Milan, Italy

Carlo Desantis
Digital design & creative direction

I connect brand communication, UX/UI and web development with photo and video production, taking projects from the brief to the work people see and use.

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About me

I’m Carlo Desantis, a creative and digital designer based in Milan. I work across brand communication, interface design, web development and visual content, combining creative thinking with hands-on production.

My work ranges from the new ECR Group website and TakeCare’s product experience to digital projects for Temakinho, POP and Zendra Systems. I also contribute to advertising productions and develop photo and video content for music artists.

In agency and independent projects, I bring together clients, creative teams and developers around a clear brief, workable priorities and delivery. I can take responsibility for a website’s design and implementation, contribute to a brand’s creative direction, or support a production on set.

I use AI for research, exploration, prototyping and production, alongside design and development tools. The value I bring is connecting the idea, the people involved and the work needed to make it happen.

Brand & communication
Digital design & development
Photo, video & production
Project & client coordination
AI tools & workflows

Selected projects

ECR Group
Information architecture, UX/UI and full-stack development for ECR Group’s new website. Currently in its final development phase.
Sole UX/UI designer and website developer — information architecture, front-end and back-end.
Studio Macaluso
A website prototype combining a cinematic opening, a shared service layout, illustrative 3D aligners and a guided booking demo.
UX/UI design and website development, including scroll animation and the 3D experience.
POP — People of Pizza
Website UX/UI and development, branding direction contributions, and photo and video marketing content for POP by Gino Sorbillo.
UX/UI design, front-end and back-end development; contribution to branding creative direction; marketing photo and video content.
Temakinho
Website UX/UI and full-stack development, with a contribution to the creative direction of Temakinho’s rebranding.
UX/UI design, front-end and back-end development; contribution to rebranding creative direction.
TakeCare
UX/UI leadership, user flows and a Figma design system for a beauty platform, alongside its marketing website and launch presentation.
UX/UI lead, user flows, wireframes and Figma design system; app implementation collaboration; marketing website design and development; launch presentation.
Zendra Systems
Website UX/UI and front-end and back-end development for an automotive braking systems company.
UX/UI design and front-end and back-end website development.
Riri2k
Creative development and photo and video marketing content, with the goal of growing the artist’s social audience and Spotify listeners.
Creative development and photo and video marketing content.
Admiral
Landing page design and development, plus creative support, direction assistance and on-set support for a television commercial.
Landing page design and development; creative support, direction assistance and on-set support.
Penny
Landing page design and development, with creative support, direction assistance and on-set support for Penny’s commercial.
Landing page design and development; creative support, direction assistance and on-set support.
Carla Hero
Creative development and photo and video marketing content supporting the artist’s identity, social visibility and music discovery.
Creative development and photo and video marketing content.
Ristora
On-set production support for Ristora’s television commercial with Iva Zanicchi.
On-set support.
Hollywood Milano
For Hollywood Milano, I worked on UX/UI and website development, alongside marketing and video content. My contribution connects the digital experience with the material used to communicate the venue’s identity, atmosphere and events.
UX/UI, web development, marketing and video content.
Loolapaloosa
For Loolapaloosa, I worked on UX/UI and website development, alongside marketing and video content. My contribution connects the digital experience with the material used to communicate the venue’s identity, atmosphere and events.
UX/UI, web development, marketing and video content.
Nomad Milano
For Nomad Milano, I worked on UX/UI and website development, alongside marketing and video content. My contribution connects the digital experience with the material used to communicate the venue’s identity, atmosphere and events.
UX/UI, web development, marketing and video content.
Le Scuderie Milano
I worked on UX/UI and website development for Le Scuderie Milano. The design presents an urban destination through its spaces, events and everyday experiences, bringing a place-based identity into a clear digital structure. The selected material shows the homepage design and its presentation in a device mockup.
UX/UI and web development.
SmallFly
I designed and developed a landing page for SmallFly. The work translates the aviation brand’s identity into a focused digital introduction, with attention to content hierarchy, interface clarity and the relationship between visual presentation and navigation.
Landing page design and development.
CHEF P
I have worked with CHEF P on several photographic shoots. This selection includes a shoot with DJ Dero around 24/7, bringing the artists, the release and their visual presence into the same frame. The work focuses on producing strong photographic material for music communication.
Artist photography and photographic shoots.
SANDRO
SANDRO is an artist project currently in development. I work across creative management, marketing and video direction, shaping the visual language that accompanies the music. The selection brings together a video preview and stills from the work in progress, showing the direction of the project without presenting it as a finished release.
Creative management, marketing and video direction.
Portfolio OS
A personal portfolio conceived around MacBook, iPad and iPhone interactions, with shared content and custom-authored icons.
Concept, visual direction, custom icons and design iteration, with AI-assisted development.