The Final Project represents a significant opportunity for students to undertake original, independent work that reflects their individual interests and design capabilities. Supported by both internal and external advisors, each student follows a comprehensive design process involving research, concept development, prototyping, and thorough documentation.
Over the course of nine weeks, this cohort explored a wide array of topics, including perimenopause, water bankruptcy, blind dogs, elder care, prayer, invisible care work, climate change, sound, immigration, attention, photography, feedback, life transitions, and artificial intelligence. These projects are the result of in-depth inquiry and iterative development, grounded in both personal relevance and societal context.
The culmination of this process is an exam in the form of a presentation to peers and a distinguished panel of experts. This year we were honoured to have Erlend Kyte, Francesca Desmarais and Pedro Tolipan on the panel.
The work was exhibited at our studio in Bergamo - a space that embodies the energy, ambition, and collaborative ethos of the CIID community. The exhibition enabled visitors to engage directly with the prototypes, interact with the graduates, and gain insight into the concepts and methodologies that informed each project.
Fabio is an award-winning design and strategy leader with three decades helping global organisations generate value and impact at the intersection of emerging technologies, business innovation and human behaviour.
He was most recently the Chief Design Officer and Digital Products Practice Lead at Fjord/Accenture Song, leading a team of 400 designers, business strategists and creative technologists across Italy, Central Europe & Greece.Prior to Fjord/Accenture Song Fabio was Vice President of Creative at frog design, leading frog’s global User Experience Strategy and Social Impact practices.
Today Fabio works independently as a strategic design advisor and educator, helping organisations and teams to stay relevant by making sense of our fast-changing world.
Paula Te is a designer and engineer working at Dynamicland research. She is exploring ways to enable people to learn about their creativity and the world around them through making.Her research on tangible interfaces for digital fabrication has been featured at SIGCHI IDC and Prix Ars Electronica.Previously, Paula worked as an interaction designer at Xerox PARC, and in design education in Kathmandu at Karkhana and in Boston at MIT. Her side exploration of cross-cultural relationship building through design and making is documented at 50years.today.
