Portfolio / Igor Filatov

Projects

A selection of digital, visual and physical work: AI tools, websites, automation, photography, video, retail production, packaging and prototypes.

Brand · E-commerce

La Cortigiana

Independent custom lingerie brand handmade in Italy: product development, e-commerce, alternative payments, and positioning.

Role: Co-founder, e-commerce architecture, video, automation and growth.

Problem: Selling custom intimate apparel while navigating Meta's advertising bans and aggressive payment processor policies.
What I built: Custom WooCommerce headless e-commerce, multi-acquirer payment routing to eliminate freezes, and on-location video/photo sets in Turin.
Outcome: Active storefront, repeat orders across Europe, 0 chargebacks, and full independence from closed platforms.

Open project

AI · Local business

Torino Lens

A tool to assess a commercial location in Turin before investing, signing a lease, or launching a shop.

Role: Concept, product, development and AI workflow.

Problem: Evaluating a street or retail district takes hours of sifting through fragmented data, often leading to costly lease mistakes.
What I built: Engineered an intuitive frontend with geocoded maps, data enrichment pipelines, and LLM synthesis tuned for Italian retail reality.
Outcome: Used to evaluate over 40 retail locations in Turin across San Salvario, Quadrilatero, Vanchiglia, and Crocetta.

Open project

Product · UX · Community

GTT Tracker

A lightweight city micro-tool checking Turin public transport with live GTFS feeds: no ads, no bloated app download.

Role: Concept, UX, backend and development.

Problem: The official transit app is bloated (150MB), slow to open, and frustratingly inaccurate while waiting at the stop in the rain.
What I built: Built a Node.js/SQLite micro-service with instant geolocation and streaming GTFS open data parsing for Turin.
Outcome: Live, fast, and used daily by Turin commuters and residents with zero maintenance overhead.

Open project

Hospitality · Automation · AI

Sovoque Guest

Multilingual QR assistant for B&Bs and holiday homes: answers recurring guest questions (access, Wi-Fi, AC, tips) in their native language.

Role: Concept, product design, UX, full-stack development and AI integration.

Problem: Hosts spend hours answering the exact same operational questions on WhatsApp while arriving guests struggle with check-in details.
What I built: Developed a modular app with passwordless magic-link host access, urgent request escalation to Telegram, and 12-language support.
Outcome: Working product tested in Turin guest apartments, eliminating 70% of repetitive host messaging interruptions.

Open project

Digital products · Payments · AI

F-Lab

Platform and architecture for complex digital products, resilient payment flows, conversational onboarding and automated operations.

Role: System architecture, payment engineering, and automation.

Problem: Launching novel digital products while hitting the brick wall of rigid SaaS checkouts and lack of proprietary data control.
What I built: Integrated AI interaction models, subscription webhook handlers, and automated background tasks on dedicated infrastructure.
Outcome: Robust platforms serving thousands of active users without 30% take-rate proprietary app-store lock-in.

Open project

Community · Events · Telegram

Torino, andiamo?

Guide and bot to discover what's happening in Turin and find people to go with: event aggregation, social RSVP, and smart direct notifications.

Role: Founder, full-stack development, Telegram MTProto / Bot API integration.

Problem: Turin hosts dozens of vibrant cultural events weekly, yet people stay home because friends are busy or the schedule is scattered.
What I built: Built Social V2 architecture with 20/20 QA safety guards, strict opt-in notifications, ICS calendar sync, and zero broadcast spam.
Outcome: Live in production on PM2, indexed sitemap catalogue, and active Telegram community in Turin.

Open project

Physical production

Shop windows and retail production

An archive of shopfront, decoration, booth, material and installation work for commercial spaces and global brands.

Role: Physical production and delivery.

Problem: A visual concept must become accurate, physical, installable elements with zero margin for on-site measurement error.
What I built: Turnkey production, material fabrication, detailed finishes, decorations, and installation management.

Open project

Packaging / small production

Branded objects

Custom pouches, textile packaging, embroidery and small logo objects for products, hospitality and events.

Role: Concept, prototyping, production and sales.

Open project

Retail archive

Shop windows, decoration and commercial spaces

Physical work from my professional background: shop windows, materials, booths and installations.