Enza MIGLIORE

Enza MIGLIORE is a researcher and educator in design, focusing on materials exploration through interdisciplinary and empirical design practices. She has a Ph.D. in Design and Innovation from the Second University of Naples; her research is in Materials and Design, Bio-Innovation, and Eco-intelligent Design. She is recipient of a Post-Doctoral Research fellowship (2017-2019) by JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science). During her post-doctoral research at the Metropolitan University of Tokyo, she examined critical perspectives on the future of materials.  She is an Assistant Professor at the School of Design, SUSTech University, in Shenzhen, leading the Materialities Research Group, exploring materials through ecology, technology, and culture.  Enza participates in international exhibitions as part of her dissemination activity. She is a visiting researcher at IPCB, Institute of Polymers, Composites, and Biomaterials (Italian National Research Centre), the Foamlab (Federico II University of Naples), and the Hybrid Design Lab.  

https://www.enzamigliore.com 

https://designschool.sustech.edu.cn 

https://www.ipcb.cnr.it 

https://www.foamlab.unina.it 

https://www.hybriddesignlab.org

Selected Outputs：

Dell’Aglio, F., Migliore, E., & Scarpitti, C. (2024). Crafting Ecosystems: Algae, Echinoids, and Algorithms for a New Biomimetic Design Experience. In A. J. V. de Arruda & F. L. Palombini (Eds.), Biology, Biomimetics and Natural Design: Innovative Technologies and Sustainable Materials (pp. 71–90). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65877-8_5 

Migliore, Enza, Verdolotti, Letizia, Langella, Carla, & Liguori, Barbara. (2024). Material design meta-protocols: A method for design-driven experiments in the Lab. The case of nature’s porous intelligence as a strategy for materials innovation. Cuadernos Del Centro de Estudios En Diseño y Comunicación, (239), 321. https://doi.org/10.18682/cdc.vi239 

Migliore, E., & Convertino, M. (2024). Ecological Materialities: Exploring the Entanglement of Nature, Design, and Technology in Contemporary Materials. In A. J. V. de Arruda & F. L. Palombini (Eds.), Biology, Biomimetics and Natural Design: Innovative Technologies and Sustainable Materials (pp. 31–46). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65877-8_3 

Migliore, E., Sagesser, M. Z., & Qu, H. (2023). A Grain of: A Multimodal Representation of the City’s Ecology Through Material and Sound. Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 1–4. Warsaw Poland: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3569009.3576178 

Migliore, E., Yao, Z., & Deng, X. (2023). Porous Ceramics for the Design of Domestic Ecologies. In A. Marcus, E. Rosenzweig, & M. M. Soares (Eds.), Design, User Experience, and Usability (pp. 436–453). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35705-3_32 

Migliore, E. (2019). Design challenges towards materials: criticizing directions, stimulating debate, generating interdisciplinary circumstances. In: Proceeding Vol.1 Change, Voices, Open - IASDR 2019 International Conference, Manchester School of Art, pp. 538-552.