Research
Research
Research
Research
LED Team
FRANCESCA
TOSI
Scientific Director
Francesca Tosi, Architect, is Full Professor of Industrial Design at Department of Architecture - DIDA, University of Florence.
Currently develops her research and didactic activities in the fields of Product and Interior Design, Ergonomics in Design, Inclusive Design / Design for All. In particular on: daily use products and environments, and products and services for health and care. On the same subjects: she is author of books, essays and articles on topics and she organized conferences and events.
She has been scientific responsible of research programs funded by: the European Union 7th FP; the Italian Ministry of University and Research; the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy; public administrations; private enterprises.
She is: Scientific Director of LED, Ergonomics & Design Laboratory (2013 today); Past president National President of SIE, Italian Society of Ergonomics and human factors (President 2010-13, 2013-18); President of CUID, Italian Design Academic Conference (2018, today).
She il also: President of the scientific committee of the “Rivista italiana di Ergonomia/Italian journal of Ergonomics” (since 2011); Director of the series “Design, innovazione, territorio/Design, innovation, territory” (since 2011 - with G. Lotti, S. Follesa, A. Rinaldi) of publisher Franco Angeli, Milano; Director of the series “Ergonomics in Design” (since 2016) of publisher Franco Angeli, Milano; member of the scientific committee of the journal “AND” Dna ed. Firenze (since 2017); Chief Editor of “Springer Series Design and Innovation”, Springer ed. (dal 2019).
ALESSIA
BRISCHETTO
Researcher (RTDb)
Alessia Brischetto is a designer and fixed-term researcher at University of Florence (UniFI). Following a Master's Degree in Design at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Florence in 2010, she earned her PhD in Architecture, major in Design, in 2015. Since 2010 she has been working in the research group of Laboratory of Ergonomics and Design (LED) of DIDA - Department of Architecture (UniFi). She is teaching Product Design and holds the Everyday Object course at Tongji University (since 2016). She has also taken part in several national and international research projects and collaborated with public administrations and important companies. To date, her research activity focuses mainly on the field of Ergonomics for Design, usability of industrial products and Design for All.
MATTIA
PISTOLESI
Researcher (RTDa)
Master’s Degree in Design at School of Architecture - University of Florence. Scholarship for Ph.D in Architecture, majoring in design (Cycle XXXI).
Since 2015 he has been working in the research group of Laboratory of Ergonomics and Design (LED) of DIDA - Department of Architecture (UniFi).
Since 2019 he is teaching Applicazioni di Ergonomia at University of Florence, Dept. DIDA.
He has also taken part in several national and international research projects and collaborated with public administrations and important companies.
To date, his research activities are ergonomics, usability, Human-Centred Design and Inclusive design specifically aimed at the fields of industrial products and healthcare.
In the past, he collaborated as designer with architecture and design studios such as Architecture Studio Franco Panicucci Architect, Logos srl, Gumdesign.
ESTER
IACONO
Ph.D. - Research Fellow
Master's Degree in Design at School of Architecture at University of Florence. Scholarship for Ph.D. in Architecture, majoring in design (Cycle XXXIII).
Researcher in the fields of ergonomics for Design, Human-Centred Design, and Medical Design at Laboratory of Ergonomics&Design, Architecture Department (DIDA).
Tutor at Laboratory of Ergonomics for Design course of "Ergonomics and Design" and "Human-Centred Design/User Experience". She collaborated as a designer with professional studios of product design, graphics and communication design.
CLAUDIA
BECCHIMANZI
Ph.D. - Research Fellow
Designer and journalist, Ph.D. in Architecture, majoring Design (XXXIII cycle) at the School of Architecture, University of Florence. Research Fellow at laboratory of Ergonomics & Design (LED) - Architecture Department (DIDA) - on issues related to Human-Centred Design (HCD), Interaction Design, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and Wearable devices for health and prevention purposes. Specifically, she analyses the issues of acceptability of assistive and social robots by investigating the contribution of HCD and User Experience for the HRI area.
She is a teaching assistant of Ergonomics and Design (L-4) and HCD/UX (LM-12) courses and a lecturer of Interaction Design at Tongji University and AAP (Arts Abroad Project). Registered journalist since 2016 and specialized columnist in architecture and design.
LIBIN
YUAN
Ph.D. student
Master’s Degree in Art from the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. Awarded doctoral scholarship in Sustainability and Innovation for the Design of Built Environment and System Product, curriculum Design (Cycle XXXVIII) at the University of Florence. Currently, as a Ph.D. candidate at the Laboratory of Ergonomics & Design (LED) in the Architecture Department (DIDA), focusing on Human-Centred Design (HCD), design for disabilities, and the study of museums and cultural heritage.In 2024, as a visiting scholar at the School of Design & Innovation at Tongji University (Shanghai).Tutor for the course Application of Design and Ergonomics.
SALVO ANDREA
DENARO
Research Grant
Industrial designer and master's student in Advanced Sustainable Design at the University of Florence (DIDA).
He is currently working as a research grant, at the laboratory of Ergonomics & Design (LED), in the field of ergonomics, Human-Centred-Design (HCD) methodology and medical devices.
He is also tutoring in the Laboratory of Ergonomics for Product Design course.
IRIS
VERZI'
Ph.D. student - Research Fellow
Service and UX designer with a background in Industrial design and a Master’s degree in Product Service System Design from the School of Design at Politecnico di Milano.
Currently working as a Research Fellow at the laboratory of Ergonomics & Design (LED) within the Department of Architecture (DIDA) at the University of Florence. She is also tutoring in the Laboratory of Ergonomics for Product Design course.
