Graduated cum laude in Architecture, PhD in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication at Politecnico di Milano, Scholar Researcher at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago (IIT) with the Advisory of John Heskett.

Teaching

Full Professor of Design at Politecnico di Milano, currently teaches in the Master Programs of Product Service System Design and Design for the Fashion System - School of Design and in the Master Program in Management Engineering.

Since 2015 she is a faculty member of the “Data Shack Program” between Politecnico di Milano, and Harvard University, Institute for Applied Computational Science (IACS) at John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

She has been developing lectures, seminars and educational projects with primary university institutions such Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi - Milano, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Università di Napoli Federico II, American University Beirut, Fashion Institute of Technology New York, London College of Fashion, Philadelphia University, Seoul National University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shenkar College of Engineering & Design Tel Aviv, University of Brighton.

Institutional position

Present

Deputy Director of the Department of Design - Politecnico di Milano.

Scientific Director of the “Gianfranco Ferré Research Center” focused of Digital Innovation for Cultural and Creative Industries.

Coordinator of the program “FIT@Polimi”, an international exchange program between Politecnico di Milano and Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, which she contributed to enstablish in 2007.

Cofounder research collective “Fashion in Process” within the Design Department - Politecnico di Milano (http://www.fashioninprocess.com/).

Past

Between 2017-2022 she was Director of the PhD Program in Design - Politecnico di Milano, and coordinating an international network of PhD programs in Design which includes Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland), Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA), Institute of Design (IIT Chicago, USA), Imperial College (London, UK), TU Delft University (Delft, Netherland).

Between 2018-2021 she was part of the board “Polimi 2040”, a strategic planning body within Politecnico di Milano University.

Between 2014-2020 she was the delegate for the School of Design’s of international relationship with North American Universities.

Between 2005 - 2011 she was chair of Fashion Design Programs at Politecnico di Milano that was established under her supervision.

Between 2008 - 2013 she was member of the Board of the Alta Scuola Politecnica, a school for higher education created by Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino, coordinating multidisciplinary field projects.

Between 2008 - 2014 she was the Director of the “Master in Fashion Direction _ Brand & Product Management” at Milano Fashion Institute (MFI) and part of the Executive Board contributing to MFI creation.

Research

Her research focuses on creative processes, design management & planning and design research within design driven industries. More recently she has been focusing on the role of design in driving digital transformation processes towards more sustainable paradigm.