Barbara Pollini

Barbara Pollini is an Italian designer, researcher and educator working on ecodesign and emerging materials. She took her PhD at the Department of Design of the Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on biodesigned materials and their role in the sustainability transition, and has contributed to the DIY-Materials research on materials that designers self-produce from organic waste and living organisms.

She is now Assistant Professor in Biodesign Integration at Aalto University, and her work moves between teaching, writing and experimentation, with a focus on regenerative ecologies and the interaction between designed objects and living systems. In Milan she took part in Shaped by Design during Design Week 2024, exhibiting in the Niguarda and Cimiano districts in a show about design’s social impact.