Lodo Minelli Sarteri
Founder and scout for frontier innovation and culture, making life more humane.

I work on complex problems where technology, human behavior, and experience must function as a coherent system.
My focus is on building infrastructure and innovation-led projects that translate deep human signals into scalable products, platforms, and real-world impact.
Current Focus: EMOTITECH, the biotech and data company developing real-time hormone sensing from sweat and proprietary correlation software to establish a new layer of continuous human biodata.
ALPITRON, the special projects and innovation studio operating at the intersection of design, culture, and applied technology.
My background spans finance, technology, design, art, and international ecosystems across Europe, GCC, the United States, and Asia. This cross-domain experience informs how I approach innovation: with precision, restraint, and an emphasis on clarity over noise.
Based in the Alps. Operating internationally.
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ComplexCon, Los Angeles Apparel, Chinatown Market, and the City Between
After ComplexCon in Long Beach, Los Angeles slowed down. Away from the crowd, I met the people actually rebuilding fashion from the inside out. Dov Charney at Los Angeles Apparel, Mike Cherman at Chinatown Market, and long conversations with friends who know the city beyond…
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When Samsung Decided to Break the Smartphone – and invite me in San Francisco
I was invited by Samsung Global to the launch of the Galaxy Fold, a device bold enough to break the smartphone routine. The ambition was clear, the tension real, and the risk visible from the first hinge.
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金継ぎ Kintsugi, the Future of Fashion through Neuroscience
Our portfolio proudly showcases the groundbreaking project, Kintsugi, which marked the convergence of fashion and neuroscientific insights. From conceptualization to commercialization, we orchestrated the entire journey – encompassing ideation, meticulous research and design, strategic branding, and rigorous commercial efficiency testing – to bring to life…
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Crypto Valley
PROJECT TYPE: Place Branding / Innovation Hub NamingCLIENT: Regional stakeholders in Zug, SwitzerlandDELIVERABLE: Strategic naming + positioning rationale for a blockchain innovation zone 1. Client Brief Zug, Switzerland has become a global hub for blockchain and crypto innovation. The area is home to numerous leading…
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Chicago in August: Deals by Day, Virgil Abloh by Night
August light filled the streets. Lollapalooza shook the air. One night ended behind a DJ console with Virgil Abloh, trading stories about Milan between tracks. Another afternoon unfolded high above the city, inside the first Rotary Club in the world, listening to Sylvia Whitlock speak…
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CRYPTO CAVIAR, Jacquard Tapestry
Jacquard Tapestry: 100% cotton yarn. Unique: one of a kind piece, created by the artist. 70 × 54 in; 177.8 × 137.16 cm
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PALMS ON MARS, Jacquard Tapestry
PALMS ON MARS, 2018 Jacquard Tapestry: 100% cotton yarn. Unique: one of a kind piece, created by the artist.
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Las Vegas: When Tech-Commerce Became Infrastructure
Las Vegas compressed fashion, commerce, and culture into one week. Between Shopify’s message, conversations with Jaden Smith and Ronnie Fieg, and the trade floor energy, scaling stopped being theory and became structure.
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/ afterlabel
Our naming service was commissioned to create a distinctive identity for a forthcoming youth street-wear brand—one that deliberately defied traditional fashion norms. The result of a rigorous language and ideation process, “AfterLabel” emerged as a strategic choice that reflects a departure from conventional branding. The…
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How Korea Taught Us to Execute
Seoul forced us to commit. We bought a small apartment, turned it into a shooting set, and learned fast. Korea was harder than China, colder, sharper. Kimchi kept us alive. Execution did the rest.
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Fashion Tech in Hong Kong, With Politics in the Air
Worked thirty-six floors above Hong Kong with designers Danilo Paura and Jacopo Pozzati. Outside, the world was still echoing the U.S. elections. Inside, we built fashion tech wearables fueled by street food, long nights, and a city that never stops moving.
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Rice Fields, Clinics, and Quiet Power: Bali 2016
August 2016. Rice fields, slow mornings, and work that mattered. Between non-profit projects, a children’s clinic, and long days with the island’s people, Bali revealed itself not as a destination, but as a responsibility.
