Last night in Vancouver at 6 pm local time (3am in Italy), the LEAF Community partecipated at the international round table, organized by the Minister Foreign Affairs and the Institute of Italian Culture in Vancouver at Emily Carr Univesity.
Coordinated by Prof. Russel Taylor (School of interactive arts and Technology at Simon Fraser Univeristy), design: italian design, industrial design and process were the key topics. Following the initial welcoming of the General Consul of Italy in Vancouver Francesco di Conno, speeches by the panel of experts composed by:
Angelo Capasso – Curators Farnesina Design – Farnesina Design Collection: transustainability and systems
Giorgio di Tullio - Philosofer and Designer - Anthropology and design: from consumption as distruction to consumption as construction
Cinzia Ferrara – Architect and Designer – Design as a tool for sustainability
Ignazio Droghini e Maddalena Spallacci – LEAF Community: sustainability as core value
Gianfranco Tonti e Gianluca Morotti – Tonda: the future is on the origins
Conclusion remarks by Prof.ssa Lousie St. Pierre – Vice Dean, Faculty and Design, Emily Carr University.
A definately interesting evening for over 100 partecipants: architects, students, institutional figures such as the General Consul Francesco De Conno, Minister erta Alberta Lai, Minister Renza Fornaroli in a evening dedicated to the Italian design, represented not only by fashion and furniture, but from technology and innovation.
