About me

MICHELE ARLEO.

I design how brands look, move and make sense. My work sits between identity and digital products, where strategy has to become something people can see, understand and actually use.

Over fourteen years, my path has moved through Potenza, Milano, Bologna, Genova, Varese, Lugano and Oslo. Each place changed the way I observe, collaborate and design. Today I work mainly remotely with teams wherever the right project happens to be.

I have contributed to projects for Sky, Unipol, Tangity (NTT DATA) and Say.Social. I was the first ADCI Ambassador in Basilicata and founded LIFE Design Festival in Potenza. Good design should travel; good collaboration already does.

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Years of practice. Still curious.
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LIFE Festival editions — and counting.
SKY
Unipol · Tangity · Say.Social
#1
First ADCI Ambassador in Basilicata
Design is not decoration. It is the clearest language for shifting how people think — and act.
Skills
UX/UI DesignCreative Direction Brand IdentityVisual Systems Motion DirectionPrototyping Design SystemsFigma Adobe CC
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Identity with a voice. Digital with a point of view.

Design belongs to everyone — especially where no one expects it.

How I work

Before making anything, I listen: to the brief, the context and the things nobody thought to put in the brief. The right question usually saves more time than the fastest answer.

Clarity before pixels. I define the problem, the priorities and what success should look like, so every choice has a reason beyond “it looks good”.

Strategy becomes a visual system: identity, interface, type and motion. Beautiful enough to earn attention; coherent enough to keep it.

A project is not finished when the files leave my desk. I stay close through implementation, test what matters and make sure the idea survives contact with reality.

In their words

Lorenzo Costa.

Senior UX Designer · Tangity (NTT DATA)
“Michele puts everyone at ease, listens, and gets the best out of the team while holding a firm line on the creative calls. He turns complex concepts into concrete, never obvious solutions — from micro-interactions to typography — building a visual language that is clear and buildable.”

Damiano Giannini.

Founder & CEO · Say.Social
“Michele is a collaborative and proactive professional, always ready to bring ideas, perspectives and solutions that genuinely make a difference. Working with him means having an open, practical and constructive exchange, and he has a real ability to add value both to the project and to the people around him. It is always a pleasure to work with him.”

Francesco De Fino.

Co-owner · Spix Italia Srl
“Michele has a natural ability to put people at ease, listen carefully and bring out the best in those around him, while remaining confident and decisive in creative direction. He turns complex ideas into clear, distinctive and practical visual systems, balancing the bigger picture with the smallest details. His creativity, reliability and sense of ownership make him someone a team can confidently rely on throughout the process.”

Chiara Castagna.

Founder · Aspasia.studio
“Michele has an exceptional ability to understand what a client really needs and translate it into the right product. His creativity raises the quality of the whole collaboration. He turns an idea into a complete, coherent visual language that makes a brand sharp, distinctive and immediately understandable through color, typography and every visual choice.”