Milano Design PhD Festival

Pubblicato il 12 Marzo 2014 Di Leonardo in Eventi

The Department of Design of the Politecnico di Milano organizes the PhD Design Festival

The event will be divided into two sections:

– The Defence of Doctoral Thesis

– The Open Lectures

The defense of the thesis, organized by subject, will be supported by the candidates in the public, with the counter-report of teachers of Politecnico, before a panel of international experts.

The same experts, internationally renowned professors, will be speakers of a series of Open Lectures organized in thematic sessions:

(the event will be in English)
24 March “Emotion & Design”
16.00 Prof. Elke Den Ouden (TU – Eindhoven, NLD) “Smart Urban Lighting – Improving quality of life in cities with intelligent public lighting solutions”
17.00 Prof. Charles Spence (Oxford University, GBR) “Neuroscience-inspired multisensory design”
18.00 Prof. David Frohlich (University of Surrey, GBR) “Sociotechnical innovation in digital media”
25 March “Spaces & Culture”
14.30 Prof. Dominique Poulot (Sorbona – Paris, FRA) “The Changing Roles of National Art Museums in Europe”
15.30 Prof. Spartaco Paris (La Sapienza – Roma, ITA) “Architecture and Design. Surveying the education”
15.30 Prof. Jonathan Woodham (University of Brighton, GBR) “Redesigning Design History for the 21st century”
26 March “Interaction & People”
14.30 Prof. Andrew Vande Moere (KU Leuven, BEL) “Visualizations in the city”
15.30 Prof. Mattew Battles (Harvard University, Cambridge, USA) “How a Tree Sees Design”
16.30 Prof. Dan Pinchebeck (University of Portsmouth, GBR) “Journey, House, River: Three Models of Narrative-Driven Game Design”
27 March “Innovation Tools”
14.30 Prof. Udo Lindemann (TUM Technische Universität – München, GER) “Creativity and Systematic Methods – a Contradiction?”
15.30 Prof. Johan Redstrom (Umea University, SWE) “Prototyping Practices”
16.30 Prof. Toni-Matti Karjalainen (Aalto University – Helsinki, FIN) “Design for cultural narratives”
28 March “Becoming Smart”
14.30 Prof. Maria Antonietta Sbordone (Università di Napoli, ITA) “DISCRONIE. Fenomeni del contemporaneo nella moda e nel Design”
15.30 Prof. Christian Boucharenc (NUS – Singapore, SGPI) “Design for a contemporary world”
16.30 Prof. Teodoro Valente (Università degli studi – Roma, ITA) “Materials Technology for design”