Hello
I'm Emanuele Colombo, an award winning motion designer working across brand identities, product motion, visual storytelling, and digital products.
I came up through character animation, and my work helped shape the aesthetics of digital motion design over the past decade, leading to collaborations with teams at Google, Spotify, OpenAI, YouTube, Pinterest, Meta, Notion, and eBay.
My practice explores how motion can shape meaning across both expressive narrative formats and the functional systems people use every day. In recent years my focus has moved toward the intersection of animation, motion systems, interface animation, and product design.
The same instinct that once brought characters to life now goes into micro-interactions and runtime animation built in Rive and Lottie. Working alongside product designers and engineers, I create motion systems that move cleanly from design into code and ship as a living part of the product.
Recent work in this space includes Spotify Wrapped 2025, the Notion AI Assistant, and the OpenAI DevDay 2025 brand identity.
Alongside client work, I teach at Motion Design School, one of the leading online schools for motion design, where my course Motion Secrets is among their best sellers. I am also a regular speaker at international design festivals.
Speech and Workshops
2025 Sep / London (UK)
Speaker at InMotion festival
2025 Jun / Yerevan (Armenia)
Animation Workshop - Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
2025 Feb / Manchester (UK)
Speaker at Motion North Festival
2022 Mar / Milan (Italy)
Speaker at Civic School of Cinema Luchino Visconti
2021 Jun / Tel Aviv (Israel)
Speaker at Wix Design Studio Talk
2019 Nov / Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Speaker at Anymotion Festival 2019
2019 Oct / Turin (Italy)
Torino Graphic Days / Character animation workshop
2019 Sep / Porto (Portugal)
Escola Superior de artes decorativas – Animation workshop
2018 Nov / Seville (Spain)
Speaker at Animalada animation festival
2018 Sep / Porto (Portugal)
Escola Superior de artes decorativas – Animation workshop
2018 Apr / Milan (Italy)
CFP Bauer, Animation workshop
2017 Sep / Porto (Portugal)
Escola Superior de artes decorativas – Animation workshop
2017 Aug / Mexico City (Mexico)
Pictoline Global Residency
2016 Sep / Porto (Portugal)
Escola Superior de artes decorativas – Animation workshop
2016 May / Milan (Italy)
Speaker at Polytechnic University of Milan
2016 Apr / Dubai (UAE)
Speaker at ING Creative Conference
2015 Dec / Rome (Italy)
Speaker at Creative Pro Show
2015 Sep / Milan (Italy)
Speaker at Creativity Day 2015
2015 Sep / Porto (Portugal)
Escola Superior de artes decorativas – Animation workshop
2015 Apr / Rome (Italy)
Speaker at Adobe After Effect User Group Meetup
2015 Feb / Turin (Italy)
Building Digital Campaigns / Animation Workshop
2014 Apr / Milan (Italy)
Speaker at Adobe CreateNow Tour