Matteo Ricci
Matteo leads our digital product engagements — bringing a decade of design-systems work at cultural and editorial clients.
At Oaler, Matteo leads client engagements from the first conversation through launch — often staying past handover to help teams internalise the system. The work is patient, opinionated, and quietly maintained; the kind of engagement where the eighteen-month follow-up matters as much as the launch week.
Before Oaler, a decade of practice across independent studios and cultural institutions across Europe and Asia. That range shows up in the work as a preference for restraint — a suspicion of anything that only reads well once.
Outside the studio, Matteo teaches occasional workshops, contributes to a slow-writing correspondence with two friends, and looks after a small collection of books that will probably never be finished.
"The best product work reads like editorial. Someone chose every word, and someone else chose to leave a lot of them out."
Currently listening
- Julianna BarwickHealing Is a Miracle
- Nils FrahmMusic for Animals
- CarolineCaroline
Currently reading
- Kyo MaclearUnearthing
- John BergerAbout Looking
- Rebecca SolnitOrwell's Roses