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I am Rachele, and this is my path.

Where I studied, what I have worked on and what brought me to World Change Project, told in more detail than the project page allows.

At a glance

Who is writing.

Rachele Pellissoni, seated at a table in a dark jacket, smiling, with a hand behind her ear
When I design, my goal is to tackle concrete problems and propose effective solutions. I believe design is born as a response to a real need and that, today more than ever, it can make a meaningful contribution in critical contexts such as food insecurity or water scarcity. As designers, our responsibility is to put our skills at the service of those who truly need them, turning ideas into tools of positive impact.
NowThesis project at Politecnico di Torino: World Change Project
BackgroundProduct design, Istituto Europeo di Design
Based inTurin, Italy. Born in Milan
LanguagesItalian (native). English: B2 course at Gateway School of English, Malta (2024)
Education

How I studied.

Design is the thread, from art school to product design and now a thesis on real problems.

2025 to now
Politecnico di Torino · Master's degree in Systemic DesignI am in the second year of the master's degree. So far the courses have covered the study of the territory, data analysis and representation, UX, and building a website. They are the tools I use in this thesis.
2024
Gateway School of English (GSE) · English course, level B2Two months in Malta, from 10 October to 5 December 2024, studying English at level B2.
2020 to 2024
Istituto Europeo di Design · First-level academic diploma in Product DesignWhat I took with me is the importance of research and method: with these two, any problem can be approached.
2014 to 2020
Liceo Artistico di Brera · Upper secondary diploma, Design trackSix years at the art high school, in the Design track.
Experience

What I have done.

March 2026 · New York Change the World Model United Nations I represented Equatorial Guinea in a group working on a World Health Organization challenge about sharing health data. Our position paper, in short:
  • The question. Should countries be forced to share health data and pathogens in real time?
  • Our position. Not by force: sharing needs equity and capacity-building first.
  • Why. Such rules favour richer countries and expose weaker ones to geopolitical and cyber risks.
  • What we proposed. Technology transfer first, a regional data hub, a national health plan, green incentives and tiered compliance.
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2023 to 2025 · StartupThe Evocative Tunnel (EVO)Co-founder and CTO of a startup for a drive-in service at petrol stations in Lombardy, designed for commuters short of time. Customers order groceries from an app or an AI-assisted touchscreen and collect them without leaving the car, while a robotic arm picks and bags the products.
Render of the EVO tunnel: a white covered lane, open at one end, where a silver car drives in beside a rounded blue service building
2024 · Ferrari Farm Società Agricola S.r.l.Redesign of an agricultural productA redesign of an existing product: a small hydroponic farm the size of a dishwasher, where spices and small leafy vegetables can be grown at home. I started with the main unit, revising both the production process and the look, and optimising the arrangement of the inner elements to improve how it works. To make this kind of product even more domestic, we then widened it into a family of three products.
Render of a living room with a sofa, a lamp and a TV unit, and the green product in three sizes: a floor cabinet, a wall unit and a small unit on the TV unit
2022 to 2023 · Bachelor's thesis, IED MilanRAL: an aquaponic system for women farmers in MalawiMy bachelor's thesis in Product Design was a start-up concept: SINOS, an aquaponic greenhouse system for rural communities of women with children in Malawi, with a workshop to build and run it together and a business plan. World Change Project grew out of it.
Skills and tools

What I work with.

Disciplines
Product designSYSTEMIC DESIGNDATA ANALYSIS
Tools
BlenderRhinoAdobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopAdobe InDesignChatGPTFigmaClaudeGemini
Beyond the CV

What drives me.

Emergency shower tent and water unit on display at 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo
21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo
Outside of studyOutside of study I draw, cook, listen to music and, above all, travel. I have been around most of western and central Europe, and to Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan to visit Expo 2025. Tokyo is the trip that stayed with me most: I visited many museums and design exhibitions there, including one on how design can respond to the needs of people displaced by extreme weather events. 
How it startedIt was my father who introduced me to design. At home we always had design pieces, such as chaise longues and Bang & Olufsen telephones. We moved house often, and it was hard to feel at home right away, so he and I would rearrange the furniture to make the space as familiar as possible. That is how I fell in love with the idea of designing the things around me. During my years at IED I understood what design really means to me: a tool for finding solutions to real problems, to guarantee equal access to rights for the people who live on this planet, and stability and wellbeing for the planet itself.
In five yearsI do not know where I will be in five years, but I know I will still be doing everything I can to make my ideals real.
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