The Italian Design Approach to Materials between tangible and intangible meanings
Abstract
This article deals with the Italian Design approach to Materials based on a long tradition of challenging exchanges between intellectual practices. Focusing on design and enterprises history, the authors, on the basis of their previous studies, explain the approach and the reasons of the osmotic process between technology and humanities in Italy, and how those challenging exchanges impacted on production as well as on further developments. An overview of European cultural landscape of the times helps to focus on the leading theories that still represent a stronghold of Design Humanities. Exploring the semiotic meaning of materials enhance the investigations on their applications as well as new, ongoing researches in the field of Material Design, also in terms of sustainability and interaction
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