Oi, I am Simone

Strategic designer for institutional transitions.
Human + planetary governance, by design.

I work at the intersection of policy, design and meaning-making helping institutions find shared direction on societal and ecological challenges.

Born in Brazil, dual nationality (Brazil & Italy), based in Türkiye.

Where my time goes_

the day job

Strategic designer at UNDP's Digital, AI and Innovation Hub, codifying the organisation's portfolio approach.
#FullTimeJob

the side teaching

Curriculum design and guest teaching at the intersection of design, leadership and systems thinking. With Próxima Geração in Portugal, and at design schools across Europe and the Americas. #Teaching #LearningExperience

side obsession

How plants and animals can have an active voice in policymaking? #SideObsession

Selected work_

System Transformation Strategies
Turning System & Portfolio Approach into Products

System Transformation Strategies

Turning System & Portfolio Approach into Products

Modernizing Development
Flagship Publication Introducing Portfolios

Modernizing Development

Flagship Publication Introducing Portfolios

Blue Marble
An international cooperation entity from the future

Blue Marble

An international cooperation entity from the future

Documentary: "When We Adopt Each Other"
Founder of Adoção Tardia and producer of its documentary on older-child adoption

Documentary: "When We Adopt Each Other"

Founder of Adoção Tardia and producer of its documentary on older-child adoption

With Light_

There Will Never Be Silence
Short Film

There Will Never Be Silence

Short Film

Hugging in Canada
Street Photography

Hugging in Canada

Street Photography

People I admire
Portraits

People I admire

Portraits

Mushrooms Poster
Lighting Experiment

Mushrooms Poster

Lighting Experiment

Selected earlier work_

MSc Graduation Project
Client: Foundation for Amazon Sustainability

MSc Graduation Project

Client: Foundation for Amazon Sustainability

Educational Program
Client: Junior Achievement Brazil

Educational Program

Client: Junior Achievement Brazil

BA Graduation Project
Adoção Tardia - Older Child Adoption

BA Graduation Project

Adoção Tardia - Older Child Adoption

Health Prevention
Client: Netherlands Red Cross

Health Prevention

Client: Netherlands Red Cross

Work/Academic inquiries? Reach me on Linkedin

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her chains are very different from my own.” Marielle Franco