Dr. S. (Stefano) Parisi
Dr. S. (Stefano) Parisi
Profile
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).
Research interests
- Material Driven Design
- Materials Experience
- Design for Wellbeing
- Regenerative Design
- Biobased materials
- Biodesign
- Bio-inspired design
- Temporality in materials
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).
Publications
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2024
On the Role of Materials Experience for Novel Interactions with Digital Representations of Historical Pop-up and Movable Books
Willemijn Elkhuizen / Jeff Love / Stefano Parisi / Elvin Karana
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2024
Interactive connected smart (ICS) materials experience
Collaborative embodied knowledge through material tinkering
Stefano Parisi / Venere Ferraro / Valentina Rognoli -
2023
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2024
New Sustainable Fashion Design Scenarios
A Designer Journey in Textile Experimentation with Plants
Nicla Guarino / Stefano Parisi / Valentina Rognoli -
2023
Perceiving Grown Bacterial Cellulose
An Aesthetic and Sensorial Evaluation of a Bio-Fabricated Material
Flavia Papile / Patrizia Bolzan / S. Parisi / Barbara Pollini -