Author: Patrizia
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Imminent 2024 – Understanding “Human Touch”.
In the contemporary era of intercultural globalization, cultures no longer compete or overshadow one another; instead, there is a crucial necessity for active listening, understanding, and mutual recognition. Amidst this context, although human creativity remains a constant capability, the process of creative production undergoes a significant transformation. Motivated by a proactive commitment to culturalization, we…
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IRAE 3 – Black Waters
There are worlds down there that live different lives and face impossible challenges. Trying to understand them means leaving behind everything we know. That trees are important to provide oxygen for life, that life cannot exist without oxygen, that light becomes energy, that to eat you just have to pick fruits. That the day is…
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IRAE 2 – The rest is nature
Nature is perfect, and in nature there is no waste. Instead, we have found out a thousand ways to waste, we have imagined a thousand ways to destroy the world. How can we reinvent food, or generally look at the planet’s metabolic flow and reconsider the role of human beings and their nutrition within this system? How can we get out of an anthropocentric vision of life, and…
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IRAE 1 – The food, the design, and a new eco-collaborative intelligence.
Design and creativity are called upon to rethink the world from a new point of view, one that must include sustainability as the guidepost for reconstruction. Reconstruction of a violated, ill planet, in which many models of consumption which we are accustomed to are failing and short-lived. People are experiencing an eco-reawakening. They are more…
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Imminent 2023 – Our inclusive future needs collective co-creation.
Why does building a more inclusive future in the world of communication require a collective creative effort? Why should we strive for a global communication paradigm reset? Why should we eschew political correctness in favor of new representations and narratives? Why does localization play a key role in the process of building a more inclusive…
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Imminent 2022 – Design for cultural diversity
While visual messages were once confined to the cities and places where they originated, in contemporary society they come together in a melting pot. On the one hand, this helps people to connect and understand one another. But, something that works and makes people laugh in one culture can offend people and generate conflict elsewhere.…