Paolo FRANZO

Position
Adjunct Professor
E-mail
paolo.franzo@unive.it
Website
www.unive.it/people/paolo.franzo (personal record)

Paolo Franzo is research fellow in fashion design at the University of Florence.

He received his PhD from Università Iuav di Venezia with a thesis on fashion portfolio and in the same university he has been collaborating since 2014 to the didactics of fashion degree courses.

His research activity focuses on the education of designers and futuring practices of contemporary fashion in the Italian context, with a focus on innovative materials, production chains and the relationship between handmade and tech. His most recent publications include:

What If? Prove di futuro della moda in Italia (2022, with A. Vaccari), LetteraVentidue;

Il portfolio come progetto. Una ricerca nei corsi di laurea in moda (2021), Bembo Officina Editoriale;

“Talking Hands. Ripensare il Made in Italy nella prospettiva del fashion futuring” (2020), in MD Journal;

“Distretti produttivi virtuali. La transizione del Made in Italy nella moda” (2020, with G. M. Conti) in Remanufacturing Italy. Il Made in Italy nell’epoca della postproduzione, edited by M. A. Barucco, F. Bulegato and A. Vaccari.