Discovering ‘New Vintage’ design with the 19th edition of Crea©tivity: two days of conferences, meetings and workshops on the culture of design. The contributions of the Sant'Anna School

A new appointment with ‘Crea©tivity, Research and Innovation in Design’, the event directed by Max Pinucci and organised by ISIA Florence, MBVision, Municipality of Pontedera, Piaggio Foundation, in collaboration with Point-Tech, Biorobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Modartech Institute, 3D Academy, LABA Free Academy of Fine Arts, under the patronage of the Region of Tuscany, ADI Association for Industrial Design, Confindustria. 
Two intense days of conferences, meetings and workshops on design culture in all its facets: product, communication, fashion. An opportunity to reflect on the role and cultural dynamics between school, university and company that for twenty years has been based in that production and design district, Pontedera, for over a century an international reference point for mobility design.
The theme of the 19th edition (21 and 22 November at the Piaggio Museum), is the discovery of ‘New Vintage’ design. We depart from the retrieval of the past, of those experiences, ideas, visions, projects, that were conceived decades ago and that today are finding new space thanks to modern technologies, new needs, new trends.

Dejà vu as the engine of the future: the contribution of the Sant'Anna School

Also for this edition, the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna will contribute to the rich Crea©tivity programme with workshops, stands and presentations. In the forefront will be the Institute of BioRobotics, which will have a stand in the exhibition space, with the research prototypes of the ‘Wearable Robotics Lab’ coordinated by Nicola Vitiello, Simona Crea and Emilio Trigili, the ‘Textile Robotics’ coordinated by Leonardo Cappello, and the ‘Surphace phenomena and Integrated Systems Lab’ of Fabian Meder.

Donato Romano, assistant professor and scientific head of the Bio-Robotic Ecosystems Lab, will give a talk entitled 'Earthworms on the Moon? How Invertebrates Might Help Terraform Lunar Soil': As space agencies prepare for human missions to the Moon and Mars, a key challenge is how to grow food in such extreme environments. Transporting essential resources like food, water, and oxygen from Earth is expensive and inefficient for long-term missions. To address this, scientists are exploring ways to use local materials, such as lunar regolith (the Moon’s surface material), to grow crops. A promising solution involves the use of earthworms to enhance the fertility of lunar soil.

The Sant'Anna School's contribution also includes a speech by Emanuele Rossi, Professor of Constitutional Law and Pro-Rector of the Scuola Sant'Anna, during the opening of the event.