Edited by Giuseppe Bucchianico, Raffaella Fagnoni, Lucia Pietroni, Daniela Piscitelli, Raimonda Riccini
Italian Design Society, ISBN 978-88-943380-2-7
There could not have been a better occasion to discuss design research than the coincidence of the annual assembly of the SID (Italian Design Society) and the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus. The decision to dedicate the Assembly to the School of Design—the first to reflect on design theory, its pedagogical and didactic models, and the project as the core of the discipline—provided a focal point for reflecting on design research, drawing from an extraordinary legacy while acknowledging the vast distance of time. Without seeking unlikely elements of pure continuity, which the Ulm School had already radically questioned in the post-war period, the Assembly became an opportunity to take stock of issues already present at the Bauhaus in various forms and intensities, later enriched by subsequent experiences and re-elaborated by contemporary research.
An essential contribution to the renewal of the Bauhaus legacy came from Tomás Maldonado. Throughout his career as an educator and scholar, Maldonado often took a stand on the “Bauhaus tradition,” starting from when he was tasked with co-founding the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm. Here, as is well known, he questioned the continuity with the Weimar School proposed by Max Bill, a co-founder and the first rector of Ulm. Asserting the right to develop a model suited to new times, Maldonado laid the foundations for an approach to design detached from tradition and characterized by the new theoretical and scientific disciplines that emerged in the post-war period. From this standpoint, Maldonado conducted a long-term campaign to elevate design to the level of university education, opening the discipline to the dimension of academic research.
Contents
100 Years of the Bauhaus
Gender Identity, Interdisciplinarity, Experimentation
Contributions by Luisa Bocchietto, Simona Morini, Jonathan Mekinda
Research Projects
Design and Gender Identity
Contributions by Valeria Bucchetti, Cristian Campagnaro, Sara Ceraolo
Design and Other Knowledge
Contributions by Debora Giorgi, Irene Fiesoli, Giovanna Nichilò, Luca Casarotto, Pietro Costa, Alessandra Bosco, Elena La Maida, Emanuele Lumini, Michele Zannoni, Federica Dal Falco, Carlo Vinti, Antonello Garaguso, Alessia Ronco Milanaccio, Francesca Vercellino, Giuseppe Mincolelli, Gian Andrea Giacobone, Silvia Imbesi, Michele Marchi, Alessandra Scarcelli, Lucia Pietroni, Jacopo Mascitti, Daniele Galloppo, …
Design and Experimentation
Contributions by Petra Cristofoli Ghirardello, Laura Badalucco, Giuseppe Losco, Luca Bradini, Andrea Lupacchini, Giuseppe Carfagna, Matteo Iommi, Francesco De Angelis, Emanuela Merelli, Leonardo Mostarda, Barbara Re, Eduardo Barbera, Pierluigi Antonini, Carlo Giovannella, …
Research Ideas
Design and Gender Identity
Contributions by Valeria Bucchetti, Cristian Campagnaro, Sara Ceraolo, …
Design and Other Knowledge
Contributions by Debora Giorgi, Irene Fiesoli, Giovanna Nichilò, Luca Casarotto, Pietro Costa, Alessandra Bosco, Elena La Maida, Emanuele Lumini, Michele Zannoni, Federica Dal Falco, Carlo Vinti, Antonello Garaguso, Alessia Ronco Milanaccio, Francesca Vercellino, Giuseppe Mincolelli, Gian Andrea Giacobone, Silvia Imbesi, Michele Marchi, Alessandra Scarcelli, Lucia Pietroni, Jacopo Mascitti, Daniele Galloppo, …
Design and Experimentation
Contributions by Petra Cristofoli Ghirardello, Laura Badalucco, Giuseppe Losco, Luca Bradini, Andrea Lupacchini, Giuseppe Carfagna, Matteo Iommi, Francesco De Angelis, Emanuela Merelli, Leonardo Mostarda, Barbara Re, Eduardo Barbera, Pierluigi Antonini, Carlo Giovannella, …
Projects and Research Ideas
Contributions by Giuseppe Di Bucchianico, Raffaella Fagnoni, Lucia Pietroni, Daniela Piscitelli
SID Research Award 2019
Edited by the SID Executive Committee
Tribute to Tomás Maldonado
Contributions by Raimonda Riccini, Stefano Maffei