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Welcome to the course on Food Design System offered by the Post-Graduate Program in Design at the Federal University of Paraná, taking place from September 9th to 13th, 2024.This course works on the exploration and examination of service design through the lens of sustainable development. Its focus is on developing competencies related to methods and tools for service design, evaluating both conceptual propositions and real-world cases, always considering the transformation of production and consumption models based on sustainability dimensions.

Professor Philipp Heidkamp

Köln International School of Design

Professor Philipp Heidkamp holds a degree in Visual Communication / Digital Media from HfG University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. He was running his own design studio in Cologne for 20 years working for various clients and cultural projects (Siemens, EXPO2000, Bertelsmann, Management Engineers, Land NRW, Deutsche Telekom, Verlag Walther König, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Tanzarchiv NRW, Valie Export). He is currently Head of Program MA Integrated Design Research/ European Studies in Design (MEDes) and is elected as Vice Dean International. His focus in design shifted from information and interface design to Human Environment Interactions and Systems Oriented Design. As a consequence, he was one of the founding members of the research lab “Realtime City” at the TH Köln in 2018. In 2023, he started a research on Design and Proximity Food Systems in Barcelona, connected to different academic institutions and hosted by ELISAVA as a visiting professor.

Design & Sustainability Center | NDS - UFPR

Professor

Aguinaldo dos Santos

Professor of the Product Design Course and the Post-Graduate Program in Design at UFPR, coordinator of the Design & Sustainability Center. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering (SENAI, 1984), a degree in Civil Engineering (1992), a master's degree in Civil Engineering (UFRGS, 1995), PhD in Operations Management (SALFORD, 1999), a postdoctoral degree in Sustainability Design (POLIMI, 2009). His research focus is Design for Sustainability being the main object of research the Social Welfare Housing.

Associate Professor

Priscilla Lepre

Professor of the Product Design and Graphic Design courses at UFPR and researcher in Design for Sustainability, Design for Food Culture, Food Design, Creative Communities, and Social Transformation Processes. PhD in Design (UFPE and Politécnico di Torino - Italy), Master in Design (UFPR), Bachelor in Industrial Design (PUC-PR), Degree in Artistic Education - Fine Arts (FAP), Techniqe in Industrial Design (CEFET-PR).