Serena Pollastri

tel (+44) 07460717001 mail s.pollastri@lancaster.ac.uk campus address ImaginationLancaster, LICA Building Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK

EDUCATION
Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK May 2013, present. Design Phd student for the Liveable Cities project. Supervisors: Rachel Cooper, Chris Boyko. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy September 2006 to July 2009. Master Degree in Service Design. Alta Scuola Politecnica, Milan-Turin, Italy December 2006 to June 2009. Diploma. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy September 2003 to September 2006. Bachelor Degree in Product Design.

RESEARCH TOPIC

Visualisation of complex systems as a design tool to promote civic engagement and sustainability.

PREVIOUS RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011 to 2012 Guest Lecturer at Tongji University (Shanghai, China). Didactics for an international class on Product-Service System Design; I presented a series of lectures and followed the students in the development of projects related to communication devices for an inaccessible target. 2011 to 2012 Guest Lecturer at Jiangan university (Wuxi, China). Lectures on service design methodology at different workshops (DESIS and Service Design Jam) September 2012 Jury at graduation event, LEcole De Design Nantes Atlantique (Shanghai, China) 2011 to 2012 Tektao/Nokia Research project. Product, interaction and service design of communication devices for the rural inaccessible target. 2010 to 2012 Senior Researcher at Tektao, Urban Design Consulting (Shanghai, China). Design research on bridging urban and rural China (Shanghai and Chongming Island) through design interventions in the field of agriculture, crafts and technology. Visuals, product and service design. 2009 to 2010 Member of DES (Service Design Research Unit at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy); support in the organization of seminars and lectures 2009 to 2010 Teaching Assistant for the Strategic Design course at the International Master in Product/ Service System Design (Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Professors E. Manzini, T. Buganza). Course administration and design of a series of lecture on technology based service design for social innovation. 2009 Freelance Designer for Panasonic, in collaboration with Poli.Design (Milan, Italy). Market and usercentred research, strategic positioning, scenarios and concept definition for a series of products.

PUBLICATIONS

Several papers on: Lou, Y., Valsecchi, F., Diaz, C. Design Harvests, An Acupunctural Design Approach Towards Sustainability. Pollastri, S., Valsecchi, F., Dalia, D., Lou, Y. Mobile Marketplace. Designing Digital Devices to Connect Rural & Urban China. DRS 2012 Lou, Y., Valsecchi, F., Pollastri, S., DESIGN Harvests, A Network of Social Collaborative Innovation Hubs. IASDR 2011 Valsecchi, F., Pollastri, S., Lou, Y. Agriculture Prototypes: A Design Experiment of Sustainable Open Fields in China. ICDFDFF 2012 Valsecchi, F., Pollastri, S., Lou Y. Bamboo entwines: A design intervention to envision culture and innovation values of local crafts. Heritage 2012 Pollastri, S., Volunteered Geography as a Driver for Community Based Services. on Golicnik Marusic, B., Niksic. M., Human Cities, Celebrating Public Space. Stichting Kunstboek Bvba, 2010