Ensino de materiais para o design. Pesquisa sobre metodologia didática dos materiais em design e desenho industrial

This paper presents and advocates a method for teaching about materials in industrial design courses. The method has been developed by the authors in the academic sphere while teaching over the last six years on a number of degree courses – both the three-year basic programmes and the two-year specialist ones – at four Italian places of learning: the Politecnico di Milano, Sapienza University of Rome, the University of Palermo and ISIA (the Higher Institute for Artistic Industries) in Florence, which is now recognized as being equivalent to a degree course. The research has a focus on a specific area of the design field which has until now been undervalued, and not sufficiently expanded upon by teaching programmes, as it has always been seen as something which is simply there to be exploited. However, it has become more prominent in recent years, thanks in part to rapid technical and scientific development and the access to numerous new materials with unprecedented capabilities.Key words: design, materials, creativity, experimentation, teaching methodology.Este trabalho apresenta e defende um método de ensino sobre materiais em cursos de desenho industrial. O método foi desenvolvido pelos autores no âmbito acadêmico, ao longo de seis anos durante o ensino em uma série de cursos de graduação – tanto em programas de três anos do básico como no de dois anos da especialização – em quatro lugares italianos de aprendizagem: o Politécnico di Milano, Universidade de Roma La Sapienza, da Universidade de Palermo e ISIA (Instituto Superior de Industrias Artísticas), em Florença, que agora oferece curso de graduação. O foco específico desta pesquisa inscreve-se no campo do design e envolve um aspecto que não é frequentemente tratado. No entanto, o estudo sobre materiais tornou-se mais proeminente nos últimos anos, em parte graças ao rápido desenvolvimento técnico e científico e a entrada em cena de novos materiais que possibilitam recursos sem precedentes.Palavras-chave: design, materiais, criatividade, experimentaçã

From Science to Design: the Design4Materials virtuous cycle

Despite the large number of innovative materials developed in laboratories worldwide, their application in new mass-produced products is complicated. Design can reduce the risk that the research developed in scientific laboratories could fail to be properly exploited and triggering a beneficial cycle linking Science to Design. This paper present the Design4Materials, an italian network founded by the laboratories of leading schools of design: MaterialdesignLab|Sapienza Rome, Madec|Politecnico di Milano, HybridesignLab|SUN Naples, Soft Surfaces and Polisensoriality|Poliba Bari. After presenting the different skills of the network members, the authors describe the capabilities and the goals of the network and the main results developed like the project that define characteristics and identities for an open material, starting from a research of the IIT of Genoa. The Design4Materials aim is to play a leading role on design-driven innovation process, responding to society’s changing needs and developing a ‘circular’ methodology of innovation from a design standpoint

IL RITORNO DEI MATERIALI NATURALI: NUOVE TENDENZE AUTARCHICHE

La crisi economica ha generato diverse tendenze 'autarchiche' che coinvolgono il progetto con l’utilizzo di materie primordiali, di base e disponibili in natura. Questi materiali di grado 'zero' possono crescere, trasformarsi e rigenerarsi anche in vitro. Si tratta di materiali vivi, di organismi biologici con una sorprendente espressività e 'potenza' di prestazioni, che si fanno portatori di una nuova etica, di autenticità e valori democratici, perché fatti con materiali abbondanti in natura, commestibili o a partire dagli scarti agricoli e rifiuti. Dietro il comune denominatore di estetiche del "primitivo" e dell' 'imperfetto', c’è un processo inversamente proporzionale: a maggiore sofisticatezza tecnologica corrisponde paradossalmente una no-form che esprime una perdita di senso della composizione, del valore della forma

Social Farmers’ Networking for Inclusive Tourism

Source at https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/52054.Social entrepreneurship plays a key role in making tourism an inclusive activity. Literature on the topic is increasing but needs to pay more attention to collaboration, which is crucial for social enterprises. To overcome this gap, the research focuses on the impact that social entrepreneurs’ drivers and barriers towards collaboration might have on providing decent work in rural tourism. The research considers the case of social farming, which has important implications for developing inclusive tourism

Ensino de materiais para o design. Pesquisa sobre metodologia didática dos materiais em design e desenho industrial

This paper presents and advocates a method for teaching about materials in industrial design courses. The method has been developed by the authors in the academic sphere while teaching over the last six years on a number of degree courses – both the three-year basic programmes and the two-year specialist ones – at four Italian places of learning: the Politecnico di Milano, Sapienza University of Rome, the University of Palermo and ISIA (the Higher Institute for Artistic Industries) in Florence, which is now recognized as being equivalent to a degree course. The research has a focus on a specific area of the design field which has until now been undervalued, and not sufficiently expanded upon by teaching programmes, as it has always been seen as something which is simply there to be exploited. However, it has become more prominent in recent years, thanks in part to rapid technical and scientific development and the access to numerous new materials with unprecedented capabilities.Key words: design, materials, creativity, experimentation, teaching methodology.Este trabalho apresenta e defende um método de ensino sobre materiais em cursos de desenho industrial. O método foi desenvolvido pelos autores no âmbito acadêmico, ao longo de seis anos durante o ensino em uma série de cursos de graduação – tanto em programas de três anos do básico como no de dois anos da especialização – em quatro lugares italianos de aprendizagem: o Politécnico di Milano, Universidade de Roma La Sapienza, da Universidade de Palermo e ISIA (Instituto Superior de Industrias Artísticas), em Florença, que agora oferece curso de graduação. O foco específico desta pesquisa inscreve-se no campo do design e envolve um aspecto que não é frequentemente tratado. No entanto, o estudo sobre materiais tornou-se mais proeminente nos últimos anos, em parte graças ao rápido desenvolvimento técnico e científico e a entrada em cena de novos materiais que possibilitam recursos sem precedentes.Palavras-chave: design, materiais, criatividade, experimentaçã

teaching material design research on teaching methodology about materials in industrial design

This paper presents and advocates a method for teaching about materials in industrial design courses. The method has been developed by the authors in the academic sphere while teaching over the last six years on a number of degree courses – both the three-year basic programmes and the two-year specialist ones – at four Italian places of learning: the Politecnico di Milano, Sapienza University of Rome, the University of Palermo and ISIA (the Higher Institute for Artistic Industries) in Florence, which is now recognized as being equivalent to a degree course. The research has a focus on a specific area of the design field which has until now been undervalued, and not sufficiently expanded upon by teaching programmes, as it has always been seen as something which is simply there to be exploited. However, it has become more prominent in recent years, thanks in part to rapid technical and scientific development and the access to numerous new materials with unprecedented capabilities. Key words: design, materials, creativity, experimentation, teaching methodology

Research, education and co-creation: the university in place / Ricerca, formazione e co-creazione: l'università sul campo

In regional development strategies, universities are playing an increasingly decisive role as a knowledge generator and facilitator in the dialogue between local actors. This paper aims to understand the role that the University of Macerata can play in the process of interaction between business, public sector and research. Following a series of events organized by the University of Macerata with this objective, in this context will be analyzed the results of a focus group within an Entrepreneurial Discovery Process event. The participating stakeholders identified the university as the centre of a regional innovation ecosystem, where knowledge can be generated and transmitted.Nelle strategie di sviluppo regionale le università stanno assumendo un ruolo sempre più decisivo, quale generatore di conoscenza e facilitatore nel dialogo tra gli attori locali. Questo contributo ha l’obiettivo di capire il ruolo che può ricoprire l’Università di Macerata nel processo di interazione tra imprese, settore pubblico e mondo accademico. A seguito di una serie di eventi organizzati da parte dell’Università di Macerata con questo obiettivo, in questo contesto verranno analizzati i risultati emersi da un focus group all’interno di un evento Entrepreneurial Discovery Process. Gli stakeholders partecipanti hanno individuato l'università come il centro di un ecosistema regionale dell'innovazione, all’interno del quale poter generare e trasmettere una conoscenza diffusa.

Exploring the Role of the University in the Creation of Knowledge Networks in the Aso Valley, a Rural Area in Marche Region (Italy)

Rural areas are often disadvantaged by their peripheral position, depopulation and the scarcity of primary services, but they also have specific characteristics, especially in terms of cultural capital, that can make them attractive as tourism destinations. Sustainable tourism paths can be developed through collaboration between various actors with complementary skills and areas of expertise, especially local cooperatives and associations. In this context, universities can have a crucial role in creating knowledge networks and enhancing “rural buzz” that is the flow of information and knowledge among the individuals, organizations, and businesses in a rural area through face-to-face interaction. This study focuses on an Italian case study from the Marche Region: the collaboration between the University of Macerata (UNIMC) and a local association, Agritur-Aso, has been chosen as an example of a network for the co-valorization of regional cultural capital

Materia primordiale e Growing Design

Il particolare momento di crisi economica che il mondo occidentale sta attraversando, ha generato nel design alcune tendenze “autarchiche” che si sviluppano prevalentemente intorno a materie primordiali, basiche e naturalmente disponibili. Materiali al grado “zero” capaci di crescere, trasformarsi e rigenerarsi anche in vitro; materiali biologici e vivi dalle straordinarie potenzialità espressive e performative; materiali etici, sinceri e democratici perché realizzati con materia edibile o di scarto. E così, sotto il comune denominatore di una estetica del “primitivo” e dell’”imperfetto”, assistiamo ad un processo inversamente proporzionale in cui ad un maggior grado di sofisticazione tecnologica corrisponde paradossalmente un minor livello di ricercatezza estetico-formale.The economic crisis currently sweeping the western world has generated several “autarchic” trends primarily involving primordial, basic and naturally available materials. These “zero” degree materials can grow, transform and regenerate themselves even in vitro. They are live, biological materials with amazing expressive and performance potential, as well as being ethical, genuine and democratic because they are made with edible or waste material. Concealed behind this common denominator of “primitive” and “imperfect” aesthetics is an inversely proportional process; greater technological sophistication paradoxically corresponds to less aesthetic and formal refinement

The role of ICTs and public-private cooperation for cultural heritage tourism. The case of Smart Marca / Il ruolo delle ICT e della cooperazione pubblico-privati per il turismo culturale. Il caso di Smart Marca

This paper analyzes the opportunities related to public-private cooperation for the implementation of information communication technologies (ICTs) to promote cultural heritage tourism. After a literature review on the role of cooperation between private and public sectors and the most relevant information communication technologies (ICTs) for the promotion of cultural heritage, the analysis moves to travel apps, by illustrating features, main trends and some applications of this technology to cultural heritage and tourism. In the second part, the connection between tourism, cultural heritage and digital technologies is analyzed through the description of Smart Marca app, which, starting from the cooperation between local public and private entities, exploited ICTs to promote cultural tourism in Fermo area (Marche Region, Italy).  Il contributo analizza le potenzialità della cooperazione pubblico-privata nella progettazione e realizzazione di nuove tecnologie dell’informazione (ICT) per la promozione del turismo del patrimonio culturale. Dopo una rassegna della letteratura dedicata al ruolo della collaborazione tra pubblico e privato e delle ICT per la promozione del patrimonio culturale e lo sviluppo turistico di un territorio, l’articolo focalizza l’attenzione sulle applicazioni mobili di viaggio, illustrandone trend e caratteristiche, nonché alcuni esempi di applicazione di questa tecnologia al patrimonio culturale e al turismo. Nella seconda parte, la connessione tra turismo, patrimonio culturale e ICT viene analizzata attraverso la descrizione dell’app Smart Marca, che, a partire dalla cooperazione tra enti pubblici e attori privati, ha utilizzato le nuove tecnologie per promuovere il turismo culturale nel territorio fermano (Regione Marche, Italia)