Perla Gianni Falvo
Exhibition designer and Researcher
Member IDEA Associazione Italiana Exhibition Designers, BEDA Bureau of European Designer Associations, Executive Board ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale, Editorial Board of Studies in Digital Heritage-Indiana University, scientific committee ArCo Conference - University of Florence. Founder of Studi Uniti_Firenze and Art Perception International, she is a lecturer at LABA Florence and in the Master Degree of Exhibition Designer at Politecnico di Milano.
She has designed set designs for RAI and museum installations, both temporary and permanent. Her latest projects include the set design for the 70th anniversary of the ADI Compasso d’Oro, the XXVII Compasso d’Oro exhibition inaugurated by the Minister of Economic Development, “Take your Seat” at Supersalone inaugurated by President Sergio Mattarella.
She integrates multimedia technologies and cognitive science in her projects and conducts research on the psychophysiological impact in aesthetic perception, documented in scientific publications such as IEEE, Scopus, Springer and others.
Her collaborations include institutions such as RAI, CNR ITABC, CNRS French National Center for Scientific Research, Indiana University, National Gallery in London, MuCEM in Marseille, Ministry of Cultural Heritage, ADI Design Museum, Salone del Mobile in Milan, Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, Uffizi Gallery and numerous academic research centers; as well as participation in international conferences and events such as Digital Heritage Congress, International Ergonomic Association-IEA Congress, The Didactics of Design in Italy, The Museology of the Present, Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Virtual System and Multimedia.
Recognized several times with the Compasso d’Oro Nomination and selected in several editions of the ADI Design Index. She received the Best Paper Award at the Digital Heritage International Congress, the National Award for Innovation and the “Prize of Prizes” under the auspices of the President of the Italian Republic.