Luca Casarotto
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN DESIGN
ICAR/13 - Industrial Design
Associate Professor of Design at the Iuav University of Venice. Since 2014 he is a researcher and his research goals are innovative technologies, new production processes, Industry 4.0 and 5.0, design and artificial intelligence, polymeric materials, environmental and sustainable processes and development of technologies.
In 2012 he earned a PhD in Design Sciences, and since 2007 he is collaborating with research programs.
Between 2006 and 2011 he founded Coscadesign studio, it has collaborated with Designerblog, Foscarini, Jeans Gas, Oviesse, Vevegass, Triennale Design Museum.
In 2017 he founded spin-off New Design Vision srl with some colleagues and the Iuav University of Venice.
RESEARCH
SISSI - Modular inclusive systems for environmental comfort management through the development of sensitised and interactive soundproofing panels
Program research Veneto Region, European Social Fund 2021/2027 - DGR 1800/2021 - "Activities to support projects developed by business clusters". Partners: Ambiente 1985, BLR System.com, Boccaccio432, IRE Innovation, Università degli Studi di Padova. [2022-2023]
— responsabile scientifico
AD4A - Artefact Design 4 All LAB
Program research Veneto Region, European Social Fund 2014/2020 - DGR 204/2019. Partners: New Design Vision srl, Università Ca' Forscari Venezia, Fondazione di Venezia. [€202.000; 2020-2021]
— principal investigator
Meta4.0 - Possibilities and potential of design in the metalworking and Industry 4.0
Program research Veneto Region, European Social Fund 2014/2020 - Strategic axis "Innovation and research to a competitive Veneto." Partners: Baxi, Delka, Italcab, MAS Roof. [€128.000; 2020-2021]
— principal investigator
— linkGood Plastic - Environmental preferability of the plastic products
Program research Veneto Region, European Social Fund 2014/2020 - Strategic axis "Innovation and research to a competitive Veneto." Partners: Euro3plast, Obag, Plastic Metal. [€99.300; 2020-2021]
— principal investigator
— linkHPB - High Performances Burning
Program research Veneto Region, European Social Fund 2014/2020 - Strategic axis "Activities to R&D support for new sustainable technologies, new products and services." Partners: Delka, Automa, OMSA e Università degli studi di Padova. [2020-2021]
— principal investigator
— linkSustainability and innovation for Veneto area
Operating agreement between Region and Veneto's universities: businesses connections, support to Regional Innovative Networks and national cluster, and new EU research program 2021-2027 (Horizon Europe). Research and innovation policies for new Regional POR 2021-2027, with reference to design and production processes. [2021]
Design, projects and Industry 4.0 strategy for small and medium enterprises
Program research Veneto Region, European Social Fund 2014/2020 - Strategic axis "Growth investment and employment". Partners: DFF srl, Delka srl e MAS Roof. [€78.000; 2018-2019]
— principal investigator
— linkProcesses, spaces, connections and times: the human value in the Industry 4.0 transition
Program research Veneto Region, European Social Fund 2014/2020 - Strategic axis "Growth investment and employment." Partners: Delka s.r.l., Italcab s.p.a., Mas Roof s.r.l., Telwin s.p.a. [€56.410; 2018-2019 ]
— principal investigator
— linkAGEDESIGN Cooperation to promote healthy and active ageing through the use of properly designed wearable devices
Program research Interreg V-A Italia - Austria 2014/2020. Partners: Fondazione Centro Produttività Veneto CPV, Azienda ULSS n.1 Dolomiti, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg. [2017-2019]
— linkDefinition of guidelines facilitate recycling plastic packaging
Research supported by CONAI - Consorzio Nazionale per il Recupero degli Imballaggi. [2016/2017]
— linkMobile app interface “Sanità a KM0”, medical prescription digitalization for Veneto Region
Research supported by Consorzio Arsenál.it and Regione Veneto. [2015-2017]
— principal investigator
— linkResearch and comparison of standard, guidelines and European vademecum to facilitate recycling plastic packaging
Research supported by CONAI - Consorzio Nazionale per il Recupero degli Imballaggi. [2015-2016]
— linkMade in Italy in a project design group to product and production airplane interiors
Program research (PON) FEST Industrial Innovation "New tecnology for Made in Italy." Partners: Bonansea Engineering Srl, Aerosoft spa, Cadland srl, Carbon Dream srl, GrisDainese, Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Galileo. [2013-2015]
Polimod, compound materials and nanotechnologies in the system home innovations
Program research (PON) FEST Industrial Innovation "New tecnology for Made in Italy." Partners: Gamma Poliureani, Atoma, DNA Engineering, Microsert, Officina LCM, Panotec e Pierresse. [2012-2014]
Nanotechnologies material database with goals to designer consultation
Research with CIVEN - Coordinamento Interuniversitario Veneto per le Nanotecnologie. [2009-2012]
Multimediality, innovation policies and marketing
Program research FSE 2007/2013. Partners: CFM srl, Metalfilo srl, Perin Pubblicità srl. [2014-2015]
TV 2020 Smart City Lab. International workshop Smart City and Smart Building
Research supported by Unindustria Treviso, ANCE Treviso e Associazione Treviso Smart Community e in collaborazione con Delft University of Technology, Università Politecnica de Catalunya, TU Beijing, Tsinghua University, Chonnam University e Chinese University of Hong Kong. [2014]
NEW DESIGN VISION srl
Services to innovation and new tecnological application for enterprises
New Design Vision is spin-off at Università Iuav di Venezia. It was founded in 2017 by a University team of professors and researchers in design. The aim is to transfer the academic research in the world of work, in particular the discoveries in product and process innovation, circular economy, user experience and user interface.
[2017-2022]