Creativity in research
– Mission
A new way of thinking about food
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.
BEAUTIFUL · GOOD · DESIGN THINKING · MEDITERRANEAN DIET · SUSTAINABILITY · MADE IN ITALY·
BEAUTIFUL · GOOD · DESIGN THINKING · MEDITERRANEAN DIET · SUSTAINABILITY · MADE IN ITALY·
BEAUTIFUL · GOOD · DESIGN THINKING · MEDITERRANEAN DIET · SUSTAINABILITY · MADE IN ITALY·
BEAUTIFUL · GOOD · DESIGN THINKING · MEDITERRANEAN DIET · SUSTAINABILITY · MADE IN ITALY·
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.
— CREA Methodological Approach
Design Thinking applied to food
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.
— Research
Italian Food Design
Activities
Applied research
Projects
Multidisciplinary research on supply chains, ingredients and innovative food products, developed with a Design Thinking methodology.
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Education
Student Works
Theses, papers and academic projects developed within the IFD platform, in collaboration with universities and research institutes.
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Science
Scientific publications
Peer-reviewed articles, contributions and essays published in international journals in the field of food design and nutrition.
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Scientific community
Conferences
Participation, presentations and contributions at national and international conferences on innovation, food and sustainability.
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— Italian Food Design Appointments
Italian Food Design Events
Meetings, workshops and moments of exchange where science, design and food culture come together
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Contact
Let's build the food of the future together
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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