Casciani Daria

Profile

Senior Researcher (RTT) at the Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano since 2024. Her work focuses on sustainable design, with particular attention to innovation in the fashion and design sectors. She specializes in sustainability technologies, digital processes, and the enhancement of craftsmanship through the adoption of advanced tools and systemic approaches.

Teaching Activity

Since 2020, she has been an adjunct lecturer at the School of Design, Politecnico di Milano, where she teaches in the Bachelor’s program in Fashion Design and in the Master’s program Design for the Fashion System, actively contributing to the integration of design theory and technological experimentation.

Previously, she taught in the Bachelor’s program in Interior Design (2015–2019) and in the Master in Lighting Design & LED Technology (2014–2020), addressing topics related to lighting design for hospitality and LED lighting products.

Her teaching approach emphasizes interdisciplinarity, project-based learning and prototyping, and collaboration with industry and research institutions.

Research Activity

Her research focuses on sustainable innovation in design, with particular attention to the twin ecological and digital transition. Adopting a systemic design approach, she explores the integration of emerging technologies and craft practices in the fields of fashion, design, and the enhancement of intangible cultural heritage.

Her work investigates the role of Industry 4.0 technologies (additive manufacturing, collaborative robotics, and digital twins), promoting non-standardized human–machine collaboration that enhances creative and artisanal skills within production processes.

The aim is to develop replicable tools and methodologies capable of generating tangible impact within the educational and production systems of Made in Italy.