Product Advanced Design: A Cultural Intermediation Between Knowledge and Information

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30682/diid7421g

Keywords:

Digital Transformation, Product Design, Product Development, Knowledge management, Design knowledge

Abstract

Digital transformation (DX) drives transversal change, breaking disciplinary silos to transition to more sustainable paradigms through new ontological and epistemological frameworks. This has consequences on product design and development too: since DX concerns cultural and meaning shifts, it enhances product development as a high-intensity knowledge-based process. Thus, product design shifts into its “Advanced” stage, enacting transcendence and translation of different kinds of knowledge into future-oriented artefacts. This highlights new needs in the generation and transmission of Advanced Design knowledge stemming from future artefact production instances.

By focusing on recent challenges rising in product design and development, this paper aims to discuss the cultural intermediation enacted by Advanced Design knowledge through the results of an applied research experience

Author Biographies

Elisabetta Cianfanelli, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Industrial Design Specialist, Full Professor at DIDA (Department of Architecture) of Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), Design Campus section. President of the Master Degree in Fashion System Design, and scientific director of the DIDA Lab REI (Reverse Engineering & Interaction Design). Her research focuses on SMEs manufacturing environments and product design.

Margherita Tufarelli, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Designer, Ph.D. in Design. Currently a Research Fellow at DIDA (Department of Architecture) of the Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), Design Campus section. She is currently working on a research project founded by Regione Toscana. Her research interests concern the design-driven interplay between cultural heritage and digital technologies.

Maria Claudia Coppola, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Ph.D. student in Design at Università degli Studi di Firenze, DIDA (Department of Architecture), Design Campus section and member of the DIDA Lab REI (Reverse Engineering & Interaction Design). Digital culture enthusiast, her research combines design approaches with theories from social and political sciences to foster alternative public innovation models.

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Published

2021-11-18

How to Cite

Cianfanelli, E., Tufarelli, M., & Coppola, M. C. (2021). Product Advanced Design: A Cultural Intermediation Between Knowledge and Information. Diid — Disegno Industriale Industrial Design, (74), 10. https://doi.org/10.30682/diid7421g

Issue

No. 74 (2021): diid disegno industriale industrial design

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Designrama

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