About me
Bio (short)
Matteo is an Italian game designer and architect. Since 2009 he has worked as a real-life game designer (art direction / design / production / marketing) and as a teacher and consultant on game design and interactive arts.
He is the director of the Nomadic Branch of Trust in Play, the European School of Urban Game Design and formerly Full-time Faculty and interim Chair of the Interacive Arts department at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD). He is a TedX speaker, podcast host (theplaycast.co) and festival curator.
Matteo’s projects received national and international awards and have been featured in newspapers and magazines like Wired, Sole 24ore, Repubblica and Corriere della Sera (Italy’s main daily newspapers), his urban games were showcased and awarded in European and International festivals like Playpublik (Krakow, Poland), 72 Hours Interactions (Witten, Germany) Come Out and Play (New York), The Big Show (Baltimore, MD).
Matteo lives in New York City.
Bio (supershort)
Matteo is an Italian, U.S. based, urban game designer, curator and educator. His games have been showcased all around the globe and received national and international awards. He is the director of the Nomadic branch of Trust in Play, the European School of Urban Game Design and formerly interim Chair of the Interactive Arts department at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD). He holds an MFA in Architecture.
Bio (super super short :)
Matteo is an Italian urban game designer and educator , since 2009 he created urban games and immersive experiences that has been showcased and awarded all around the world. He loves to teach and build communities, he lives in NYC.
Write me at hello@matteouguzzoni.com
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Picture by Francesca Zito - Basilicata Border Games (Potenza - 2013)