Antonella Andriani has been a Lecturer at Istituto Secoli for the Basic Design and History of Design courses since 2024. She holds two Master’s degrees, one in Industrial Design from the Politecnico di Milano and one in Eco-compatible Product Design from the Politecnico di Torino, as well as a postgraduate diploma from ASP – Alta Scuola Politecnica. As a Strategic Designer, she has worked in international contexts since 2002 to develop and promote Italian design, ranging from product design to visual communication, and from exhibition curation to exhibition design. From 1989 to 2002, she was a project manager in the Information & Communication Technology sector, employed by top-tier financial institutions such as JPMorgan. A Full Professor of Design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Verona, she has taught there since 2009 and coordinates the Department of Design and Applied Arts; she has also taught at the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano since 2005. Since 2020, she has served as the National Vice President of ADI (Association for Industrial Design) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the ADI Compasso d’Oro Collection Foundation.
“The ultimate goal of Design is to improve living conditions on our planet through a sustainable approach. Being able to help motivated students acquire the culture and tools of good design, so they can become capable, passionate, conscious, and responsible professionals, is a source of great satisfaction for me. The future lies with young people, and it is they who will seize the opportunity to make the world a better place ”.