Gian Andrea Giacobone

XXXII Cycle - (A.A. 2016-2017)

IDAUP
Home Institution: University of Ferrara
Scholarship (bound research topic)
Curriculum: Architecture (ICAR13)
Research Topic: Industrial Design & Automotive
Tutor DA-UNIFE: Giuseppe Mincolelli
Tutor Polis University: Loris Rossi, Gezim Qendro
Nationality: Italian

Email: gcbgnd@unife.it

Profile

Biography

Born in Tortona in 1991, Gian Andrea is an interaction and industrial designer who is passionate about coding, interactive systems and technology. In 2010 he undertakes his studies at the University of San Marino where he studies product and visual design for three years. In that period, he increases his interest to technology so much to continue his education for other two years, in the same University. At the end of March 2016 he concludes his master’s degree in interaction design and ten days later, he goes three months in The Netherlands with an Erasmus+ Scholarship. Precisely in Amsterdam, he starts off his first research activity in Internet of Things field within the research laboratory of Info.nl's digital studio. Meanwhile he conducts short didactic activities as teaching assistant at the University of San Marino in digital/multimedia sector. At the end of 2016 he starts the International Ph.D. course at the University of Ferrara where is currently carrying out his research studies around industrial design, user experience and digital interfaces.

Research skills
Industrial Design | HCI | UX | UI | Usability

Scientific activities

ORCID ID:
0000-0002-2258-5359

IRIS UNIFE ID:
rp40316

Doctoral research

Sustainable and inclusive mobility: User Centred Design applied to the design of a hybrid vehicle with Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (scholarships RER with UniMoRE and DA:UniFe / Ref. Prof. Giuseppe Mincolelli)

"Funded with European Social Fundings of the Operational Programme 2014/2020 Regione Emilia-Romagna: High Competences for Research, for Technology Transfer and Business"

This scientific research is integrated within a wider regional project called “Automotive Academy: a learning by doing project for innovation in vehicle” and planned by different partners in Emilia Romagna related to the automotive industry. The plan intends to develop innovative design solutions aimed to ideate a hybrid fun-eco-drive vehicle. The overall project is divided in four macro work areas, where this research is focused on designing and setting the concept of vehicle body and its features. The research has also think the entire user experience that live around the car taking into account different problems and expectation derived by specific targets. This scientific research is integrated within a wider regional project called “Automotive Academy: a learning by doing project for innovation in vehicle” and planned by different partners in Emilia Romagna related to the automotive industry. The plan intends to develop innovative design solutions aimed to ideate a hybrid fun-eco-drive vehicle. The overall project is divided in four macro work areas, where this research is focused on designing and setting the concept of vehicle body and its features. The research has also think the entire user experience that live around the car taking into account different problems and expectation derived by specific targets. The objective would gather technical data from requirement of users and then use them in favour of designing a sustainable vehicle that takes into account the ergonomic features of people and their expectations in order to have a usable and inclusive research project for different type of utilizer. The aim would also make a collaborative design of a prototype with other partners that it could be subsequently a starting point for further research projects in the automotive field.

Keywords
Automotive | Inclusion | Design Thinking | QFD | UX