Susanna Testa

• Professor (Assistant) at Politecnico di Milano

Creativity is a widely debated topic, as this concept is arguably the quintessence of Humankind. Artificial Intelligence constitutes a radical and unprecedented change because it disrupts this prerogative. The article analyzes the relationship between human creativity and Artificial Intelligence in jewelry design higher education. The hands-on rese...

The complex nature of materiality describes the modern era and raises several questions, especially regarding sustainability. With the significant expansion of science and industry, the variety of materials available for designers is unlimited, and they are no longer forced to use materials that are provided directly by nature. Therefore, artificia...

The paper presents the results of the workshop "Utopia: Jewelry Beyond the Body," held at the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano as part of the Master degree program with the aim to develop an innovative design methodology for future creatives. The workshop's main objective was to explore the process of designing a virtual jewelry collec...

The high jewelry industry, and its supply chain, are considered complex systems that have positively affected the global economy as well as potentially harmed the environment and society due to its resources exploitation. As a consequence, consumers are increasingly demanding for sustainable processes that guarantee traceability through the extract...

Today digital technologies offer an unprecedented opportunity to facilitate dynamic and engaging interactions among people, promote conversations around crucial issues - such as climate change - guide joint action, and trigger innovation. In this paper, we aim to discuss how design can act as a lever towards adopting a more sustainable behaviour in...

The paper aims to describe an innovative teaching and learning process in jewelry-tech design. First of all, the paper analyzes the contemporary and multidisciplinary context, underlining the growing presence of a close connection between digital technologies and the world of accessory design, particularly jewelry. The need to define learning model...

We are now entering the new space age! In 2021, for the first time in history that there is civilian crew in space, demonstrating the next frontier of human space exploration that will not be restricted to highly trained astronauts but will be open to a more general public. However, keeping a human healthy, happy and productive in space is one of t...

The objective of the paper is to analyse how digital technologies are used in jewellery design in an era in which products and environments are becoming increasingly intangible to leave space to digital worlds, thanks to augmented and virtual reality. The paper gives an outline of jewellery within the contemporary scenario, analysing the direction...

People have always been central players in the world of jewelry. Not only as artisans who have given life to masterpieces of inestimable material and creative value, but also as users who have used jewelry as a means of expression, as a guardian of immaterial values or as a vehicle for messages. Over time, the human being has accepted the support o...

The aim of the paper is to investigate the relationship between higher education institutions and companies in the field of Fashion-Tech educational system, in order to test the effectiveness of the integration of heterogeneous skills and disciplines. The paper firstly analyses how design, pervaded by the results of technological progress, has beco...

Space travel and becoming an interplanetary species have always been part of human's greatest imagination. Research in space exploration helps us advance our knowledge in fundamental sciences, and challenges us to design new technology and create new industries for space. However, keeping a human healthy, happy and productive in space is one of the...

The present volume is a comprehensive reflection on the research conducted within the framework of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Project “Education for Fashion-Tech (E4FT)” and offers trainers, practitioners, students, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), stakeholders, opinion leaders and policymakers research data and reference points for de...

In the contemporary scene, identifying a common and shared definition of what luxury means is ever more difficult and daring. The concept of luxury has changed over time. For centuries, luxury was intended as a sum of beauty and high quality pursued by hand-work and linked to physical products. The digital revolution and the widespread of Informati...

The aim of this paper is demonstrating how in the contemporary scene the boundaries between scientific method and creative process are increasingly blurred finding innovation as the point of intersection of this discursive separation. The analysis identifies the object of investigation in the emergent field of fashion wearables. In fact, the introd...