Palimpsests

Abstract

The second number has arrived. It is once again a miscellaneous number, rich in ideas, themes and authors different by generation, approaches and points of view. A wealth that the magazine promotes, without wanting to impose a monochromatic vision of the history of design...

Author Biography

Raimonda Riccini, Università Iuav di Venezia

Full Professor at the Università Iuav di Venezia, where she also coordinates the PhD program in Design Sciences and the Design & Museology research group. She is a co-founder and current President of the Italian Association of Design Historians (AIS/Design) and since 2013 she has been editor-in-chief of the online journal «AIS/Design. Storia e Ricerche». In 2013 she promoted the first Italian Forum of PhD programs in Design. She has published extensively on the history of design. Her recent publications include: “Artificio e trasparenza: Il corpo sulla scena degli oggetti”, in Il corpo umano sulla scena del design (ed. M. Ciammaichella, Il Poligrafo 2015); “Il progetto senza storia? Le scienze umane nella didattica delle scuole di design”, in Storia hic et nunc: La formazione dello storico del design (eds. P.P. Peruccio and D. Russo, Allemandi 2015); “‘Let’s not forget the kitchen’: How design has transformed the domestic hearth”, in Kitchens & Invaders (ed. G. Celant, Electa 2015); Design e immaginario. Oggetti, immagini e visioni fra rappresentazione e progetto (co-editor with P. Proverbio, Il Poligrafo 2016) and the proceedings of the 2016 AIS/Design conference Angelica e Bradamante. Le donne del design (Il Poligrafo 2017).

Published
2013-10-31
Section
Editorial