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Francesca
Vargiu + Elena Pacenti
COLLEGE LECTURE SERIES—NewSchool
of Architecture and Design, a leading design college in Southern California
based in San Diego along Park Boulevard, is presenting an informative round
table on Aug. 8 at 6 pm called “Interior Design from an Italian
Perspective.”
Featured speaker is Francesca Vargui of Domus
Academy in Milan, Italy, who will be joined by Moderator Elena Pacenti,
Director of the Domus Academy School of Design at NSAD/NewSchool of
Architecture and Design. Pacenti was formerly with Domus Academy in Milan,
Italy.
The free admission discussion outlines the
humanistic roots of the Italian Design approach and how it applies to interior
design techniques and evolving trends such as globalization, the blurring of
interior and exterior spaces, and multi-purpose space functions.
The Italian Design approach forms the foundation of
the recently-created Bachelor of Interior Design program offered through San
Diego’s Domus Academy School of Design at NSAD. The Domus Academy School of
Design at NSAD emphasizes the study and application of global design approaches
through an Italian Design perspective; it is a collaborative effort between
NSAD and the award-winning Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, which has
consistently been named among the World’s Best Design Schools by Business Week magazine.
Appetizers and beverages served.
Where: NewSchool of Architecture and Design, located
in downtown San Diego’s East Village. Please check in at the front desk at 705
Park Ave (corner of G Str. and 12th Ave. /Park Blvd.). RSVP-guests will be
directed to the upstairs gallery space.
RSVP/Additional Information: Please RSVP by Aug. 7
to NSAD PR Manager Anna Cearley at acearley@newschoolarch.edu
About Francesca Vargiu
Francesca Vargiu oversees the Master Progam in Urban
Vision and Architectural Design at Domus Academy in Milan. Her expertise
involves applying Italian Design techniques to spaces that range from small
interior spaces to wide-scale urban areas.
She is co-founder of KICK.OFFICE, a Milan-based
studio she opened in 2009 with Mario Abruzzese. A graduate of Politecnico di
Milano and Esquela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid, Spain (ETSAM),
Vargiu’s thesis research explored contemporary conditions of urban crisis and
architectural applications to spaces of social invention and spatial
transformation, with a focus on Deheishe Refugee Camp – West Bank.
In 2008, she took part in the international research
project ‘Decolonizing Architecture’ and worked for its first exhibition ‘Design
by Destruction: Oush Grab Military Base’ at Bozar, Bruxelles in November 2008.
The work has been also displayed in various International Architectural
Exhibitions, such as at Venice Biennal 2008, COAC Barcelona 2009, Istanbul
Biennial 2009, Rotterdam Biennial 2009 and Edinburgh Art Festival 2010.
About Elena Pacenti
Elena Pacenti is Director of San Diego’s Domus
Academy School of Design at NSAD. She formerly directed the Design School at
Domus Academy in Italy, and she brings to NSAD the Domus Academy emphasis on
advanced design methodologies for anticipating needs and trends in a
continuously evolving society.
She was director of the Domus Academy Research
Center from 2002 through 2009, where she oversaw the development and
coordination of design innovation research projects for the European Union and
for government and private groups in Italy. In 2011, she established the Master
in Service and Experience Design program at Domus Academy. Pacenti has an
undergraduate degree in architecture and a Ph.D in industrial design, both from
the Politecnico di Milano.
About Domus Academy School of Design at NSAD/Bachelor of
Interior Design Program
The San Diego-based Domus Academy School of Design
at NSAD is inspired by the quality and innovation of Italian design education
leader Domus Academy in Milan, Italy.
This collaborative relationship includes developing educational
offerings in design-related fields, starting with the launch of a new
bachelor’s degree in Interior Design in fall 2013.
Domus Academy School of Design at NSAD incorporates
global design into the interior design curriculum through classes in San Diego
and by offering all students in the interior design program the opportunity to
study abroad at Domus Academy in Milan, Italy - at no additional tuition cost.
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