AI ACADEMIC AREA APPLIED WORKSHOPS: ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN - SESSION II

Davide Fichera

Co-founder of Nina Mûr Eyewear and Fikera&Quiche creative agency, Davide started his career designing the ECOALF brand identity. He has been collaborating for more than 10 years with international brands such as Converse, Eastpak, Diesel, Wrangler, and Universal Music… His projects ranged from managing branding, marketing, advertising, and digital, to art direction, architecture, industrial design and video-making projects. His latest company, Nina Mûr Eyewear, currently exports to more than 30 countries worldwide and has won several designs and business awards. Davide has taught at several universities in Spain, Italy and Mexico, always seeking to build a bridge between the business world and the academic world. He is passionate about industrial design, graphic design and entrepreneurship.

Antonio Daniele

Antonio Daniele is a media artist and researcher with nearly two decades of experience in the international creative industry. His research focuses on the interdependencies between human expressivity and technology, exploring how automated technology (e.g., Artificial Intelligence) are shaping how we express ourselves in the world. He holds a PhD in Media and Arts Technology CDT from Queen Mary University of London, where he investigated human-made and AI-generated drawings as a means to express emotions. Previously, he obtained an MA with Merit in Computational Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he graduated with the work “This is Not Private” (2015), an interactive “empathic portrait” based on face tracking and custom-made algorithms that explored empathy as a means of communication. Recently, he achieved the distinction of Associate Fellow of Higher Education (AFHEA) from QMUL. Antonio’s background spans both artistic and commercial expertise. Prior to his academic career in UK and UAE, he thrived in the digital industry between Italy and the UK, primarily as a digital media designer and motion graphics director. He worked with renowned digital agencies and brands such as Nike, Alfa Romeo, Samsung, and Nokia. Beyond his commercial projects, his personal art works have been exhibited at film festivals and art institutions across Europe, the UK, and the United States. Antonio currently holds a tenure track position at IE University. His interests range from human expression and (neuro/bio) diversity to learning, play, intuition, automation, AI, 4E cognition, mind, intersubjectivity, drawing, urban/street art, generative methods, computation, tech-4-good and tinkering.