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Sustainable futures of Fashion-Tech. Exploring paths of Fashion-Tech transition toward the cultural, social, economic, and environmental sustainability
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Reverse Metadesign: Pedagogy And Learning Tools For Teaching The Fashion Collection Design Process Online
No full text[EN] The present article discusses the experience of redesigning the pedagogy and learning tools of a pillar course at the School of Design of Politecnico di
Milano, the Metadesign studio course. Metadesign is a design methodology that leads to the concept definition of a new product or service, through a research process that synthesizes design goals, technological and productive constraints, market context and consumption trends for a consumers’ group of reference. It represents a unique methodological approach characterizing the design education as it provides a consolidated research practice able to support the design process. The course structure foresees the reconstruction in phases and successive elaborations of all the elements of context that come into relation with the object of the design process (product, space, service, communication artifact…) influencing its characteristics and creating the “abacus” of elements that make its development possible. In line with the ever-increasing need to reshape the whole education system through the paradigms of digital transformation, and due the acceleration the COVID-19 emergency pushed to the request for on-distance courses, the article presents a renewed reverse course structure, highlighting strengths and opportunities for further improvements that represent a solid base for innovating a fashion design education.Casciani, D.; Colombi, C.; Vacca, F. (2021). Reverse Metadesign: Pedagogy And Learning Tools For Teaching The Fashion Collection Design Process Online. En 7th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'21). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 75-83. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd21.2021.13181OCS758
PILOTING FASHION-TECH EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES Proof of Concept for Innovative Fashion-Tech products and Services
No full textThis publication is the result of a didactic research process involving students, teaching staff and industry
experts from across Europe in three (3) learning experiences implemented over a period of almost one
year (2021-2022). It aims to identify and describe the major lessons learned from the testing and piloting
of three innovative Fashion-Tech learning experiences in order to discuss opportunities for FashionTech (i) Strategic Innovation, (ii) applied Research for the future Education Agenda and (ii) cooperation,
networking and partnership opportunities.
The work has been organised and synthesized by Politecnico di Milano as leader of the activities related
to designing and piloting Fashion-Tech learning experiences (WP2), and project coordinator of the
Fashion-Tech Alliance, a 3-years European academia-industries partnership project aimed to facilitate
the exchange, flow of knowledge, and co-creation within the Fashion-Tech sector to boost students’
employability and fashion-tech innovation potential. This project specifically involves five renowned
Higher Educational Institutions Academic partners (Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Design, ESTIA
École Supérieure Des Technologies Industrielles Avancées, Högskolan i Borås, University of the Arts
London - London College of Fashion, Technische Universiteit Delft), one Fashion-Tech research Centres
(Centexbel) and seven industrial partners (Decathlon International, Pangaia Grado Zero, Pauline van
Dongen, Pespow, Stentle / M-Cube Group, We Love You Communication, and PVH Europe). The aim
of this project is to provide an evidence-based perspective on the Fashion-Tech education reporting on
the relationship between advanced teaching/learning approaches about design, business management,
and engineering that can be applied to the future generation of fashion-tech professionals.
This publication consists of five chapters presenting the learning experiences’ workflow starting from
the research premises, the implementation, and evaluation, followed by a reflection on the results with
concluding remarks and future perspectives on Fashion-Tech education. Chapter 1 sets the premises
of the Fashion-Tech educational research, meanwhile, the following chapters (2,3,4) present the case
studies of the three piloted learning experiences describing the contents, objectives, and outcomes,
reporting the methodology and lesson learned in terms of Fashion-Tech emerging topics, and reflections
on the phases of the didactic experiences. Each of these chapters is followed by visual charts that
present the results showcasing the portfolio of innovative Fashion-Tech concepts of products/services
developed during the learning experiences. Finally, chapter 5 sets out the findings and future trajectories
for Fashion-Tech education and collaboration. It discusses how the research findings led to setting the
premises for prospective scenarios of the Fashion-Tech education, which serve as an invitation to open
a collaborative discussion on the future of Fashion-Tech educational models, collaborative engagement
between different stakeholders of the sector, and all concerned about the skills of future Fashion-Tech
professionals
I colombi della città di Bolzano: interventi di gestione e caratteristiche della popolazione
No full textIl colombo urbano è un’entità prettamente sinantropica che pone continui problemi di convivenza con l’uomo e le sue attività. Il
comune di Bolzano ha, fi n dal 1988, avviato un programma di gestione della popolazione di colombi, coordinato da una commissione
tecnico-scientifi ca composta da esperti e portatori di interesse. Il programma ha previsto una iniziale caratterizzazione morfologica
e comportamentale di questa popolazione, che ha mostrato l’assenza di voli quotidiani di foraggiamento nelle campagne, così che
le risorse trofi che sono reperite totalmente nell’ambito urbano. Per il controllo numerico dei colombi sono state sperimentate sia
metodologie di cattura e soppressione dei soggetti, che di chemiosterilizzazione. Quest’ultima metodologia, o per l’assenza di risul-
tati tangibili o per il gravoso impegno economico, è stata abbandonata dopo l’impiego di prodotti contenenti sia progesterone che
nicarbazina come principio attivo. Il modello di gestione attuale è basato: a) sulla quotidiana distribuzione di granaglie in 10 punti
fi ssi, dove erano state costruite apposite piazzole di alimentazione; b) sul controllo dello stato sanitario dei colombi, accertato su di
un campione percentualmente rappresentativo della popolazione, mediante la cattura di esemplari alle piazzole; c) sul monitoraggio
delle dimensioni della popolazione, valutata sia attraverso i conteggi alle piazzole sia con metodologie di stima tramite distance
sampling; d) sulla emanazione di ordinanze volte a vietare la distribuzione di cibo da parte dei cittadini e promuovere la difesa degli
edifi ci per disincentivare lo stazionamento dei colombi
Future of Fashion-Tech Alliance
No full textThe technological integration in the fashion industry is an issue that is gaining increasing relevance driven by the renewed demands for sustainability, transparency and ethical worthiness of consumers. Fabric is the raw material that has the priority role in the environmental impact of the textile sector, and in this context, growing materials - in particular bacterial cellulose - can act as substitutes to enable the achievement of sustainability, both in terms of resources and methodological approach to fashion production, with a holistic circularity perspective. Therefore, this contribution aims to investigate the possibilities of integration and contamination between technology and bacterial cellulose by mapping the opportunities arising from application in the fashion industry. Following an analysis of the reference context and the most relevant examples of biomaterial application in relation to both fashion and technological inclusion, the research focused on experimentation regarding the integration of the technology as much in the production phase as in the final product output. The contribution presents the development path and outcomes of three applications of bacterial cellulose for the creation of an accessory for the fashion world following an optimization approach to resources and production processes. Starting from the evidence gathered, the conclusions outline development strategies for the realization of other effective and functional demonstrators
Considerazioni Preliminari sulla Resistenza a Fatica di Steli Femorali per Protesi d’Anca
No full textStato sanitario dei colombi della città di Bolzano
No full textI colombi urbani, per il loro stato sinantropico, costituiscono un considerevole rischio sanitario per i cittadini e gli animali con cui
vengono in contatto. In questo lavoro vengono riportati i risultati delle analisi fatte a Bolzano sul loro stato sanitario, nel quadro di un
progetto di gestione e monitoraggio della locale popolazione di colombi. Le prevalenze di Chlamydiaceae riscontrate nel periodo 2001-
2009 sono sempre risultate elevate, ma in linea con quanto noto in letteratura, sicché è possibile defi nire questo batterio come un ospite
stabile del colombo, nonché uno dei maggiori agenti zoonotici. Prevalenze egualmente elevate sono state riscontrate per Toxoplasma
gondii. Al contrario non sono stati individuati colombi affetti da salmonellosi e Febbre Q, e del tutto episodici i casi di borreliosi. Le
prevalenze di infestazione da larve di Argas refl exus sono risultate diminuite fortemente rispetto agli anni ’90, fatto che con l’assenza
di casi di salmonellosi, depone a favore della qualità dell’ambiente bolzanino. Sono state ritrovate cinque specie di parassiti intestinali
alcune delle quali con una abbondanza così alta da determinare l’occlusione del dotto intestinale. I risultati sono discussi in vista del
rischio che i vari patogeni costituiscono per l’uomo e gli altri animali, con un focus sui fattori potenzialmente responsabili dell’alta
occorrenza di Chlamydiacea
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