External Collaborator

Zehan Shang is an industrial designer and researcher exploring the intersections between traditional crafts and contemporary design. He gets his both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Product Design from Politecnico di Milano.

His research focuses on how advanced manufacturing technologies can be integrated with traditional craftsmanship—without compromising … Continue Reading ››

PhD Candidate

Yi sui is a Politecnico di Milano PhD candidate. Her research focuses on enhancing user experience through shape-change material.

This research is to outline a design space for shape-changing behaviors of interactive products enabled by transformation characteristics of shape-change materials. The objective is to propose a systematic design approach to guide design practices in morphing … Continue Reading ››

PhD Candidate

Jingyu Xu is currently a PhD candidate (40th cycle) in Design and a member of the MADEC Research Group. Her PhD project is funded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC).

Her research adopts a design-led perspective and focuses on the circular regeneration of discarded ceramic materials, exploring how processes of material transformation can … Continue Reading ››

Visiting Phd

Paulo Eduardo Tonin is an architect, researcher and PhD candidate in Design at UDESC, Brazil and visiting PhD at Politecnico di Milano. His work sits at the intersection of Cognitive Psychology, UX Design, Semiotics, Neuroscience and Anthropology, forming a rare and powerful blend of academic insight and creative direction.

Paulo’s academic path spans … Continue Reading ››

Visiting PhD Candidate

A passionate woodworker and dedicated hands-on creator. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and currently doing his PhD degrees at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). He hold a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from ESDI/UERJ (2017). In 2014, I participated in an academic exchange program at Nottingham Trent University, in England, through … Continue Reading ››

External Collaborator

PhD in Materials Engineering. Head of Design Studies Master’s and PhD programs at Izmir University of Economics (IUE). Instructor at the Industrial Design Department at IUE. His research interest includes materials for design, smart materials, borate glasses, engineering ceramics, biomaterials, biomimetics, linguistics of design, technological forecasting, disability and work, design history, and text mining. After … Continue Reading ››

Full Professor in Interior Architecture and Exhibit of Politecnico di Milano, Design School and Architecture School. He is an expert of Theory and History of Design with a focus on furniture and everyday use objects. Architect, he has collaborated with Figini e Pollini, Vittorio Gregotti and Enzo Mari, with whom has developed the interests around the … Continue Reading ››

Architect and Designer, Studied at the SPD Scuola Politecnica di Milano and received the Ph.D. from Politecnico di Milano where work as researcher and professor. In the year in 2005, Being professor at the interaction design institute Ivrea and in the Faculty of Architecture of Genova, Torino, Roma, as well as in the Università Cattolica di … Continue Reading ››