Federico Villa

Head of Design

New York, New York, United States11 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led design for Gemini and Bard at Google.
Experience with IoT devices and intelligent garments.
Projects featured in prestigious design publications.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Design Lead with expertise in product design and ambient computing.

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Skills

Other Skills

Product DesignService DesignSketchingDesign ThinkingRenderingModel MakingConcept DevelopmentDesign ResearchDesign Strategy

About

Intelligent Systems, Ambient Computing, Complexity, and Altruism. I'm a Design Lead at Google working on Gemini (prev. Bard) Previously, I worked on Ambient Computing and FuchsiaOS across all of Google's 1P hardware products. I also teach in the Graduate Interaction Design program at SVA & California College of the Arts. Before my time at Google, I was at fuseproject focusing on projects that thoughtfully integrated products and services ranging across iOS, Android, and web, but also extending into the design of brand new IoT devices, intelligent garments, and robotics. Launched: Gemini, Bard, Pixel Watch, Pixel Tablet + Foldable, Android Media Player, Moxsie Robot, FormeLife Fitness, SPRING Accelerator, Samsung Family Hub, Jdrf.org, Seismic Powered Clothing, Fedex.com, Discover.com. Originally from Colombia with a hybrid background in Industrial Design and Service Design. Projects featured in the Cooper Hewitt, V&A, Design Museum London, Time Magazine, FastCompany, Dezeen, IDSA, and Good Design Awards. Clients include Global Fortune 50 companies such as Google, Samsung, Jet.com, Fedex, Hewlett Packard, and Discover Bank, as well as early-stage and mature startups including Forme, Embodied, Archie, and Seismic. *Please message before connecting.

Experience

11 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 3 mos

Current Experience

School of visual arts

Adjunct Professor

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · New York, New York, United States

MFA Interaction Design Graduate Program.

Google deepmind

Design Lead

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · New York, New York, United States

Design Lead for Gemini.
Launched Gemini iOS App.

Google

2 roles

Design Lead

Promoted

Dec 2022 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · New York, New York, United States

Design for Bard + Android app.
Prev: Led design & strategy for Ambient Computing across Google's hardware.
Shipped various products, and features with Android, Wear, Nest, Material, Assistant & ATAP.

Senior Interaction Designer

Aug 2018 – Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Designed Single and Multi-user experiences and features for FuchsiaOS, a new capability based operating system for the next generation of computing. Founding Designer of Ambient Computing at Google.

California college of the arts

Adjunct Professor

Jun 2018 – Jun 2022 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

MFA Interaction Design Graduate Program.

Fuseproject

Senior Experience Designer

Sep 2016 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco, CA

Focused on the development of industry-first projects ranging from connected IoT devices, to new online services and mobile apps for a variety of clients including Global Fortune 50 companies like Samsung, and Jet.com, as well as early-age startups like Superflex, Embodied, and Forme.

Springboard

UX Mentor

Apr 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Online

Mentored over 40 students in UX Design and Systems thinking to help them learn, evolve and apply a better understanding of the field professionally. Topics included: ethnographic research, agile prototyping, content strategy, brand, UX/UI, systems design and design thinking methods.

Ia collaborative

UX / Interaction Designer

Mar 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Chicago, IL

Lead Designer in a variety of international web and mobile projects for FedEx, Discover Bank, Dexcom, and Godrej brands across the US, India, and South America.