Giorgio Bigatti is a historian of the contemporary age and a scholar of economic, urban, and labor history. He graduated in Philosophy and earned a PhD in Economic and Social History, and he taught at the university level from 1994 to 2025, in particular as a contract lecturer in Economic History at Bocconi University in Milan. His research areas include the history of industry, business communication, territory, and water resources. Since 2012 he has been Scientific Director of the ISEC Foundation in Sesto San Giovanni, coordinating research activities, editorial projects, and dissemination initiatives. He is the author and curator of numerous publications, exhibitions, and studies of national and international significance.

Fulvio Irace was Full Professor of History of Architecture and Design at Politecnico di Milano, holding the chair of History and Criticism of Contemporary Architecture and later the chair of History of Arts, Design, and Architecture at the School of Design. Recognized as an expert on historiographical issues of Italian architecture between the two world wars and contemporary times, he has been a visiting professor at universities such as Princeton University, Universidad de Navarra, and the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio. He has held leading roles in cultural institutions including AAItalia, the Centro Alti Studi sulle Arti Visive of the Municipality of Milan, and Triennale Milano. He has contributed to numerous editorial projects and major exhibitions.

Giulio Barazzetta graduated in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1979 and was founder and associate architect of SBG architetti. He has held institutional roles in the profession, including participation in the Building Commission of the Municipality of Milan and in the Council of the Order of Architects of Milan. From 2006 to 2023 he was Associate Professor of Architectural Composition at Politecnico di Milano, where he still teaches as a Professor of High Qualification. He provides consultancy in complex design, redevelopment, and restoration, and is the author and curator of reference volumes and exhibitions on contemporary architecture; his projects and writings have been published in Casabella, Domus, and Archi.

Alberto Bassi focuses on the history and criticism of design and is Full Professor at Università Iuav di Venezia, where he serves as Rector’s Delegate for Communication. He coordinates the Master’s degree in Product, Visual, and Interior Design and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Iuav Project Archive, as well as of editorial series and specialized journals. He has collaborated with specialized magazines and newspapers, including Casabella, Abitare, and Auto & Design. He is the author of numerous reference volumes on design culture, including Food design in Italia, awarded the ADI Compasso d’Oro, and is President of the Scientific Committee of the national technological cluster MinIT – Made in Italy. He has participated in national and international research projects and currently coordinates the integration of the Iuav design field into the Inest-PNRR innovation ecosystem.

Ali Filippini graduated from Politecnico di Milano and earned a PhD in Design Sciences at Università Iuav di Venezia, focusing on the history of Modern exhibition design in both commercial and cultural contexts. Other essays on twentieth-century communication have appeared in books and scientific journals, particularly on the design culture in retail. He currently teaches History of Design and Visual Communication at Politecnico di Torino and also gives courses at the University of San Marino and at the Scuola Politecnica di Design. He is Vice President of AIS/Design and a publicist journalist, and a member of the editorial committee of the journal Ceramica e Arti Decorative del Novecento.

Carmelo Marabello is Dean of Venice International University and Full Professor of Film and Media Studies at Università Iuav di Venezia. He has held academic and institutional roles, including coordinating the Multimedia curriculum and participating in the Academic Senate, and he serves as Rector’s Delegate for University Strategy. His teaching and research focus on cinema, contemporary arts, media theory, and visual culture, with interests in photography, visual anthropology, expanded cinema, and environmental humanities. Before joining academia, he worked as curator and programming director of the Taormina International Film Festival and for over ten years at RAI as author, curator, and director. He holds a PhD from the University of Bergamo and has held academic positions at several Italian universities.

Silvia Latis was born in Milan in 1947 and graduated from the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale di Como. From 1970 to 1974 she collaborated with De Padova as coordinator of shop-factory relations, working with Maddalena De Padova and focusing in particular on graphics and catalogs. In 1974 she joined the editorial staff of Abitare, initially as editor and later as head of foreign collaborators. From 1980 to 1985 she worked at Zerowatt, the family business, managing marketing, communication, and events. She then returned to Abitare as Assistant to the Publisher and, under the direction of Italo Lupi, became Deputy Editor, a role she held until 2007. In 1994 she founded and directed the quarterly Case da Abitare. From 2008 to 2020 she was a regular collaborator of the Salone del Mobile, managing communication and major special projects in Italy and abroad.