Going Real: The Value of Design in the Era of PostCapitalism (Premium Color)

Marco Petroni is a design theorist and critic. He works as Adjunct Professor at Politecnico, Milan, and at the Università della Campania, Naples. Besides collaborating with several art, architecture and design magazines such as Domus web, FlashArt and Artribune, he is also a curator at the Plart Foundation, Naples. Having studied contemporary art and architecture, Petroni develops innovative curatorial projects and events related to design with a transdisciplinary approach. Giovanni Innella, PhD, studied Industrial Design at the Politecnico of Torino, Conceptual Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven, and obtained a PhD in Design Critique from Northumbria University. During his career, Giovanni has exhibited at the International Design Biennale of Saint-Etienne, the Fuorisalone, Milan, and the National Museum of the XXI Century Arts, Rome, among other venues. Notably, his work is part of the permanent collection of the Stedelijk Museum of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, and has been published in international design magazines. Currently, Innella is a practicing designer, an Assistant Professor at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo and a Visiting Artist at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Craig Bremner is a Professor of Design at Charles Sturt University, Australia. For some time he was a Professor of Design at the University of Southern Denmark. Prior to this joint position he was Professor in Design Pedagogy at Northumbria University UK, and Professor of Design at the University of Canberra, where he was also Dean of the Faculty of Design & Architecture. He is a Director of both the Ecology of Care Network (a UK Community Interest Company) and a design consultancy in France. He is a signatory to the Lancaster Care Charter (2017) and his most recent publication, co-authored with Paul A. Rodgers, is DESIGN SCHOOL: after boundaries and disciplines (Vernon Press 2019).