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S. Parisi

S. Parisi, PhD

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-4266

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Stefano Parisi is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Department of Sustainable Design Engineering at TU Delft, the Netherlands. His research focuses on Materials Experience and Material-Driven Design practices, with an emphasis on human and planetary well-being. His last research project, funded by lululemon athletica, explores material-, embodied experience-, and emotion-centred approaches to textile design for activewear applications. He teaches and co-coordinates the Master’s course in Material-Driven Design. In 2024, he co-founded the Centre of Design Research for Regenerative Material Ecologies (DREAM).

Academic background

He holds a BSc and MSc in Product Design from the Design School at the Politecnico di Milano. In 2021, he completed a PhD in Design at the Politecnico di Milano, with the thesis "Design for Hybrid Material Systems. A material augmentation framework for meaningful experiences.” During his PhD, he contributed to several European-funded projects focused on sustainable design approaches with and for emerging and advanced materials—including bio-, reclaimed, and smart materials. These projects include: DATEMATS – Knowledge & Technology Transfer of Emerging Materials & Technologies through a Design-Driven Approach (www.datemats.eu); DESTEX - industrial and creative design in Advanced Textile Manufacturing (www.destex.eu); MaDe - Materials Designers. Boosting Talent towards Circular Economies (www.materialdesigners.org).

Research interests

  • Material Driven Design
  • Materials Experience
  • Design for Wellbeing
  • Regenerative Design
  • Biobased materials
  • Biodesign
  • Bio-inspired design
  • Temporality in materials

Education/Academic qualification

Doctorate, PhD in Design (cum laude) - thesis 'Design for Hybrid Materials. A Material Augmentation framework for Meaningful Experiences', Politecnico di Milano

Nov 2016 → Mar 2021

Award Date: 22 Mar 2021

Master's degree, MSc in Product Design for Innovation (cum laude) - thesis on Material-Driven Design applied to Mycelium composite 'A Matter of Time. Time, Process, Matter'., Politecnico di Milano

Oct 2012 → Dec 2015

Bachelor's degree, BSc in Product Design - thesis 'Lifetime Furniture. Transformable furniture for reading', Politecnico di Milano

Oct 2009 → Sept 2012

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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