A new way of thinking about food
Italian Food Design is a Research Platform of CREA – the Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, based in Rome. The project promotes an innovative approach to food design based on Design Thinking, bringing together science, creativity and sustainability.
It involves multidisciplinary professionals — biotechnologists, nutritionists, designers, agronomists, chefs, anthropologists, economists — to develop food solutions that enhance raw materials, local territories and Italian food culture.
All projects are forward-looking: grounded in scientific research, creativity and the collaboration between different fields of knowledge, with the goal of human wellbeing and the health of the Planet.
The Italian Food Design team is made up of professionals from diverse backgrounds, united by a passion for food innovation and by the belief that the food of the future is born from the meeting of distant disciplines.
It is precisely the cross-pollination of different fields of knowledge — each with its own way of looking at reality — that generates new and effective solutions.
All our projects arise from the collaboration between different fields of knowledge. Design Thinking is the process that guides every phase: from observing the real-world problem through to prototyping innovative, sustainable and scientifically grounded solutions.
Multidisciplinary research on supply chains, ingredients and innovative food products, developed with a Design Thinking methodology.
Theses, papers and academic projects developed within the IFD platform, in collaboration with universities and research institutes.
Peer-reviewed articles, contributions and essays published in international journals in the field of food design and nutrition.
Participation, presentations and contributions at national and international conferences on innovation, food and sustainability.
Meetings, workshops and moments of exchange where science, design and food culture come together
Workshop di Food Design dedicato ai sistemi alimentari globali, al ruolo degli alimenti ultra-processati e alle strategie per…
Il team Italian Food Design al Maker Faire con il progetto Not so cool: uno snack salato, edibile…
Show interattivo per gli studenti della scuola primaria: un viaggio alla scoperta delle eccellenze della gastronomia italiana guidato…
Presentazione di Azzurra, l'avatar digitale della cucina italiana sviluppato su un database scientifico curato dal CREA, che combina…
Seminario sulle sfide del Food Design per lo spazio: progettare alimenti stabili, nutrienti e appetibili in grado di…
Performance interattiva dedicata alla promozione di scelte alimentari sostenibili, portata in scena dalle ricercatrici del CREA nell'ambito della…
Do you have a research project, a partnership or an idea to develop? The Italian Food Design team is available to connect and design new food solutions.
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