Irina Maria Suteu

Irina Suteu is one of the founding members of Arkipelag cultural association. Her research and practice focuses on cultural innovation projects that have as a core mission disciplinary, cultural, and cognitive diversity.

She collaborated on research and educational projects with many private and public institutions among which, Fondazione Cariplo, Comune di Milano, Unicredit Pavillion, Fabbrica del Vapore; National Film Board of Canada, Azure Magazine e Festival de Metis. She was visiting professor at Tsinghua University Graduate School of Design Management at Shenzen, China and Institute Without Boundaries in Toronto, Canada.

Since 2014 she is a senior lecturer in interaction design at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) Milano, Italy.

Academic credentials:

2011 PhD in Disegno Industriale e Comunicazione Multimediale, Politecnico di Milano, Dottorato XXIII Ciclo.

Thesis title: Creative processes in heterogeneous design teams. The study of group dynamics from an activity theory perspective.

Coordinator: Margherita Pillan. Controrelatore: Marco Maiocchi

2006 Master in Interaction Design Domus Academy, Milano, Italia

Practice researc thesis: Interactive communication system for mitigating earthquake hazards.

Coordinator: Claudio Moderini

Company: Samsung research center

2000 Bachelor in Fine Arts – Design Art

Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

Thesis title: Re: Light, light design and photography exhibition; in collaboration with Oana Suteu Khintirian

Coordinator: Lydia Ferrabee Sharman, PhD

Teaching experience:

2021 – 2023 Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Design; Design di Interni - Laboratorio di Metaprogetto

2° year, contract professor.

Brief: Considering the urban development program for the upcoming Milano - Cortina Winter Olimpic Games 2026, The students were asked to design diffused hospitality solutions, that encourage the sustainable tourism.

2021 – 2023 Triennio di design, Indirizzo Product Design, NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano. Docente per il corso di Interaction design, 3°anno BA in English.

Title and course theme: Designing educational user experiences for hybrid, digital /physical interactions.

2019 – 2021 Bachelor in Design program, Product Design, NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano.

Contract professor for Interaction design course, 3°anno BA in English.

Territorial partner for the Erasmus + project “Distress Flare – Luci di Emergenza”. In collaboration with the cultural association “L’Age de la Tortue” – Rennes, France (project leader), and the theater company “Effetto Larsen” Milan, Italy (project manager Italy).

Title and Course theme: “Inclusive interactions”

2017 – 2019 Bachelor in Design program, Product Design, NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano.

Contract professor for Interaction design course, 3°anno BA in English.

Title and Course theme: “Seamless Interactions. Designing intuitive interaction behaviors integrated in products and environments.”

2015 – 2020 Semester Abroad Program, NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano

Contract professor for Interaction design module in the Integrated Design Studio, in inglese.

Title and Course theme: “Designing hybrid retail and exhibition spaces.”

2019 – 2023 Research and developemnt manager for the Non Riservato network: www.nonriservato.it

• Panelist “Make Space for the Future”, ENCC conference Torino, Aprile 2022.

• Rapresentant of Non Riservato for the “ENCC Incubator” project. Capacity building program promoted by European Network of Cultural Centers.

Coordinator of a proposal for the Europe for Citizens 2020 call, in collaboration with: UNArte University, Romania; City Municipality of Ruse, Bulgaria; Lames Cultural Center, Austria; KulturaNova Theater and cultural center, Serbia; JaLaDa Theater, Sweden; Europeaum, Czech Republic; Rebel Architecture Lab, Norway;

• Coordinator for Non Riservato of the “BECC” capacity building e staff exchange program of European Network of Cultural Centers. Cultural exchange between Non Riservato and Kulturladen Schloss Almoshof, Nurenberg, Germany.

• Project manager per the tactical urbanism project “Piazze Aperte – Liberi Passi in Piazzale Bacone”. In collaboration with “I Baconiani” Associazione Genitori della Scuola Bacone; Win Win studio di Architettura; Hypnos, studio di architettura. Project promoted by Comune di Milano.

MAIN AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Creativity and leadership, cultural innovation, interaction design, partecipative art, active citizenship in the public space.

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Galli, F.; Manzotti, R.; Suteu, I. (2022). New design knowledge for a new philosophical thinking. A speculation on the concept of proximity as a lens for critical thinking in creative education. In Proceedings of the Research and Education in Design Conference,  Lisbon, Portugal, 19-20 May (in corso di pubblicazione).

Ito S., Ito S., Suteu I. (2020). AI Mobility Solutions for an Active Ageing Society. Introducing Aesthetic Affordances in the Design of Smart Wheelchairs. In: Degen H., Reinerman-Jones L. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in HCI. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12217. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50334-5_23. ISBN 978-3-030-50333-8

Randone, M., Suteu, I. (2018). Urban Design Ecologies: An Initial Toolkit for the Open Social Design Environment. In Urban Design Ecologies: Projects for City Environments., Ghibusi M., Marchetti, F., eds.; Maggioli Editore, Santarcangelo di Romagna. ISBN: 978-88-916-2707-0.

Galli, F., Pino A, B., & Suteu, I. (2017). Adaptive Thinking for Design Leadership. Coaching adaptive capabilities to empower next visionary leaders. The Design Journal, 20(sup1), S4183-S4196.

Randone, M. B., Inghilleri, P., Jachna, T., Yip, A., & Suteu, I. (2017). Up_citying. Four ecologies for an open design environment approach. A study of the multi-generational relationship with making through mediated designing in collaborative, digital environments. In Proceedings of the Cumulus Conference, Open Design for E-verything, Hong-Kong, China, 21-24 November. ISBN 978-952-60-0080-0

Suteu, I., Scalzi, M., Brovelli, A., (2017). The harmonic integration of culture and skills in design: an interdisciplinary experience in higher education. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-697-3777-4ISSN: 2340-1117 doi:10.21125/edulearn.2017.1514

Suteu, I., & Perondi, E. (2016). BM4NP: business model canvas for non-profit. Increasing the participatory aspect of the business modeling activity. In Proceedings of the 20th DMI Conference: Academic Design Management Conference Inflection Point: Design Research Meets Design Practice. Boston, USA, 22-29 July 2016. ISBN 978-0-615-99152-8

Randone, M., Suteu, I., Scelsi, M., (2015). Knowledge or Imagination? How an Italian-Global Medium Size Company Designs Progressive En/Vision Plans, Activating Cultural Assets. The Vibram Case Study. In Virtuous Circle. Proceedings of the Cumulus Milan Conference: 3-7 June, Milan, Italy. ISBN: 9788838694059.

Pillan, M., Suteu, I., Granata, A., (2014). Intercultural Dialog as a Strategy for a Sustainable Society: Case Studies from Italy. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Volume 9 (Issue 3):pp.47-59.

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INSEGNAMENTI A.A. 2022/2023

Corso di Laurea in Corporate Communication and Public Relations

- Creativity and Design