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Daniele Balcon trained at the IUAV University of Venice. At 23, he created his first visual identity project for Novation spa, formerly Bauer-Nike (Montebelluna, TV). Since 2004 he has collaborated on multimedia projects with Studio Altermedia and on editorial projects with Francesco Messina's Polystudio. In 2006, after an experience in interactive graphics at H-Farm, he returned to working as a freelance 'designer' before co-founding Studio Visuale with other partners in 2008.

After several years of teaching collaborations, since 2017 he has been a contract professor at various universities: IUAV University of Venice, Istituto Europeo di Design of Venice, G.B. Tiepolo Academy of Fine Arts in Udine. His research focuses on: digital user interfaces applied to products; information design on digital devices; interactive installations; wayfinding systems integrating physical and digital systems. He has given lectures and talks at IED Florence and Milan, the University of Bologna, Aiap conferences and other advanced training events.

He graduated in architecture in 1995 from IUAV in Venice with a thesis on the expressive capabilities of digital tools for communicating design projects. He worked as a teaching assistant in the field of representation, conducting research and presenting its results at major conferences dedicated to multimedia. Since 1997 he has been a contract professor, first at the Politecnico di Milano, then at the Faculty of Architecture in Ferrara, and since 2000 at IUAV in Venice. He currently teaches Web and Multimedia Design at the University of San Marino.

Since 1995 he has worked in information design, both theoretically and professionally, designing and creating digital archives, CD-ROMs and videos in the fields of architecture, design and cultural heritage. He was among the partners of Studio Altermedia, specializing in the production of digital communication artifacts, video and web design.

Among his works: Brion Monumental Tomb. The Survey 1998-2000, published as a supplement to “Casabella” 678, Eight Italian Post-War Architectures, CD-ROM; Andrea Palladio Atlas of Architectures, CD-ROM by Marsilio. In 2008 he became one of the founding partners of Studio Visuale.

He trained with a Master's Degree in Visual and Multimedia Communication, riding the wave of enthusiasm from the school founded by Sergio Polano and coming into contact with the masters of Italian and international graphic design. He first graduated with a thesis on the creative direction of a strategic communication project for the redevelopment of the Grappa massif, and later with a thesis on identity in motion. From this second academic experience, he identified dynamic graphics as an essential new field of graphic design and continued exploring the expressive potential of hybrid communication through projects in various fields. After a pilgrimage to experience motion graphics firsthand in the States, he worked at Kyle Cooper's Prologue Films. At the California studio, first as an employee and later as a freelancer working from Italy, he worked for clients such as Apple, HP and Hollywood production companies. Since 2000 he has collaborated with Studio Altermedia, and after an experience in interactive graphics at H-Farm, joined Studio Visuale.

He currently designs advanced communication artifacts and complex communication plans. In his research into the limits of integration between different media, he recently coordinated the working group for Lux in Arcana, the 2012 exhibition event for the Vatican Secret Archives.