Atelier PiccoliBit is a non-profit born from an idea by Andrea Marinelli, a musician and visual artist with a background in education, which we then developed together, bringing in my side as a musician and programmer. It’s a digital atelier: a space for artistic and creative experimentation where children are free to move and express themselves, led through play and discovery by “atelieristi”, artists chosen for their work and their teaching skills, who bring art and digital together. Supported by adults, the children build their own independence in both analog and digital worlds.

The site needed to feel as lively and welcoming as the atelier itself. A serious, corporate look would have been the wrong fit, so the goal was a site with personality.

I designed and developed the site myself, and its character comes from the design. The pages are built from playful components, boxed sections with hard offset shadows, a pixel-style typeface that nods to the digital side of the project, and a little robot mascot, and the elements bounce and wobble as you move through them, giving the whole site a light, hands-on feel.

The first version was built in Angular in 2021. In 2026 I reworked it in SvelteKit, keeping the same spirit while making the site faster, easier to maintain and update, and bringing it onto a more modern stack.