Artribune Podcast: Letizia Olivari and Marco Petroni on Design and Communication
The Artribune podcast series 'Contemporaneamente', curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, features a dialogue between Marco Petroni and Letizia Olivari. Petroni, a design theorist and critic who teaches at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli and contributes to Domus and Artribune, discusses design as world-building rather than object-making, the need for technological literacy, and the importance of well-researched journalism. Olivari, an entrepreneur in communication and PR focused on digital innovation, founded CMI Customer Management Insights in 2012 and HEI Human Experience Insights in 2018, and participated in Expo 2015 via US AIDDA. The conversation covers design and communication, education and business, and placing people at the center of economic and political society.
Key facts
- The podcast is part of the 'Contemporaneamente' series curated by Mariantonietta Firmani for Artribune.
- Marco Petroni is a design theorist and critic who teaches at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli.
- Petroni collaborates with Domus online and writes the Fabulations column for Artribune.
- Petroni directed the Plart museum research center in Naples.
- Petroni has published books including 'Mondi Possibili', 'Going real', and 'Il progetto del reale'.
- Letizia Olivari founded CMI Customer Management Insights in 2012 and HEI Human Experience Insights in 2018.
- Olivari participated in organizing Expo 2015 through US AIDDA.
- The podcast discusses design as world-building, technological literacy, and the role of journalism.
Entities
Artists
- Marco Petroni
- Letizia Olivari
- Mariantonietta Firmani
Institutions
- Artribune
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
- Domus
- Plart
- CMI Customer Management Insights
- HEI Human Experience Insights
- US AIDDA
- Expo 2015
- Naba Milano
- Design Academy Eindhoven
- London Design Museum
- Politecnico di Milano
- Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
- Parallelo42 contemporary art
Locations
- Naples
- Milan
- Eindhoven
- London
- Campania