Italian Design Experience

Final career day: the climax and closing stage of the educational journey of the Italian_design_experience course.

The students have the opportunity to present themselves and to outline their professional experience to the HR experts and advisors from a selected group of companies, who will listen and provide guidance on how to best conduct job interviews and to present themselves in the most favourable light.

An opportunity to listen to the experts, get some valuable hints and tips to perfect their self- presentation skills and their job search in Italy and abroad.

This is the list of our Career Day’s participants, whom we thank for their involvement and availability.

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Elica - https://www.elica.com/IT-en

iGuzzini - https://www.iguzzini.com

Italdesign - https://www.italdesign.it

Cucine L**E | CREO Kitchens - https://www.cucinelube.it/en/

Lago - https://www.lago.it/en/

l'abbate - https://www.labbateitalia.it/index.php?lang=ita

Modula srl - http://www.modulaonline.it/index.php?lng=en

Simonetta - https://www.simonetta.it/uk/

Simone Micheli Architectural Hero - https://www.simonemicheli.com

Tod's Group - https://www.todsgroup.com/en

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Scataglini tessuti - https://www.scataglinitessuti.com/?lang=en

Alessandro Ruffino Fashion and design consultant

Paolo Capeci Head of Industrial designdepartment at Korg Italy

Moira Luconi Fashion and design consultant




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This round of company tours ends today with Tod's Group, a symbol of Italian excellence, deeply rooted in Italy’s artisanal traditions, with a wealth of values that distinguish its vision: a passion for craftsmanship, superb quality and timeless style. Quality and creativity, tradition and modernity are all elements that span and unite the four brands that belong to the Group, each with its own distinctive qualities: Tod's, Roger Vivier, Hogan and Fay.

Students from Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary will be able to experience and see first-hand what has always distinguished TOD'S Group over the years and in its evolution: always remaining faithful to its original set of principles and to its unique, uncompromising quality.

By skilfully combining craftwork traditions with innovation, the TOD'S Group has become a key player in the production and distribution of luxury footwear, leather goods, clothing and accessories, a global ambassador for Italy’s deeply rooted manufacturing traditions, a symbol of Italian lifestyle and of unparalleled quality.




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Masato Inoue was today’s international guest speaker for the V4 students.

Professor Inoue, former Advanced Studio Chief Designer at Nissan and Chief Product Designer of the Nissan LEAF - the first mass-produced electric vehicle - was present today at the Academy, bringing his 40-year-experience in the Transportation design field to the table.

Founder of Masato Inoue Design & Consulting and Green Mobility Partners for Diffusion of EV, he’s lived in Italy since 2014 where he’s also active in the teaching of Transportation design.

Today, he gave an overview of developments in the sector witnessed in recent decades, from a product, space, ergonomics, communication and materials viewpoint, reflecting on what will likely be the trends for car manufacturers and the transportation sector in general in the near future.

Thanks Masato for your visit and participation in Italian_design_experience!




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iGuzzini lighting opened its doors in the afternoon for our visit to its celebrated headquarters.

Starting with a company presentation, a visit to the production facility follows, the iconic design lab and an insight into “how a product is created”, through practical examples of the collaboration between designers, architects, engineers and technical experts, and the development of lighting culture as a social innovation.

In this way the students can experience the company’s history, founded in 1959, a stand-out regional business, and a major international player in the lighting industry with its 1243 employees, with operations in more than 20 countries across 5 continents.

Since its beginnings, iGuzzini’s focus on research and design of outdoor and indoor lighting elements has enabled the creation of products, spaces and environments that can define a person’s mood, through colours, shapes and natural forms as works of art.

This is why its vision, Social Innovation Through Lighting, has been developed along four guidelines: lighting culture, design, connectivity and sustainability.




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Today, a visit to the Elica company: and so the Italian_design_ experience for our twelve V4-students begins.
Active in the market since the 1970s, they’re a global leader in cooker hood and induction hob production, and a European leader in motors for domestic ventilation manufacture. Fabrizio Crisà – the company’s Design Centre Manager - introduces us to the world of air circulation technology, the evolution of the extractor hood concept and to the LHOV philosophy.
A history of local skills and technical expertise, recognised across the world, gave us the opportunity to get involved first hand in their beginnings and development, specifically: maximum efficiency and reduced consumption being the elements that allow the Elica Group to become a major player in the market. Elica is a valued partner and today launches the projects which students will be involved in for the next two weeks. The results will be assessed on the 23rd September 2022.




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