Massimo Menichinelli administrator
massimo.menichinelli@openp2pdesign.orgMassimo Menichinelli is a designer working and researching on open collaborative projects (Open Design/Open P2P Design) and the systems that design them since 2005. He’s interested in the relationships between design, localities, communities and complexity, learning from Open Source, P2P and Web 2.0 software and adopting their principles and practices.
He has worked as a designer and also at the Politecnico di Milano where he has given lectures about the relationships between design/locality/community/complexity and he has been interested in the organization of the design community of some courses.
He has been giving lectures and workshops about designing open and collaborative services with communities and spreading awareness and knowledge about Open Systems in Italy (First Free Software Italian Conference in Cosenza, I Realize in Turin and more), Spain (Institute for Advanced Architecture and UrbanLabs 08 in Barcelona and Creative Cities in Imagination Society in Caceres), Finland (keynote speaker at the Open 2009 Symposium, Helsinki), South Korea and Singapore (Open P2P Design workshops in Seoul, IDAS and Singapore, NTU) so far.Massimo Menichinelli has written 265 posts so far. Read them here.
Miae Kim author
miae.kim@openp2pdesign.orgMiae Kim has been participating as a researcher in ‘Open P2P Design’ since 2010. She’s interested in open source and studying how open source theory can be applied to design or other creative works.
She held a bachelor’s degree in Architecture in 2000, from Hanyang University in Seoul and a master in Design Management in 2010, from IDAS (International Design school for Advanced Studies) in Seoul. She has been working as Exhibition-Interior designer.Miae Kim has written 2 posts so far. Read them here.
Federico Weber author
federico.weber@openp2pdesign.orgI’m an designer, with a passion for photography, electronics, programming, and many more things. I was born in Rome i 1982 and since 2006 I’m living in Milan.
I’ve got my “First Level Degree” in Industrial Design, at University of Rome La Sapienza in 2006, with full marks. In 2009 I’ve finished my studies in Industrial Design, taking my “Second Level Degree” at Politecnico of Milan, with a Thesis on Co-creation, Generative Design and Digital fabrication.
As a designer I’m interested in explorer the relationship between the objects itself (physical or virtual) and the users. I think this is something that goes beyond the mere shape of the objects, it embody feelings of satisfaction, fun and proud of owning and using it.Federico Weber has written posts so far. Read them here.
Mauro Costa author
mauro.costa@openp2pdesign.orgProfessor Mauro Costa is an associated professor at ELISAVA, Escola Superior de Arquitectura – Universitat Internacional de Catalanya (ESARQ-UIC) and invited professor at Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa (FA-UTL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) and Lusíada Univesity in Barcelona and Lisbon.
Completed a Ph.D. at the ESARQ-UIC, Barcelona, with the thesis – Analogías Biológicas en la Arquitectura - approved with an Excellent - Cum Laude and had a scholarship from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal. Holds a Master in History of Architecture and Design, and a Master in Genetic Architectures: the New Cybernetic Design and the New Ecological Design from ESARQ-UIC. He also holds an undergraduate degree of six years in Architecture from FA-UTL, Lisbon.
His research concerns the analysis of functional analogies between biology and architecture with special emphasis on mass customization based in sustainable processes that can be materialized using CAD/CAM methods.Mauro Costa has written 1 posts so far. Read them here.
Roger Pitiot author
roger.pitiot@openp2pdesign.orgRoger Pitiot’s career spans 30 years, with numerous outstanding design awards. Roger is an ENSAD Fellow, an active design consultant, and a teacher.
After graduate in 1976 he joined the Design team of the SALOMON company, and participle in the settling of SX 90 the first SALOMON ski boot Designed with Roger Talon. He Found "Design Partners" known as DP in 1982, continuing the collaboration with SALOMON: the SX 91 ski-boot presented in 1985 became a classical of design. He taught in ENSAD from 1992 till 1994 in the Product Design department.
In 1996 he began, with the KIDP (Korean Institute of design Promotion) the Asian adventure in Korea. While keeping in touch with the European customers, he extended the collaboration with the Korean companies, Since 2000 He teach in IDAS, (post graduate school of Hongik University) in Seoul, sharing his time between education, conferences and consulting in Asia and Europe. He dedicate now most his time and research to promote and spread an alternative to the design mainstream.Roger Pitiot has written posts so far. Read them here.
