GIORGIO GALLEANI
Italian Architect and Ph.D in Interior and exhibition design, he has worked for several years (2001-05) as a researcher at the Department of Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture of Milan Polytechnic, especially on issues of social housing, in order to determine the quality standards of the residences for the elderly. In the same period he served as a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Design and at the two campuses of the Faculty of Architecture of Milan Polytechnic, developing with the students, some exhibition design projects and museums, with particular reference to the historical examples both at the expositive fair “Fiera di Milano” and at the “Triennale di Milano”. From 2006 he started working for the “Triennale di Milano” as a collaborator to the realization of various exhibitions at the museum. Beginning 2009 he is responsible for the “Permanent Collection of Italian Design”, and from 2010 also for the “Italian Design Archives”. He has been guest speaker at the italian university “Scuola Politecnica di Design” (2006, 2007); at the “Institute for the international education of students” of the “Università Cattolica” (2006); at the European Conference of the Design Museums “Muscon 2008” at the “Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza”, Spain and “Muscon 2009”, at the “Louisiana Museum of Modern Art”, Denmark. He has been Member of the Scientific Committee and also Lecturer at the Advanced Training Course for “Collection/Exhibit Registrar for contemporary art and design” at Enaip, in Milan (2009-2010).
Ayush Kasliwal is a furniture design graduate from National Institute of Design – Ahmedabad, and runs a design studio AKFD, which is committed to development of ideas using local crafts that have evolved over centuries. His work represents a fusion of unique creativity and uncompromising integrity.