Great results at the International Workshop on Product Design jointly organised by UDIT and Politecnico Di Milano
More than twenty undergraduate and master's degree students in Product Design from UDIT, University of Design and Technology, and ten Industrial Design students from Politecnico di Milano worked together for several weeks in a workshop organised in collaboration between the two universities.
Under the topic "Future Design", the theme of the Milan Design Week held from 17 to 23 April this year, and under the supervision of professors Carlo Emilio Standoli (Politecnico di Milano), Frederic Misik and Alberto Tejero (UDIT), the students worked with a briefing focused on the design of a proposal for society in 10 years' time.
The result was three proposals that revolved around energy saving and sustainability. Such is the case of "Velella", a lamp for children that does not need electricity to work. The light comes from luminescent organisms contained in the lamp itself.
Another project presented by the students is "Teaxagon", a sustainable tea dispenser made from recycled materials and designed to be reused to eliminate polluting tea bags.
The last proposal created jointly by the students of both universities is "Tower Fridge", a small eco-friendly fridge created to avoid food loss and the use of the conventional fridge, which consumes a lot of resources.
This project, created by Jacopo Pacioni, Paolo Sesana, Rodrigo Lacal Saavedra, Gabriela Bacca, Catalina de la Guardia, Teresa López Casaseca, Antonio Cámara Lillo and Alejandra Larrinaga Morales, has been proclaimed the winner by the jury and will soon be prototyped in the UDIT FabLab.
