Curated by Giuseppe Bucchianico, Raffaella Fagnoni, Lucia Pietroni, Daniela Piscitelli, Raimonda Riccini
Italian Society of Design, ISBN 978-88-943380-2-7
There could not have been a better occasion to discuss design research than the temporal coincidence between the annual assembly of SID-Italian Society of Design and the centenary of the Bauhaus foundation. The decision to dedicate the Assembly to the School of Design, which was the first to reflect on design theory, its pedagogical and didactic models, and the project as the core of the discipline, allowed for a focal point around which to develop reflection on design research starting from an extraordinary legacy and, at the same time, from a vast distance. Without seeking improbable 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 some issues already present at the Bauhaus, in very different forms and intensities, later enriched in 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,” ever since he was tasked with initiating, not alone, the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm. Here, as is well known, he questioned the continuity with the Weimar School proposed by Max Bill, who was a co-founder and the first rector of Ulm. Claiming 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 veritable campaign over time 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 Valeria Bucchetti, Cristian Campagnaro, Sara Ceraolo 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 Valeria Bucchetti, Cristian Campagnaro, Sara Ceraolo 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
curated by the SID Executive Committee
Tribute to Tomás Maldonado
contributions by Raimonda Riccini, Stefano Maffei