October 22 and 23, 2026, Milan
On the occasion of the Bienniale Internazionale Grafica, faculty members from the Department of Design will take part in a series of events dedicated to research and publishing in the field of communication design. Through dialogue with scholars and professionals from different academic institutions, the events will explore the discipline’s transformations, experimental practices, and the ways in which research is written, published, and shared.
Communication design: the future of research
October 22, 2026, 4:00–6:00 pm, Workshop Space 4, Building B3, Bovisa Durando Campus, Milan
The Department of Design will host an event dedicated to the experimental approaches promoted by universities in support of the discipline’s evolving trajectories. Through the contributions of researchers from a range of academic institutions, the event will offer an insight into their ongoing research.
Fabiana Candida (Sapienza University of Rome), Sergio Degiacomi Garbero (Politecnico di Torino), Weihuan Hou (Politecnico di Milano), Antonella Rosmino (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli) give an overview of the research in a comparison conducted by Valeria Bucchetti, Carlo Martino, Daniela Piscitelli, Paolo Tamborrini, referents of the research group Communication Design of SID (Italian Design Society). The comparison of points of view will give an account of the forms of experimentation that the university promotes in support of the evolutionary lines of the discipline.
Writing and editing for research
October 23, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, ADI Design Museum, Via Bramante 30, Milan
On October 23, the ADI Design Museum hosts a discussion on publishing and disseminating research in communication design, as part of BIG, Biennale Internazionale Grafica.
What does the future hold for research publishing? The talk Writing and editing for research, curated by Valeria Bucchetti, addresses this question through the experience of a book series published by FrancoAngeli that has explored research in communication design for over fifteen years. The discussion will consider how research is published and disseminated, tracing the themes and perspectives that have accompanied the discipline’s development.
Speakers include Giovanni Baule from Politecnico di Milano, Letizia Bollini from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Clorinda Galasso from Politecnico di Milano, Francesco Guida from Politecnico di Milano and AIAP, and Salvatore Zingale from Politecnico di Milano.
More information and full programme on BIG website.