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Press Preview - Gianfranco Ferré Research Centre
Press preview 9 June 2022 – 11.30 am
Milan, 23th May 2022 – The Politecnico di Milano opens the Gianfranco Ferré Research Centre to the public for Fuorisalone 2022. On Thursday 9th June, from 3 pm to 8 pm, visitors will be welcomed at the building of the former Gianfranco Ferré Foundation designed by the architect Franco Raggi to view the precious archive recognized as heritage of “particular cultural interest” by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities – Archival Superintendence for Lombardy, which is now part of the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Milano. For journalists, there will be a press preview at 11.30 am, during which experts from the Research Centre will be available for questions or further information.
The researchers at the Politecnico di Milano will guide visitors within the archive, including sketches, technical drawings, photos, clothes and accessories, objects, books, magazines, films, press reviews, writings, lessons and notes by the stylist and will present exclusively to the press the first results of the research aimed at the increased exploitation of the Ferré archive using new technologies such as AR/VR and digital twin.
The Gianfranco Ferré Research Centre, Digital Innovation for Creative and Cultural Industries was established in December 2021 by the Politecnico di Milano following the Ferré family’s donation of the archive and the building of the historic Gianfranco Ferré Foundation.
Under the coordination of the Design Department’s Fashion in Process Research Laboratory, the Research Centre intends to systematize the characteristic technical and scientific know-how and the culture of design of the Politecnico di Milano with the tangible and intangible heritage relating to the history, culture and techniques of fashion preserved and promoted by the Gianfranco Ferré Foundation since 2008.
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Politecnico di Milano is a scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers.
The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer.
Research has always been linked to didactics and it is a priority commitment which has allowed Politecnico Milano to achieve high quality results at an international level as to join the university to the business world. Research constitutes a parallel path to that formed by cooperation and alliances with the industrial system.
Knowing the world in which you are going to work is a vital requirement for training students. By referring back to the needs of the industrial world and public administration, research is facilitated in following new paths and dealing with the need for constant and rapid innovation. The alliance with the industrial world, in many cases favored by Fondazione Politecnico and by consortiums to which Politecnico belong, allows the university to follow the vocation of the territories in which it operates and to be a stimulus for their development.
The challenge which is being met today projects this tradition which is strongly rooted in the territory beyond the borders of the country, in a relationship which is developing first of all at the European level with the objective of contributing to the creation of a single professional training market. Politecnico takes part in several research, sites and training projects collaborating with the most qualified European universities. Politecnico's contribution is increasingly being extended to other countries: from North America to Southeast Asia to Eastern Europe. Today the drive to internationalization sees Politecnico Milano taking part into the European and world network of leading technical universities and it offers several courses beside many which are entirely taught in English.
