As part of the Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) will present tomorrow a lecture by Italian interaction designer Giorgio Olivero at 6pm.

Entitled ‘Openness is the New Normal,’ the lecture at the atrium at VCUQatar, is open to the public.

Olivero is design director at TODO, a design studio and innovation consultancy based in Italy. He has led projects for clients such as Arduino, Bank of Italy, Nike, Fiat, Doha Film Institute, MTV and many other companies, museums and institutions. His works embrace interactive experiences as main design medium, as well visual and strategic design.

Olivero’s experience as the creative director of the open hardware platform Arduino will provide an overview on the potential unleashed by matching openness with new practices in design.

Olivero received his master’s degree in interaction design from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. As an educator, he has lectures at IUAV Venice, VCUQatar, Siena University, SUPSI and Sint Lucas Antwerpen.

VCUQatar’s Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series reflects the cross-disciplinary nature of the featured speakers who are representatives of excellence in creative and innovative thinking. ‘Openness is the New Normal’ is the last in the series of six lectures.

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