Editoriale n. 7

Fiorella Bulegato; Dario Scodeller

Fiorella Bulegato Università Iuav di Venezia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0455-4425
Dario Scodeller Università degli Studi di Ferrara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8711-389X

Abstract

Fortunato Depero’s La casa del mago and Henry Dreyfuss’ drawing The Two-headed designer eloquently interpret the many different figures embodied by the designer in the course of the twentieth century (and the various “roles” that he played), focusing on the process of design, i.e. on the organization of the designer’s work, with the interferences, demands and collaborations it entailed in his relations with the other figures involved in the design process.
The articles in this issue of the magazine – edited by Fiorella Bulegato and Dario Scodeller – reconstruct this workspace, along with the methods and attitudes developed by the designers in their relations with the many different figures that make up the “design system”, either working within the manufacturing companies, or as freelance professionals, in the role of entrepreneur, or in collective experiences.

Author Biographies

Fiorella Bulegato, Università Iuav di Venezia

A graduate architect and associate professor at the Università Iuav in Venice, in 2006 she earned her PhD in industrial design and architectural technology at the Università di Roma La Sapienza in Rome. From 2010 to 2014, she was a researcher, and from 2012 to 2014 deputy director of the Undergraduate Programme in Industrial Design at the Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino. She has written essays and articles in specialized magazines and has been responsible for the documentary and iconographic research for many exhibitions and publications. Her publications include: Il design degli architetti in Italia, 1920-2000, with E. Dellapiana (Electa, Milano 2014); I musei d’impresa. Dalle arti industriali al design (Carocci, Roma 2008); Michele De Lucchi. Comincia qui e finisce là, with S. Polano (Electa, Milano 2004); the index and complete list of works in the book by S. Polano, Achille Castiglioni tutte le opere 1938–2000 (Electa, Milano 2001).

Dario Scodeller, Università degli Studi di Ferrara

Associate professor in the Architecture Department of the Università degli Studi di Ferrara. A licensed architect, graduated from the Università Iuav in Venice, and a design historian, he has worked professionally as a designer in the areas of lighting, exhibit and retail design. Since 2005 to 2015 he has taught in the Department of Industrial Design at the Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino/Iuav di Venezia, where he became a researcher in 2012 and for which in 2014-2015 he directed the Undergraduate Programme in Design. He has taught at the Design Department of the Politecnico di Milano, in the Master courses in Lighting Design at the Accademia di Brera and at the Architecture School of the Università di Udine. His publications include the monograph Livio e Piero Castiglioni, il progetto della luce (Electa, Milano 2003); Negozi, l’architetto nello spazio della merce (Electa, Milano 2007); Gaddo Morpurgo, pensieri, progetti, ricerche (Foschi Editore, Forlì 2008), Design spontaneo (Corraini 2017). His studies and critical reflections on design have been published in magazines such as «Casabella», «Flare», «Licht & Architektur», «Abitare», «Domus», «Luce & Design». He directed the office of retail design for the Coin group from 1998 to 2001, and served as a consultant for Fabrica (the communication research centre of the Benetton Group) for their exhibition projects.

Editorial Issue 7

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Author Biographies