- Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa | Napoli | Italy
- Middle East Technical University | Ankara | Turkey
- University of Navarra | St Sebastian | Spain
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia | Moscow | Russia
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | Porto Alegre | Brazil
- Shandong University of Art & Design | Shandong | China
Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa | Napoli | Italy
Francesca Nicolais
Ph.D in Communication Sciences, Francesca is a fellow at “ScienzaNuova Research Center” at the University of Suor Orsola Benincasa in Napoli, where she developes a research project on packaging and communication and on the powerful relation between Humanities and Technologies. She is a project coordinator and cross media expert for Pej’s kitchen, a multimedia production company and is co-founder of Riot Studio, a venue devoted to creativity, research and innovation that highlights artists and movements that drive languages that are elusive in pre-established categories embracing multiple areas of knowledge. She loves to be: co-organizer of the TEDxNapoli since 2012, content curator of the format Who is the designer, co-inventor of a European patent on the preparation of fluorescent nanoparticles that can be used to create anti-counterfeiting markups for high value added goods. “Cross fertilization and knowledge integration are the keywords that drive my research projects”
Alfredo Apicella
alfredo.apicella@docenti.unisob.na.it
Graduated in Computer Engineering, Alfredo works in “Scienza Nuova Research Center” at University of Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples, developing projects to support Humanities by means of coding and technology and exploring the many possibilities of AR/VR technologies, developing Virtual Museums, prototyping applications and studying the design of interaction between man and devices.
Middle East Technical University | Ankara | Turkey
Dalsu Özgen Koçyıldırım
Dalsu received her BFA in Graphic Design from Bilkent University, her MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design, and her Doctorate in Graphic Design from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. After working as an animator, designer and illustrator in various projects, she became a lecturer in METU Department of Industrial Design. She’s been teaching for over ten years primarily on design foundation (1st year studio), visual communication and narrative in design. Her research interests include the use of visual narratives in the design process and the development of learning methods for basic design education.
University of Navarra | St Sebastian | Spain
Adrian Larripa
Adrián Larripa, the CEO & Founder of bigD Design that Matters, in his talk will outline design project case studies to reflect on his design experiences and to share a learnings taking place in the process of Industrial Design, from the concept to manufacturing.
Adrián Larripa is Industrial Design Engineer from the University of Zaragoza where he graduated with honors for the final thesis project, designing a product recognized in 2019 with a European patent.
During the engineering studies he made international stays at the University of Jönköping and worked in London for the prestigious design studio Fredrikson Stallard.
His studies period culminated with a master’s degree in Industrial Design and Innovation Engineering at Politecnico di Milano with a Cum Laude qualification and an internship in the renowned design laboratories of the multinational 3M in 2012.
That same year he co-founded in Italy Paco Design Collaborative —Design and education to promote social innovation, sustainable thinking and business opportunities.
In 2013 he started his own Industrial Design and Innovation consultancy in Spain – bigD Design that matters – receiving international awards such as the IF Design Award, German Design Award or European Design Award. Adrian is also associate professor at the University of Navarra and guest professor at Politecnico di Milano.
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia | Moscow | Russia
Aleksandr Gusakov
I am an Associate Professor of the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, RUDN University (Peoples Friendship University of Russia), Moscow, Russia. I have degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences (PhD). Conducting classes in various disciplines related to management, I am looking for such formats of classes that form students’ own practical skills – working with ERP systems, with programs for simulation, business games. Since the skills of creative thinking are very important now in various fields of activity, I actively uses Design Thinking both for student projects and for vocational training. I organized several international projects, including the project to develop the innovative potential of UiT (Norway) and NArFU (Russia) using the DT approach. I have spent more than 20 years implementing IT in various organizations, and I have also been a Manager in the field of Economics in the municipality and industry.
Tatiana Semichevskaya
B.S. and M.S. degree in Agriculture, professional interpreter, graduated Interior Designer and currently finishing my PhD on History of Russian Revival architecture of 19-early 20th centuries. Senior lecturer for Environmental Design students at the Department of Architecture of the Engineering Academy of PFUR (Moscow, Russia). Practicing watercolor artist, former member of Russia Designers Association and Salem Art Association (Salem,MA). Active participant of art events and exhibitions. Worked with numerous art materials and techniques such as handprint, linocut, textile ecodye, batik, ceramics, lampwork and glass blowing (Glass Academy, Moscow), Tiffany glass and fusing, mosaics (a course led by Maria Teressa Vaccini from Ravenna mosaic art school, Italy) etc.
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | Porto Alegre | Brazil
Júlio van der Linden
I have a degree in Product Design from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, Recife). After working in different sectors, I received my Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Porto Alegre). For over 20 years, I have been a professor at some universities in the State of Rio Grande do Sul teaching design courses. Since 2009, I am a full-time professor at UFRGS. At undergraduate Visual Design and Product Design programs, I teach Design Methodology, Collaborative Design and Innovation, and Applied Ergonomics. In the graduate program, I develop research and supervise master and doctoral students in the areas of Design Education and Design-led Innovation. Both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, one of my goals is to minimize the gap between design education and industry.
Juliana Eisenhardt Escaleira
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Shandong University of Art & Design | Shandong | China
Zhiwei Fu
fuzhiweidesign@gmail.com
I am an Associate Professor of the School of Shipbuilding Industrial Design at Shandong University of Arts & Design, and a council member of the Automotive Industry Branch of the China Industrial Design Association.
I engage in teaching and design practice in the fields of new energy transportation design and shipbuilding industrial design. My key research areas include: future intelligent mobility design based on user-scenario applications, and design of surface yachts and special vessels based on multi-body structures.
Jingying Zhen
Jingying Zhen, Digital Artist from China, teach in Shandong University of Art and Design.
My art explores and depicts details of life forms, a unique perspective, based on my love of the unknown, a dream I have followed since childhood, capturing and conveying emotions through visual expression. My work has its foundations in Asian culture, intermingled with a multicultural background; an implosion of colour, thought and description.
My first major work in America, “Calligraphy Illustrations” was accepted for exhibition at the 2019 Digital Art Gallery, International Conference, San Francisco and 2019 16th International Conference Computer Graphics, ‘Imaging and Visualization’, Australia. “Personality” won third prize at the 2019 China Competition of Creative Packaging Design. In 2019 I was voted ‘Newly Recognized Artist’ at the 19th Dashi Awards in China, for my work entitled “JiuJiang Package”. It is most gratifying to have been acknowledged on two continents.
Joey Jiayi Zhao
865903375@qq.com
Graduated in MFA Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong, works in Shandong University of Art & Design. She is a film maker focus on family structure and relationship in Chinese society. Used to work as a director, a scriptwriter and a producer. Who also tries to develop works in multimedia visual project.
Xiaoying Liu
suimaner@126.com
I have a degree in Management from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. I am currently working at Shandong University of Art & Design. My research is dedicated to organizational culture and human resources within organizations. In recent years, I have been involved in research projects for the construction of two national cultural parks of the Grand Canal and the Yellow River, and the findings from these studies have been extensively applied in significant national planning in China.
Erik Bohemia
As a researcher and an educator in the field of design I am interested in the skills and competencies of designers and the match between these and industry requirements. My current research explores changes associated with Globalisation and the impact of these changes on Design. This research has been used to develop the Global Studio. The aims of the Global Studio are linked with current and future industry needs associated with contemporary changes in the development of products and including the shift to the use of distributed teams in the product development process.