On the 14th of June, Master in Design launched its 5th workshop for the year 2010. On this seminar students are asked to follow the brief named “[eeee]: eco enhanced electric everyday” together with the students from Master in Interaction Design.

“ECO ENHANCED ELECTRIC EVERYDAY tries to rise awareness on the need for products that should be, if not really clever, at least aiming towards common sense principles.” by Claudio Moderini

Project Leaders for this workshop are; Jozeph Forakis and Setsu Ito.

Results will be presented on the 8th of July in the room 01 at Domus Academy.

On the 14th of June, Master in Design launched its 5th workshop for the year 2010, in collaboration with LG Hausys. On this seminar students are asked to develop an innovative flooring system according to the brief given by LG Hausys.

Project Leaders for this workshop are; Eliana Lorena and Lorenzo Palmeri.

Results will be presented on the 9th of July in the room 01 at Domus Academy.

On the 17th of May, Master in Design launched its 4th workshop for the year 2010, in collaboration with a Japanese company, AISIN. On this seminar students are asked to develop the new applications for the material named “FINE REVO”.

Project Leaders for this workshop are; Odoardo Fioravanti, Matteo Ragni, and Tomoko Mizu.

Results will be presented on the 11th of June in the room 01 at Domus Academy.

On the 19th of April, Master in Design launched its 3rd workshop for the year 2010. On this seminar students are asked to develop the new design of environmental micro-systems according to the Domus Academy tradition.

Project Leaders for this workshop are; Mark Anderson, Joseph Grima, and Niko Koronis.

Results will be presented on the 13th of May, in the room 01 at Domus Academy.

On the 8th of March, Master in Design launched its 2nd workshop for the year 2010. On this seminar students are asked to develop the new functionalism and materialism for the present day.

Project Leaders for this workshop are; Claudia Raimondo, Francisco Gomez Paz, and Pascal Tarabay.

Results will be presented on the 1st of April in the room 01 at Domus Academy.

Tuesday February 2nd has been a much anticipated day. The Interaction Design and the Design Department finally launched the first workshop of the 2010 academic year. Domus Academy’s students seemed to have been waiting for that moment since the day they entered the school gates. The Classroom, where the students gathered to attend to the official launch of their first project, was silent yet tension and expectations were palpable as the topic of the workshop was disclosed and the project leaders introduced to their expectant audience.


The workshop subject, was at first introduced and discussed by the department directors Claudio Moderini and Dante Donegani, who illustrated the aim and the objectives that the students should make the effort to attain. The industrial partner of this workshop, one of Italy’s most renown brand, contributed to explaining the general framework of the project shedding light on their expectations about the possible directions of the works.

In the end, the appointed project leaders: Stefano Cardini (Interaction Design), Niko Koronis, Giovanni Levanti, Dante Donegani & Giovanni Lauda, one after the other explained their own personal take on the subject, offering different standpoints from which observing a theme that is potentially universal. From such a broad theme, however, should originate a wide varieties of possible interpretations which all the themes involved in the project are expected to develop in the coming five weeks.

The results of the workshop will be presented on Friday March 5th at Domus Academy.

During the beginning of the Course students have been able to participate to a variedly composed assortment of lectures. Topics ranged from design tradition, to arts and expressivity; from trends and emerging social phenomena, to strategy, innovation and technology. The lectures provided the students, all coming from different parts of the world, and often with diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, with a common set of shared knowledge, indispensable to for successful teamwork.


During the first weeks of the Course the classes were held by design icons such as Andrea Branzi and Ezio Manzini, researchers like Francesco Morace and his Future Concept Lab, strategist like Ampelio Bucci. Several more guest lecturers visited Domus Academy, all of them bringing their insight and their personal valuable contribution to the comprehension of the evolving design system.

As it is in the school’s tradition, all incoming students have been instantly immersed in the world of creativity and design. The beginning of this, hopefully, great learning adventure in Design was marked by an open round table with contributes by Fabio Novembre, Enrico Astori (Driade) and Rita Airaghi (GFF Foundation).


Then the Courses began with the official welcome lecture from the Department Directors: Barbara Trebitsch, Claudio Moderini, and Dante Donegani.

The institution, now in its 27th year of history, has been the training terrain where designers of all specialties have come to experience, appreciate and learn the best practices of Italian Design. The 2010 Classes are, from now on, called to be part of this prestigious tradition.