Context

While working with studio 6ZERO5 in Italy on a client proposal, I explored the emerging field of Legal Design. I mapped existing projects, interviewed legal designers, and developed future scenarios to understand this new professional role and identify opportunities. From these insights, I created a personal project tackling a bureaucratic challenge I experienced firsthand: navigating the Italian residence permit process.

Opportunity

Legal Design was a relatively new field, and little information had been gathered about it. This created an opportunity to understand the current trends and existing projects in the field. It led to the question: How might we use design to make the law more accessible to everyone?

My role

I conducted comprehensive research on Legal Design, creating visualizations to map and cluster projects across the emerging field. Through interviews with Legal Designers, I identified opportunities and developed future scenarios for the profession. I then applied these insights to a personal project: redesigning the Italian residence permit process. This included stakeholder interviews, process mapping, and prototype testing to transform a complex bureaucratic experience into a more navigable system.

Outcome

Unfortunately, the client did not want to explore further, but I took the opportunity to use this research as part of my master's degree. The final thesis included accessible research on Legal Design, featuring examples and mind maps, along with a personal project addressing the residence permit process in Italy.