Paolo Marco Tamborrini

Paolo Marco Tamborrini serves as an External Lecturer and Education & Public Awareness Area Coordinator at the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) of the Polytechnic University of Turin, while holding the position of Full Professor at another university. His academic work spans systemic design, communication design, and sustainable design, with significant contributions to design education and research.

Dr. Tamborrini's research focuses on innovation as a dynamic force that responds to specific needs while reinterpreting relationships between people and their context. His work emphasizes quantitative and qualitative context analysis encompassing cultural, social, and economic aspects. He investigates sustainable design from the perspective of product design and systemic design in relation to complexity management, focusing on open, autopoietic systems that transform production outputs into sustainable resources. His communication research shifts from simple graphic design to visual narration of qualitative values and data, ultimately constructing interactive virtual realities that enhance understanding of complex phenomena.

His research trends demonstrate a consistent focus on integrating communication, sustainability, and systemic design approaches. Recent publications reveal growing emphasis on data-driven design, territorial analysis, and creative contexts within sustainable innovation frameworks. His work increasingly explores how design can serve as both a sustainability tool and innovative product development methodology, with particular attention to open design networking dynamics.

• Lucky Strike Talented Design Award (2012) from Raymond Loewy Foundation Italy
• Premio Selezione ADI Design Index (2011) for Theoretical, Historical, Critical Research
• Publication Award for Intervention in favor of young researchers (2011) from Polytechnic of Turin
• Director of GRAPHICUS journal (2013-present)

Dr. Tamborrini actively supervises PhD students including Sergio Degiacomi Garbero, Sofia Cretaio, Leonardo Moiso, and Cristina Marino, whose research spans data-driven design for sustainable fashion, gamified educational innovation, and data visualization for corporate resources. His substantial grant portfolio includes current projects through 2026, such as the Implementation Agreement with the Municipality of Turin (2024-2026), the "Pallett 4.0" logistics tracking system (2020-2021), and InnovaEcoFood (2020), reflecting his strong industry connections and applied research approach. His work demonstrates consistent integration of academic research with practical applications across multiple sectors.