & Data

Touch and Shoot

Exploring a manual mode for smartphone cameras, this post details the design principles of a device-agnostic app that uses intuitive touch gestures to control key exposure settings like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance. It reimagines the mobile photography experience by blending simplicity with creative control.

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Maker's Log

Two Years of Iperstudio

Reflecting on two years of Iperstudio, this post explores a journey of radical ideas and collaborative innovation. It highlights how embracing professional mutualism and redesigning digital spaces led to breakthrough challenges and creative solutions in web design and development.

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Latest projects

News Website

Il Fatto Quotidiano

I contributed to a comprehensive redesign of the Il Fatto Quotidiano’s main website post‑2019, improving UX, performance, and editorial workflows through short iteration cycles and cross-team collaboration.

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News Website

Millennium

Integrated Millennium magazine into Il Fatto Quotidiano’s website, expanding its digital reach and subscription value while enabling ad monetization.

Millennium magazine website preview
News Website

FQ Magazine

Integrated the lifestyle section FQ Magazine into Il Fatto Quotidiano’s main website, enhancing visual identity, performance, and maintainability through early design collaboration and technical refactoring.

FQ Magazine theme variations, part of the design exploration phase
Website

Community de Il Fatto Quotidiano

Contributed to the design and front-end development of Il Fatto Quotidiano’s Web3 Community platform, enabling blockchain-based engagement through FQ Tokens and strengthening subscriber loyalty.

Petition Platform

Io Scelgo

Designed and developed the front-end of Io Scelgo, a petition platform by Il Fatto Quotidiano, enhancing civic engagement and expanding SEIF’s digital service offering for subscribers and citizens.

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