IED Torino at Graphic Days 2025 as Cultural Partner: Three Talks Exploring Design as a Cultural and Critical Practice
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IED Torino at Graphic Days 2025
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06 May 2025
IED Torino is taking part in Graphic Days 2025 as a cultural partner, reaffirming its commitment to promoting an open, reflective design culture in dialogue with the contemporary world. This year’s edition will feature three faculty members from the Graphic Design program and the Master’s course in Communication and Creative Technologies, each presenting a talk on separate days:
Saturday, May 10 – Leonardo Angelucci – Conditional Statement
🕙 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
In this talk, Leonardo Angelucci offers an inside look at the projects developed by the studio UNSTEADTED, sharing the successes and challenges of the creative process. Through a narrative approach, Conditional Statement demystifies the role of the designer and invites a critical reflection on how design is told, experienced, and how it shapes the future of the profession.
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Sunday, May 11 – Silvio Lorusso – Form Follows Format
🕑 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Silvio Lorusso explores how the widespread availability of digital tools has turned graphic design into an accessible, everyday practice. The talk delves into phenomena such as Ugly Design and Defaultism to describe an ecosystem in which the designer shifts from author to cultural mediator within an ever-evolving visual landscape.
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Wednesday, May 14 – GrafiCologia: Genderless Design
🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Andrea Viberti, Coordinator of the Three-Year Course in Graphic Design at IED Torino, will take part in a panel aimed at high school students with the talk GrafiCologia—a neologism combining graphics, graphology, and pareidolia. The talk offers a reflection on visual design as a fluid, inclusive language, capable of challenging labels and redefining the concept of visual identity.
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