Kicking off the latest 2024/2025 Design Conversation Series by the Vignelli Center for Design Studies is Felicia Ferrone. Ferrone is a Chicago-born designer and founder of Fferrone Design, known for her exquisite glassware and innovative approach blending architecture and product design. Influenced by her early architecture career in Milan with design legends like Antonio Citterio and Piero Lissoni, her work emphasizes the seamless integration of form and function. Ferrone’s creations have been commissioned by global brands such as Audi and Boffi and featured in major publications. Beyond her practice, she is a dedicated educator, serving as a clinical professor and director of undergraduate industrial design studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.
In this talk, Ferrone shares her inspirations, her process, and how she transitioned from architecture to product design. She also talks about her time and practice in Italy, as well as her philosophies as both a designer and educator.
To learn more about Felicia Ferrone and Fferrone Design, watch the lecture below:
Felicia Ferrone
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This lecture is presented with the support of RIT’s MAGIC Center.
This lecture series is made possible in part by the generosity of RIT Alumnus, Chris Bailey, and Bailey Brand Consulting.
