Italian Material Design: imparando dalla storia

Giampiero Bosoni; Marinella Ferra

Giampiero Bosoni Politecnico di Milano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9378-0717
Marinella Ferra Politecnico di Milano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4099-3137

Keywords: Design Culture, Design Driven Innovation, Design History, Italian Culture of Materials Design, Material, Technological Innovation

Abstract

This fourth issue of «AIS/Design. Storia e Ricerche», addresses the theme of the design of materials read in the historical evolution of the culture of industrial design, and beyond, in Italy...

Author Biographies

Giampiero Bosoni, Politecnico di Milano

Giampiero Bosoni is a full Professor of Interior Architecture at the Faculty of Design of the Politecnico di Milano. Since 1989 he has been responsible for university courses in History of Design and Theory and History of Furniture. In 1997 he conceived and curates the first nucleus of the historical Italian design collection of the Triennale of Milan. In 2008 he was charged with MoMA of New York to draft a history of Italian design from the museum collection. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Franco Albini Foundation.

Marinella Ferra, Politecnico di Milano

Architect, PhD, and associate professor of Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano, Design Department. Since 1989 she has been performing scientific activity and teaching at several universities and academies in Italy (Catania, Florence, Palermo, etc.) and abroad as a visiting professor (University of Barcelona, UEM in Madrid, IADE in Lisbon, Izmir University of Economics, Universidad de Uruguay and University Jingdezhen-China). At Politecnico di Milano she coordinates MADEC (the Research Centre of Material Design Culture) leading scientific research about design-driven material innovation, and the skills of design in relation to technological innovations and materials. She is the author of books and essays that examine the relationship between design and materials (published by Springer, Lupetti, Alinea, Gangemi, etc). Other topics she is very found of are: design for cultural identities valorisation, and the evolution of the design in the Mediterranean countries. Since 2011 she is the editors-in-chief of the online journal «PAD. Pages on Arts & Design» (www.padjournal.net). Internationally she cooperates with several magazines of design. She is member of the executive committee of ADI (Association for Industrial Design), coordinator of the Scientific Committee for Professional Training and member of the Internationalization Team.

Italian Material Design: Learning from History

Abstract

Author Biographies