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Letizia Bollini

Letizia.Bollini@unibz.it

+39 0471 015206

Faculty of Design and Art
Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
39100
Bozen-Bolzano
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Short bio

Architect, PhD in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication (Milano Polytechnic).
Previously researcher/assistant professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of Milano-Bicocca (Theory and Thecnology of Communication; Psychosocial Science of Communication), contract professor at the Milano Polytechnic (Design), the University of Bologna (Internet Science) and the Milan State University (Digital Communication), faculty member of the HEC in User Experience Design organised by the Milano Polytechnic. Coordinator of the Thematic Commission Theoretical, historical and critical research and editorial projects of the Permanent Observatory of the ADI Design Index, preselection of the Compasso d'Oro Award (2017-21).

Courses

Digital Design: Interaction & Transmedia Design

97143 · ICAR/13 · L-4 Design and Art - Design · EN

Interaction and Communication Design

97130 · INF/01 · L-4 Design and Art - Design · EN

Interaction and Communication Design

97130 · INF/01 · L-4 Design and Art - Art · EN

Theory: Architecture and Space

95913T · ICAR/16 · Master 1. level Design for children · IT

Main Research Areas

Research and design topics since 1995: interaction, user experience and multimodal interface design, media studies, visual and socio-spatial representation, with a strong focus on technologies evolution, and accessibility mainly in the field of Cultural, Intangible, Digital, Landscape Heritage and Digital Archives.

Publications

Bollini, L. (2023). Instruction for trivia: Cuccumella edition. Teaching Communication and interaction design in a Bachelor Degree’s Curriculum in Art, pp. 621-627. INTED2023 Proceedings. Valencia: IATED [ISBN: 978-84-09-49026-4 / ISSN: 2340-1079] DOI: 10.21125/inted.2023.0209
Bollini, L. (2022). Extra bold a feminist inclusive anti-racist nonbinary filed guide for graphic designers (recensione). Contesto. Rivista di editoria indipendente e cultura del testo, 3(2), 211—212 [ISBN: 979-12-200-8730-8]
Bollini, L. (2020, April). Photo-graphies: memories of the eternal presence in the age of digital mortality. Img journal 2 [ISBN: 9788899586119]
Bollini L., Fazia I.D. (2020). Situated Emotions. The Role of the Soundscape in a Geo-Based Multimodal Application in the Field of Cultural Heritage, pp. 805–819. In: Gervasi O. et al. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12251. Spring
Bollini, L. (2020). La dimensione etica del digital design. Accesso e accessibilità, tra utopia fondativa e contemporaneità. AIS/Design Journal. Storia e ricerche 7(12-13), 52-60
Bollini, L.; Brambilla, V. & Stucchi, N. A. (2020). The impact of high-legibility fonts in dyslexic people reading experience: an experimental evaluation, pp. 778–788. In Proceedings of ICERI2020 Conference. Valencia: IATED [ISBN: 978-84-09-24232-0]
Bollini, L. (2020). Missing in action. Women of (digital) design, PAD 19, 41-64 [ISSN 1972-7887]
Bollini, L. (2021). Playful education in the field of art, history and Cultural Heritage. A critical review of emerging technologies and interactions patterns, pp. 5148–5152. In Proceedings INTED 2021. IATED: Valencia [ISBN: 78-84-09-27666-0]
Bollini L. (2021) MilanoAttraverso. Telling the story of social inclusion of Milan through digitised archives linked to historical cartography. In: Gervasi O. et al. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12953, Vol. 5. Springer, Cham
Barricelli, BR.; Varesano, A.; Carbi, G.; Clemmensen, T.; Foresti, GL.; Nocera, JS.; Ćirić, M.; Van der Veer, G.; Pittarello, F.; Nunes, NJ.; Bollini, L. and Verdeil, A. (2021). Experiencing Contemporary Art at a Distance, pp. 344–347. In C. Ardito et al. (Eds.): INTERACT 2021, LNCS 12936. IFIP I
Bollini, L. & Falta, M. (2021). Brides in black widows in white. Semantic evolution of the social and cultural meaning of colours in European costume iconography, pp.1011-1016. In Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2021. Milan, Italy. AIC. [ISBN 978-0-6484724-3-8 /
Bollini, L. (2021). Designing performative interactions: blended space as interface. Imago. Studi di cinema e media 23. 141-158
Bollini, L. (2023). Registica Multimodale. Saggi 1998-2022 / Multimodal Directing. Essays 1998-2022. Rimini: Maggioli Editore [ISBN: 978-88-916-5603-2]
Bollini, L. (2021). Remediating Distances. Presentation of IMG Journal 3/2020. Diségno 8 (273-274) [ISSN 2533-2899] Doi: https://doi.org/10.26375/disegno.7.2020.28
Bollini, L. (2020). The right to digital participation. Design-driven inclusion./Il diritto alla partecipazione (digitale). Il design come driver di inclusione. MD Journal (10) pp. 54-63 [ISSN: 978-84-09-24232-0]
Bollini, L. & Ceccarelli, N. (2021). From possibility to the everyday. Distance learning in Design Education, pp. 2723–2731.. In Proceedings INTED 2021. IATED: Valencia
Bollini, L. (2020). Geographies of experience. Communities, places, interactions. Strategic Design Research Journal, 12(2), 200-208.
Bollini, L. (2020). A Human-centered perspective on interactive data visualization. A digital flâneries into the documentation of Historical Italian Mind Science Archive. In N. Ceccarelli, C. Jiménez-Martínez (Eds.). 2CO Communicating Complexity 2017 (p. 106-114). Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Universida
Bollini, L. (2020). Ephemeral Memories. The Paradox of Images’ Abundance in the Age of Digital Mortality. In: Cicalò E. (eds) Proceedings of the 2nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination. IMG 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pp. 419-431. AISC, vo
Bollini, L. & Facchini, C. (2022). I wish you were here. Designing a geostorytelling ecosystem for enhancing small heritage experience. In O. Gervasi et al. (Eds.): ICCSA 2022 Workshops Proceedings, Part II, LNCS 13378, pp. 457–472. Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN: 978-3-031-10561-6
Bollini, L. (2024). Biased education. Teaching Digital Design through female protagonists: a case study. INTED2024 Proceedings, pp. 648-656. IATED. [ISBN: 978-84-09-59215-9]
Bollini,* L., Brambilla, V. & Stucchi N. (2023). Le font ad alta leggibilità e dislessia: una valutazione sperimentale dell’esperienza di lettura. MD Journal, Costellazioni tipografiche, 15, 89–101 [ISSN 2531-9477]
Bollini, L., Mastroianni, M.L. (2023). Typographic Topology/Topographic Typography. Reading the Urban Identity Through the Historical Typescape: Hypothesis for an AR Situated Mobile App (pp. 613–629). In: ,O. Gervasi et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops. ICCSA 202
Trocchianesi, R.; Bollini, L. (2023). Design, Digital Humanities, and Information Visualization for Cultural Heritage. Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2023, 7(11), 102. Special Issue Critical Reflections on Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/mti7110102
Bollini, L. & Borsotti, M. (2023). Exhibitions as hybrid environments: Exploring situated and embodied interaction in the field of cultural heritage valorisation. DIID Journal, Digital Special Issue 1, 426–438 [ISSN 1594-8528] DOI: 10.30682/diiddsi23
Bollini, L. & Iarossi, M.P. (2023). Educational power of images. Visual narrativity and iconicity in scientific dissemination. In Villa, D., Zuccoli, F. et Al. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 3rd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Image and Imagination. Lecture Notes in Networks and System
Bollini, L. (2024). Space as a Narrative Interface. Phygital Interactive Storytelling in the Field of Cultural Heritage, pp. 613–622. In: Zanella, F., et al. Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design. Design! OPEN 2022. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 37. Springer, Cham. [ISBN: 978-3-031-49
Bollini, L. (2023). The interactive space of storytelling. Phygital narratives in the field of cultural heritage. In F. Zanella et al. (Eds). Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design: Objects, Processes, Experiences and Narratives. Springer
Bollini, L. (2021). Knowledge Atlases. Spatial visualisations as (inclusive) learning tools, p. 93. In IMG2021 Image Learning. Publica. ISBN: 978-88-99586-21-8
Bollini, L. & Mastroianni, M.L. (2022). Knittify: intangible values, practical skills. A gamification design approach to intergenerational circular learning. In INTED2022 Proceedings, pp. 858-867. ISBN: 978-84-09-37758-9
Bollini, L. (2023). Concept maps as inclusive learning tools. The visual design perspective, pp. 615-620. In INTED2023 Proceedings. Valencia: IATED [ISBN: 978-84-09-49026-4 / ISSN: 2340-1079] DOI: 10.21125/inted.2023.0208
Bollini, L. (2022). From Aleph to Emojis. Semi-serious critique of icons’ affordance in the digital ecosystem design. img journal, 7, 180–199 [ISSN: 2724-2463] DOI: 10.6092/issn.2724-2463/14801
Bollini, L. (2022). Walter Benjamin. Aura e choc. Saggi sulla teoria dei media (recensione). Contesto. Rivista di editoria indipendente e cultura del testo, 3(2), 215-216 [ISBN: 979-12-200-8730-8]
Bollini, L. & Guida, F. (2022). Digital Memories. What future for the past? What past for the future? PAD 23 (2), 6–19
Bollini, L. & Guida, F. (2022) (invited eds.). Digital Memories. PAD 23 (2)
Bollini, L. (2023). Indice, Storia dell’. Dai manoscritti a Google l’avventurosa storia di come abbiamo imparato a orientarci nel sapere (editorial review). Contesto. Rivista di editoria indipendente e cultura del testo, 1(4), xx-xx [ISBN: 979-12-200-8730-8]
Bollini, L. (2022). Images to think and tell. The visual languages in the scientific discourse. In A. Metzner Szigeth (Ed.). On the Interplay of Images, Imaginaries and Imagination in Science Communication (pp. 149–161). Florence (Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki) 2022, SCIENTIA atque USUS vol. 3 [ISBN:
Bollini, L. (2021). Form is function. Ethics and aesthetics of digital technologies in inclusive interface design, pp. 843-851. In L. Di Lucchio et Al. (Eds.) Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021, Volume #2. Cumulus [ISBN 978-952-64-9004-5]

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