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Patrizio Cionfoli
Design Director at Studio Volpi of Studio Volpi Shanghai Design Co., LtdPatrizio Cionfoli has been Director of Design and Interaction at the
innovation agency Studio Volpi in Italy since 2018. He is
responsible for design strategies that can generate innovation and
business growth.
Patrizio started his career at Whirlpool as a product designer for home appliances. As head of the dishwasher design team, he
focused on strong product identity. In 2010, he took over as head of
design for all of Whirlpool's European refrigerators. In 2016, Patrizio
was named global lead designer for Kitchen Aid. Later he led Global Brands for Indesit, Hotpoint, Ikea, Privileg, Acros, Consul and Bauknecht. His washing machine concept BioLogic has been exhibited at the Triennale Musuem in Milan, the Louvre in Paris and the Design Museum in Beijing. His work has won many international design awards. He is also a trend researcher and part of the steering committee of the Politecnico di Milano in Product Design.
Shirley Feng
President at Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association (SIDA)Shirley Feng is Member of the CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) of Guangdong Province, member of the 5th and 6th CPPCC of Shenzhen Municipality, President of Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association, Founder of Sino-Finnish Design Park, Director of Hebei Industrial Design Innovation Center and Chief Executive Officer of Xiongan Future Industrial Desgn Institute.
She has won honors such as the 2021 Top 100 Design Promoters in China's Design Industry, the 2020 China Productivity Development Outstanding Figure, the Shenzhen Municipal Government Special Allowance, the Futian District Mangrove Award, the 2019 China Industry-University-Research Craftsman Spirit Award, Golden Medal of Contribution for Chinese Design, Special Award for 70 Chinese Design Contributors at 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC, the 5th Guangdong Province Outstanding Builders of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Shenzhener of the Age, the Top Ten Leaders of China's Creative Industry of The Year, the Top Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Shenzhen, and the Contribution of Chinese Youth Volunteers Awards and many other honorary titles.
Anton Garland
Designer and Head of Product and New Mobility at Icona Design & Engineering Co., Ltd.Anton Garland was born in New Zealand and has been a professional designer since 2010.
He studied Transportation and Boat Design in Massey University New Zealand before moving to Sweden in 2009 to study a Masters in Transportation Design at the Umea Institute of Design.
In 2010, Anton moved to China, and until 2018, specialised in the automotive field working on interior and exterior design programs. He has designed and developed multiple production and concept cars, managing these projects for Chinese and International clients including FAW, Geely, SAIC, Hi-Phi, Lamborghini, Subaru and more.
In 2018 Anton helped create Icona’s Mobility and Industrial design department bringing the skills he developed in the automotive industry along with his passion for emotional design and storytelling and has since led the team designing and producing products with many leading companies including Lenovo, Yadea, Segway – Ninebot, 90Go, Xiaopeng, JD, Meituan and Hi-Phi, and Delonghi.
Enza Migliore
Assistant Professor at School of Design, SUSTechEnza MIGLIORE is a design researcher and educator in the field of product and materials. Her focus is on the interdisciplinary collaboration between Materials Science, Design, and Art, and on practices of Experimental and Critical Design. After obtaining her MSc in Industrial Design at La Sapienza University of Rome, Enza obtained a Ph.D. in Design and Innovation from Seconda Università of Napoli with a thesis on the hybridization of methods and tools of Design and Materials Sciences applied to material porosity. MIGLIORE collaborates with chemists to envision new materials’ scenarios, meanings, opportunities, and knowledge. MIGLIORE has been awarded a Post-Doctoral Research fellowship by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR). Her investigation (2017-2019), conducted at Metropolitan University of Tokyo, is about a critical perspective on materials and exhibited at Tokyo Designart 2019. MIGLIORE has been a design tutor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in 2020 and, before that, a lecturer and teaching assistant at Universities in Italy, Japan, and China. She has been member of the editorial board of the academic journal diid (2013-2019). She is guest researcher at IPCB (Italian National Research Council), at Hybrid Design Lab, at the FoamLab (Federico II University of Naples); a design director at the Architecture Studio Atelierba in Shanghai and a writer for the Tokyo web magazine ADF.
Nina Niu
Deputy Secretary General of Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association (SIDA) at SIDANina Niu is Deputy Secretary General and Head of Global Business & Cooperation Division of Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association (SIDA), as well as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Xiongan Future Industrial Design Institute, Deputy Secretary General of Goldreed Industrial Design Award. Nina is mainly responsible for SIDA’ s foreign projects cooperation, public relations and event promotion, etc..