Fashion-tech entrepreneurial ecosystems
Understanding the impact of fashion-tech entrepreneurial ecosystems on innovation, collaboration, and growth in the fashion industry.
Research
Research topics
Ambiguity as a resource for design
Harnessing the power of ambiguity as a resource to foster designers' creativity and user-driven innovation.
Wearable technologies for self-tracking
Exploring the applications and implications of wearable technologies for self-tracking in supporting personal wellness.
Design workshops as a research method
Investigating the potentials of design workshop in generating new knowledge, fostering collaboration, and enabling user-centered design processes.
Research projects
Most recent research projects
FTalliance. - FTalliance. Weaving Universities and Companies to Co-create Fashion-Tech Future Talents.
FTalliance is a 3-year Erasmus+ EU co-funded project fostering Fashion-Tech knowledge exchange, empowering students for employability and innovation.Role within the project CollaboratorDuration 2020 - 2023Sponsors Erasmus+, Erasmus+, PoliMiDeFINE Network - DeFINE. Developing a Fashion-tech Innovation Network for Europe
DeFINE is a collaborative project, co-funded by the EU Commission’s COSME programme, aiming to foster innovation & collaboration within the fashion-technology sectors.Role within the project CollaboratorDuration 2018 - 2021Sponsors COSME, PoliMi
Publications
Most recent publications
| Title | Year | Authors | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leveraging Multistability and Ambiguity in wearable technology design: A postphenomenological and design perspective | 2023 | Di Lodovico C. | ZONEMODA JOURNAL |
| Exploring the tensions of self-tracking wearable technologies through design | 2023 | Di Lodovico C. | International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023: Human-Computer Interaction |
| Ambiguity for Social Self-tracking Practices: Exploring an emerging design space | 2023 | Di LODOVICO Chiara; Colombo Sara; Rapp Amon | CSCW '23: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing |
| Navigating sustainability in the fashion industry: Insights from entrepreneurial perspectives on collaborative approaches | 2023 | Di Lodovico C.; Manzi A. | SUSTAINABILITY: SCIENCE, PRACTICE, & POLICY |
| Case Study Fashion-Tech Interline | 2022 | Casciani D.; Di Lodovico C.; Chkanikova O. | PILOTING FASHION-TECH EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES. PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR INNOVATIVE FASHION-TECH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES |
Conferences and talks
Wearable Technologies, Self-Tracking Data, and the Body
Conference contributionFASHION NOW! International Research Days. Rimini, Italy, 25/11/2022
This research examines wearables' impact on self-representation and bodily perceptions. It explores how design influences behavior and cultural conformity. It inspires reflections on wearable tech’s future for fashion and design.
Exploring Multistability through Ambiguity for AI-powered Self-tracking Data Representation
Conference contributionWorkshop “Grand Challenges in Personal Informatics and AI” at CHI 22, 11/05/2022
The study presents multistability, ambiguity and speculative design as research approaches to explore individuals’ multiple \rinterpretations of AI data with respect to their personal goals, values and needs.
Promoting Innovation Within the Fashion-tech Sector. The Role of Pan-European Projects.
Conference contributionGlobal Fashion Conference 2021. Warsaw, Poland, 22/10/2021
The paper assesses European Fashion-tech ecosystem drivers and challenges, focusing on the role of pan-European projects like “DeFINE” in boosting innovation and competitiveness.
The Emerging Fashion-Tech Paradigm in the Contemporary European Landscape
Conference contributionCumulus Conference Rome 2020 – Design Culture(s). Rome, Italy, 10/06/2021
The paper explores European fashion-tech innovation trajectories through a multiple case study analysis of four design-driven projects funded by the European Commission.
