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Observatory

Design 4 Materials

Observatory

Design 4 Materials

Abstract

Materials considered within the framework of ecological and digital transition enhance scenarios for project development and sustainable solutions, impacting production dynamics, use, communication, and mediation of project culture. Central to this are aspects related to performance and aesthetic-sensory quality which, through materials, affect the reception, appropriation, and meaning of products.
The scientific design community looks decisively and collectively at the recognition and positioning of its research, assigning the designer an active and multidisciplinary role in transforming practices and theories to guide the evolution of knowledge and skills in the materials area, as already indicated by the historical-cultural tradition of Italian design, beyond any operational practice, while highlighting the strong contribution to the competitiveness of companies and territorial business systems.

KEYWORDS

material experience, sustainability, identity

SID CONTACT

Lucia Pietroni

Proponents
Rossana Carullo
POLIBA
Barbara Del Curto
POLIMI
Marinella Ferrara
POLIMI
Carla Langella
UNINA
Sabrina Lucibello
SAPIENZA
Professors and Researchers
Stefania Camplone
UNICH
Francesco Cantini
UNIFI
Carmelina Anna Catania
UNIPA
Cecilia Cecchini (co-founder design4materials)
SAPIENZA
Rosa Chiesa
IUAV
Giovanni Maria Conti
POLIMI
Doriana Dal Palù
POLITO
Claudia De Giorgi
POLITO
Raffaella Fagnoni
IUAV
Carla Farina
UNITUS
Venere Ferraro
POLIMI
Beatrice Lerma
POLITO
Giuseppe Lotti
UNIFI
Marco Marsiglia
UNIFI
Maria Dolores Morelli
UNICAMPANIA
Rosa Pagliarullo
POLIBA
Valentina Rognoli
POLIMI
Maximiliano Romero
IUAV
Ludovica Rosato
UNIBO
PhD Candidates and Research Fellows
Elena Albergati
POLIMI
Luca Alessandrini
POLIMI
Giorgia Burzio
POLIMI
Tommaso Celli
UNIFI
Niccolò Colafemmina
UNICAM
Michele De Chirico
IUAV
Chiara Del Gesso
SAPIENZA
Alessandro Di Stefano
UNICAM
Sofia Duarte
POLIMI
Noemi Emidi
POLITO
Giovanni Inglese
SAPIENZA
Tania Leone
POLIBA
Chengjun Li
POLIMI
Eugenia Morpurgo
IUAV
Flavia Papile
POLIMI
Gabriele Pontillo
UNIFI
Calogero Mattia Priola
IUAV
Alessia Romani
POLIMI
Carmen Rotondi
SAPIENZA
Romina Santi
POLIMI
Lia Sossini
POLIMI
Ivo Spitilli
UNICH
Alessandro Squatrito
POLIMI
Yi Sui
POLIMI
Alessio Tanzini
UNIFI
Lorena Trebbi
SAPIENZA

Archive Design 4 Materials

Other events

Exhibition and seminar “From Material Design to Research” organized by the bottom-up working group design4materials