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Loredana Di Lucchio, PhD in design, is Researcher Professor at Sapienza University of Rome. Her research and teaching activities are focused on the relationship between production, communication, and consumption in order to investigate and define the strategic role of design as a driver for consumption aware behaviors. She is a speaker for international conferences, coordinator of several Italian research boards, and essayist for theoretical and design reviews including a member of the editorial board of the magazine ‘DIID – Disegno Industriale Industrial Design’ and of the web-magazine of Italian Design Research Network ‘SDI Review’. She has organized many seminars, workshops, and exhibitions about the relationship between Design and Brand with a particular attention at the semantic, productive, and social implications. At the same time, she has opened a personal focus on Asian Design, considered as emblematic expression of the contemporary culture. ///// Lorenzo Imbesi is an architect, PhD, and full professor at Sapienza University of Rome, where he is also director of SDR Sapienza Design Research and chair of the Design Unit of the PhD program. Previously, he was an associate professor and the chair of the Master of Design at Carleton University (CA). At the moment, he is a member of the Cumulus Association Executive Board, a member of the executive committee of EAD European Academy of Design, and a member of the board of SID Italian Society of Design. Also, he is co-editor of the Design Principles and Practices Journal Collection and a member of the editorial board of The Design Journal and DIID Disegno Industriale. ///// Phillip Kalantzis-Cope is Chief Social Scientist at Common Ground Research Networks. He is an active member of the American Association of Publishers, currently serving on the Committee for Digital Innovation, and is the Co-Founder of NewCritcals.com. Phillip completed his PhD in politics at The New School for Social Research in New York City.