Since February 2023
FIXED-TERM ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (RTD-A) in Competition Sector 08/C1, SSD ICAR/13. University of Florence, Department of Architecture (DIDA). Project Circular and Sustainable Made in Italy, funded by the European Union under the NextGenerationEU – National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Principal Investigator: Prof. Elisabetta Cianfanelli
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Since February 2023
MEMBER of the research group "Lab REI – Reverse Engineering Design and Interaction Design", within DIDALABS (the laboratory system of the Department of Architecture, University of Florence).
Since February 2023
PARTICIPATION in the research project "Re-Waste. Circular Ecosystems in Textile Chain", Principal Investigator Prof. Elisabetta Cianfanelli. PNRR, PE11 MICS, Spoke 2. Partners: University of Florence, Politecnico di Milano, University of Bologna, University of Palermo, Gruppo Aeffe.
Since February 2023
PARTICIPATION in the research project "Prato Phygital: Creative Synergies for Competitiveness", Principal Investigator Prof. Elisabetta Cianfanelli. Research funded by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) under the call for competitive ideas for 5G and audiovisual technologies. Partners: University of Florence, Fondazione Sistema Toscana – Manifatture Digitali Cinema, Textile Museum of Prato, Municipality of Prato, PIN – University Centre of Prato, Indiana Production, PRISMA – House of Emerging Technologies, Immerxive Ltd., Marini Ltd., Wind Tre.
Since March 2023
PARTICIPATION in the research project "FasT4C – Fashion-Tech Design for Circularity", Principal Investigator Prof. Paola Bertola. PNRR, PE11 MICS, Spoke 5. Partners: Politecnico di Milano, University of Florence, Politecnico di Torino.
Since March 2023
PARTICIPATION in the research project "RESTART – REsilient, SusTainable and circulAr leatheR and Textile supply chains", Principal Investigator Prof. Filippo Visintin. PNRR, PE11 MICS, Spoke 7. Partners: University of Florence, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, Politecnico di Bari.
Since March 2023
PARTICIPATION in the research project "ECO-Design Circular Knowledge (ECODeCK)", Principal Investigator Prof. Paola Bertola. PNRR, PE11 MICS, Spoke 2. Partners: Politecnico di Milano, University of Florence, Politecnico di Torino, Sapienza University of Rome.
Since March 2023
MEMBER of the research group "Design Ecosystem for Fashion" of the Italian Society of Design (SID). SID Coordinator: Prof. Raimonda Riccini. Academic coordinators: Prof. Valeria Iannilli, Prof. Gabriele Monti, Prof. Elisabetta Cianfanelli.
Since August 2023
PARTICIPATION in the research project "ResHaping made in ITAly (RHITA). Circular Models for Italian Fashion Heritage and Manufactures through Digital Inclusivity and Conscious Innovation", Principal Investigator Dr. Chiara Scarpitti. Research funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) under the PRIN 2022 programme. Partners: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", University of Florence, Politecnico di Milano, University of Siena, IUAV University of Venice.
June 2023
RESEARCH AWARD
SID Research Award 2023. The SID Research Award is a scientific prize established by the Italian Society of Design (SID) and presented during its Annual Conference to the most original and outstanding research proposals. The Award Committee is composed of the Conference discussants, coordinated by the SID President, who meet at the end of the presentations to evaluate the submitted research proposals.
January 2023
VISITING RESEARCHER
University of Lisbon, Lisbon School of Architecture, Master's Programme in Fashion Design. Academic host: Prof. Gianni Montagna.
The research seminar explored and analysed the use of living materials in fashion and guided students, through speculative design methodologies, in the development of design concepts.
November 2021 – October 2022
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
IUAV University of Venice. "Biofashion. Weaving the Lagoon between Ecocriticism and Visual Imaginaries"
December 2019 – November 2020
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
IUAV University of Venice
"Fashion Futuring. Emerging Models of Fashion Design in Italy"
January 2019 – January 2020
RESEARCH ASSISTANT in the international research project "Fashion and Time", IUAV University of Venice and University of the Arts London – Central Saint Martins. Activities included coordination of the workshop "Fashion Aperture. Uchronia and Utopian Fashion in Cinema" (20–22 February 2019, Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Venice). The outcomes of the research were published in the volume Time in Fashion. Industrial, Antilinear and Uchronic (2020).
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
2023
Member of the Scientific Committee, D_TEX 2023 – 3rd International Textile Design Conference, chaired by Gianni Montagna and Manuela Cristina Figueiredo, University of Lisbon, 16–20 October 2023.
Co-author and Speaker, CIMODE – 6th International Fashion and Design Congress, Mexico City, 4–6 October 2023. Presentation of the paper Fashion Waste as Vibrant Matter. How Luxury Brands Are Taking Care of It.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the track Fashion and Textile Design for Sustainability and Better Life (co-chairs Gianni Montagna and Maria Antonietta Sbordone), IHSED 2023 – International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications, University of Dubrovnik, 27–29 September 2023.
Co-author and Speaker, Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Design (SID), Pescara, 12–13 June 2023. Presentation of the research proposal Cyborg Fashion. Designing Fashion with Artificial Intelligence. The contribution received the SID Research Award 2023.
Discussant, Fashion Stories lecture series, organised by the Fashion Design degree programmes of the University of Florence. Guest speakers included Francesca Pazzagli (Co-founder and Creative Director, Studio A (P)) and Luigi Clivati (Account Executive Platform, Salesforce), May 2023.
Member of the Organising Committee, Earth, Water, Air and Fire: The Four Elements of Fashion, convenors Anneke Smelik and Alessandra Vaccari, IUAV University of Venice, 16–17 March 2023.
Speaker, Earth, Water, Air and Fire: The Four Elements of Fashion, convenors Anneke Smelik and Alessandra Vaccari, IUAV University of Venice, 16–17 March 2023. Presentation of the paper What If Fashion Comes Back Down to Earth?
2022
Discussant, book presentation of Per un vestire gentile by Simona Segre-Reinach, with Monica Gazzola (VegFAshion) and Manuela Macelloni (Centre for Posthumanist Philosophy Studies), IUAV University of Venice, 14 December 2022.
Discussant, seminar Psychogeography. Walking, Seeing and the Seaweed by Kieron Dennis (Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London), IUAV University of Venice, 19–23 September 2022.
Co-author and Speaker, 8th International Forum of Design as a Process – Disrupting Geographies in the Design World, Bologna, 20–22 June 2022. Presentation of the paper From Sea to Fashion. Seaweeds as Material for a Sustainable Transition, presented in the panel New Materials Experiences within the track There's No Plan(et) B: Sustainable Transitions to Systemic Planet-Centric Design.
Speaker, Design!OPEN, Parma, 5–6 May 2022. Presentation of the paper Seaweed Textiles for Fashion Design. A Field Research Experience, in the session Objects between Anthropology and Material Culture (Chair: Raffaella Trocchianesi). Conference organised by the University of Parma in collaboration with the University of Palermo, Politecnico di Milano and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Co-author and Speaker, Design Culture – Pink City Design Confluence 2022, Jaipur, India, 11–16 March 2022. Presentation of the paper Italy in the Age of Mixed Reality. An Expanded Experience of Fashion, in the session Creativity 5.0 (Chair: Prof. Lorenzo Imbesi). Organised by ARCH College of Design & Business, Jaipur.
Discussant, Living Lab Rooting Fashion, with Lara Campos (S.Biotica Collective) and the R&D centre Pangaia Grado Zero, IUAV University of Venice, 25 February 2022. The seminar fostered an interdisciplinary dialogue on the role of material research and experimentation in fashion from a sustainable, human- and nature-centred perspective.
Invited Speaker, international online seminar Sustainable Practices in Design Education. Lecture: Role of Design Education to Stimulate Sustainability through Design and Making Approaches in Developed and Developing Countries. Chair: Shawana Khalil. Organised by the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, 11 February 2022.
2021
Invited Speaker, Living Labs Fashion Response-Ability. Transnational Dialogues and Local Impact, Venice, 2–3 December 2021. Presentation of the paper Textile Development and Zero-Waste Scenarios. Organised by IUAV University of Venice.
Co-author and Speaker, ICERI 2021 – 14th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 8–9 November 2021. Presentation of the paper Innovative Methodologies for the Didactics of Fashion Portfolio: A Field Research Experience. Organised by IATED Academy.
Discussant, FABBRICrafter Conference within Venice Design Week, COMBO Ex Convento dei Crociferi, Venice, 13 October 2021.
Proposer and Chair of the panel Open Districts. Redefining the Geographies of Fashion in Italy between Digital and Sustainability, international conference Fashion Tales 2020+1, Milan, 17–19 June 2021. Organised by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Co-author and Speaker, international conference Fashion Tales 2020+1, Milan, 17–19 June 2021. Presentation of the paper Sustainable Districts. New Configurations of Italian Fashion. Organised by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
2020
Speaker, international conference Innovative Methodologies for Research in Fashion Studies, 24 November 2020. Presentation of the paper Hybrid Methodology for Research on Fashion Futuring in Italy. Organised by Goldsmiths, King’s College London, Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion.
Discussant, round table Feeding Fashion. Practices of Reuse of Agri-food Waste, IUAV University of Venice, 2 October 2020.
Speaker, international conference FADC – Fashion And Design Conference, Vigo, Spain, 2–3 October 2020. Presentation of the paper Fashion Futuring: Emerging Models of Fashion Design in Italy. Organised by the University of Vigo.
Co-curator, together with Fabio Quaranta and Alessandra Vaccari, of the research seminar What If? Collaborative Conversations and Speculative Fashion, IUAV University of Venice, 18 June – 3 July 2020.
Speaker, The Mapping Work. First Results, research day Fashion Futuring in Italy, IUAV University of Venice, 3 February 2020.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Academic Year 2023–2024
University of Florence, Master’s Degree in Fashion System Design.
Lecturer, Fashion Advanced Design.
Lecturer, Game Design.
Academic Year 2022–2023
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, National Doctorate in Design for Made in Italy.
Lecturer, Design for a Symbiotic Society. Nine Life Forms, 26 April 2023.
University of Florence, Bachelor’s Degree in Textile and Fashion Design.
Lecturer for the module Tools and Methods for Design within the Design Studio.
IUAV University of Venice, Master’s Degree in Visual Arts and Fashion – Fashion curriculum.
Course leader, Advanced Laboratory of Techniques and Materials for Fashion.
Organizer of the seminars Digital Fashion Sourcing, in collaboration with the platform Bsamply and the textile companies Clerici, Lanificio Zignone, Silkomo, Tintoria e Stamperia di Lambrugo, and TouchingFashion, with Veronica Zuccolin, Eco-Age, Lottozero, Pecore Attive and Warmi.
Advanced Training Course in Sustainable Products and Circular Design.
Lecturer, module Circular Fashion & Textile.
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Foundation Year in Architecture, Art and Design (CFSIE).
Lecturer, Fashion Design (taught in English).
Academic Year 2021–2022
IUAV University of Venice, Master's Degree in Visual Arts and Fashion – Fashion curriculum.
Course Leader, Advanced Laboratory of Techniques and Materials for Fashion. A selection of the students' projects was exhibited at Milan Design Week (6–12 June 2022) at Rossana Orlandi Gallery as part of the RoGuiltlessPlastic exhibition.
Organizer of the workshop Sustainable Textile Design, in collaboration with Ratti S.p.A., focusing on textile design and production processes and printing techniques supporting the ecological transition.
Co-organizer of the transnational workshop Fashion Change and the New Sublime, jointly organised by IUAV University of Venice (Master's Degree in Visual Arts and Fashion) and the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Fashion Design Department), 8 June 2022.
Advanced Training Course in Sustainable Products and Circular Design.
Lecturer, module Circular Fashion & Textile.
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Foundation Year in Architecture, Art and Design (CFSIE).
Adjunct Lecturer, Fashion Design (taught in English).
NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design.
Adjunct Lecturer, Professional Practice in Fashion Design.
Venice International University (VIU), Globalization Program.
Guest Lecturer, Fashion Futuring, second semester, Academic Year 2021–2022.
Academic Year 2020–2021
IUAV University of Venice, Master's Degree in Visual Arts and Fashion – Fashion curriculum.
Lecturer, Portfolio Project workshop.
NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design.
Adjunct Lecturer, Professional Practice in Fashion Design.
