Raffaella Massacesi architect, PhD
In 2001 she founds the architecture and design collective Studio Ippozone Architetti based in Pescara with
which she carries out an intense professional activity, dealing with projects of urban requalification, digital
design and communication design. She wins several national and international design competitions and has
experience as a designer for the redevelopment of waterfronts and public spaces. She participates in scientific programs of national interest. From 2008 to 2019 she works in the field of visual and digital graphic arts as sole director of Habanero
Comics srl, a company specializing in communication, and as director of the related International School of
Comics, Academy of Visual and Digital Arts, Pescara. She carries out a wide project activity related to
applied arts and digital design (comics, illustration, web design, graphic design, videogames development)
and since 2011 she is curator of the comics sector of FLA Book Festival in Pescara.
In 2020 she wins the competition as Researcher (TDA) in the disciplinary field of Design ICAR/13, University
G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Architecture, Corso di Laurea in Design. She currently
teaches Communication Design and Media and Experience Design. She carries out research activities on the
themes of public utility communication and on the interaction between design and applied arts. Since
August 2021 she is the sole director of the Spin Off of the University SOS-Habitat srl, a company specialized in the development, production and marketing of innovative services with high technological value for studies on urban fabrics, buildings and human processes in order to identify the
environmental impacts and possible compensation measures and in the construction and communication
of the corporate identity; of public and private entities based on environmental sustainability.