Giacomo Festi

Giacomo Festi, PhD in Semiotics at the University of Bologna under the supervision of Paolo Fabbri, is currently split between didactic activity (non-tenured teacher in Semiotics at the Politecnico of Milan and at Naba (MI) and Visual Culture at the Free University of Bozen), consultant professional work (mainly desk qualitative research) and semiotic research. His research interests include contemporary mediascape, food communication, audiovisual analysis and the semiotic of cultural practices.
Among his recent publications: “Media reality and reality e effects. A methodological semiotic inquiry”, Versus, 2017, an article analyzing the work of Stefan Sagmeister (E/C, 2019) and another one moving towards a typology of infographics (Signata 2019).
Giacomo Festi
Courses with Giacomo Festi
CourseAcademic staffProgramSemester
What’s a Tool? Thomas Kronbichler, Andreas Trenker, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2025/26 SS
The Larch. Alpine Signature Tree. Ecosystem. Natural Resource. Klaus Hackl, Ada Keller, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2025/26 WS
Emergency Andreas Trenker, Giacomo Festi, Gianluca Camillini BA Major Design 2025/26 WS
This Is Not a Photograph! Thomas Mayfried, Gianluca Seta, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2024/25 WS
Porcelain for Use. Exploring the Material and Its Processing. Klaus Hackl, Ada Keller, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2024/25 WS
As Found. Design Inspiration from Regional Folk Craft Museums. Klaus Hackl, Ignacio Merino SanchezFayos, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2023/24 SS
A is for Apple - From Fruit to Cultural Landscape Klaus Hackl, Camilo Ayala Garcia, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2023/24 WS
The Ordinary Thomas Mayfried, Gianluca Seta, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2023/24 WS
Light at Doors and Gates Klaus Hackl, Ignacio Merino SanchezFayos, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2022/23 SS
The White Marble Project. Klaus Hackl, Camilo Ayala Garcia, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2022/23 WS
Design Meets Handicap. Klaus Hackl, Riccardo Berrone, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2021/22 SS
ATELIERprojekte Kuno Prey, Francesco Sommacal, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2021/22 WS
ATELIERprojekte SS21 Kuno Prey, Francesco Sommacal, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2021/22 SS
ATELIERprojekte WS20/21 Kuno Prey, Francesco Sommacal, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2021/22 WS
Come on Kids! Play with Climate Giorgio Camuffo, Andrea Facchetti, Giacomo Festi BA Major Design 2020/21 SS
Projects by Giacomo Festi
Franziska Charlotte Stroh
What are we really sugarcoating?
Sofia Zamagni
What's a tool?
Leonie Wilhelm
How do nature and language shape dynamic design?
Fedir Samofalov
Are we still listening to music, or are we only consuming it?
Palmira Marlene Kotte
Where does reality end and imagination begin?
Laura Jenewein
How can we bring the physical into the digital world and vice versa?
Stefanie Feiertag
What do have nylon stockings, a trampoline and hair gel in common?
Gesa Martha Bachmann
How to use postcards to tell a story
Teodora Andreea Alexa
What makes a tool?
Lorenzo Vezzani
What happens when a bench for a bus stop grows out of its territory?
Leika Su Kutzke
Did you ever cook outside?
Yinon Toledano
How can daylight be dynamically modulated within interior spaces?
Sonja Sieder
What if cooking during a trek became easier?
Letizia Bazzanella
What can a child learn from a larch tree?
Giulia Gattoni, Maria Vittoria Imparato
What if the bark isn't discarded?
Caterina Murari
How do we learn to inhabit a place?