CDFA 2025 JURY

CHIARA TONELLI

 

Architecture Technology professor at the Department of Architecture at Roma Tre University, she coordinated the first Italian project admitted to Solar Decathlon – a global competition among universities for the design and the production of high-energy-efficiency buildings. An architect since 1995, she is the person responsible for various projects at preliminary, final and executive level, both for private clients and public institutions. She’s been hosting and taking part in architecture-dedicated TV programs since 2005 – especially on Real Time, RAI TRE, and Leonardo TV).

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELENA VAI

She is a researcher at the Department of Architecture, where she collaborates with the Advanced Design Unit. She’s been coordinating the activities of the Center for Interaction with Cultural and Creative Industries of the University of Bologna since 2019. She’s been a member of the Strategic Thematic Group Design for Societal Transformation managed by Research Institutes of Sweden, within the scope of EIT Culture and Creativity. She deals with preview and commoning design in urban, cultural and human reactivation processes in contemporary cities. She’s been Associate Editor of the magazine diid – disegno industriale industrial design – since 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHELE FADDA

Associate professor at the University of Bologna since 2014, he’s a researcher in the field of Film Studies. His work focuses especially on cultural history within Hollywood cinema, relationships between cinema and literature, aesthetic and cultural forms in contemporary cinema, and American animation cinema. He has worked for years as a film critic and cultural operator for national institutions such as The National Museum of Cinema in Turin and the Cineteca of Bologna. He has worked for international festivals such as the Torino Film Festival and the Bergamo Film Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

RAIMONDO DE MICCO

 

Marketing manager of Ceramiche Caesar S.p.A. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Parma, he completed the Master in Marketing Management after his first professional experience in the food sector. In 2002 he started his career at Ceramiche Caesar, where he has been dealing especially with trade marketing and visual design. He’s also been strengthening the international presence of the brand in relation to the world of Architecture with the opening of the Caesar Urban Lab spaces in Milan, London, and Paris, as well as the launch of the CaesarTech technical solutions.

 

 

 

 

 

GUGLIELMO RENZI

 

He has been carrying out multidisciplinary activities including Design, Art and Architecture for years. He has worked both in Italy and abroad, developing many interior design projects. He has taught at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence and at the University of Art and Design in Halle, Germany. He participated in Documenta 8 in Kassel, in the 17th Triennale Milano and the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014.