Designing Futures

This book is a compelling exploration into the integration of sustainability with creativity and technology. It offers a cohesive journey from theoretical insights into practical applications across creative disciplines, education, and industries. This book serves as a crucial guide for those looking to navigate the challenges of modern sustainability through innovative solutions. By showcasing examples from 3D printing in education to sustainable practices in creative industries and the preservation of cultural heritage through digital innovation, it highlights the transformative power of creativity in fostering a sustainable future. Aimed at academics, professionals, and students, this book is an invitation to engage, innovate, and contribute to the sustainability discourse in the creative sectors.

Saimir Shtylla is Lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Design in the Faculty of Applied Research and Creative Industries at the “Barleti” University (Albania). The focus of his didactic activity includes Architectural design, Heritage conservation, and BIM. In 2020, he completed his Ph.D. studies at the Polis University (Albania) in the XXXII cycle of the international doctoral program in Architecture and Urban Planning IDAUP in collaboration with the University of Ferrara in Italy. The focus of his Ph.D. thesis was the improvement of energy performance, comfort, and internal capacity in existing educational buildings through two possible scenarios with the aim to transform them into Nearly Zero Energy Buildings NZEB. He has attended various international conferences with topics related to issues of urban planning and sustainable design. He has been Co-chair in the Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (URS) 2022 Conference and has performed various peer-reviews for ASTI Book Series and IEREK Press Journal.

Marina Checa Olivas is Research Teaching Staff at the Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences of Granada, graduate in Business Administration and Law from the University of Jaén, Completed official master's degree in Migration Studies, Development and Social Intervention, cum laude Doctor in Economics, and Collaborating Professor at the Open University of Catalonia and the European University of Madrid.

Angeles Sánchez is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Granada (Spain). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Social Sciences (1999) in the same university. Angeles's research interests focus on economic inequalities and sustainable development. She is Principal Investigator of the research group "Public Economy and Globalization-EPIC-SEJ393"  and Principal Investigator in various research projects funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Antonio Maffei is Associate Professor in production system with focus on business models at KTH, Sweden. He received his Ph.D. in production systems from KTH (Sweden) in 2012 and M.Sc. and B.Sc. from the University of Pisa in Italy in 2004 and 2007 respectively. He received a second Ph.D. degree on pedagogy for higher education from Bologna, Italy, in 2021. Associate Prof. Maffei has extensive international experience having been Visiting Researcher or Teacher for a number of institutions worldwide. His research interests includes sustainable business model for novel automation technologies as well as autonomous system control, assembly systems and technology, and cybersecurity. Associate Prof. Maffei is also active in pedagogic research and development in the domain of constructive alignment, phenomenography, and blended learning. Associate Prof. Maffei has participated and often coordinated in excess of 10 national and international research projects, and he has published over 80 scientific contributions in journals, books, and peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

Claudio Sassanelli is Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Bari, Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, and Senior Research Fellow at École des Ponts Business School of École des Ponts ParisTech. He received his two master’s degrees in Management and Civil Engineering from Politecnico di Bari, respectively, in 2010 and 2013, his Ph.D. in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2017, and also holding Visiting Researcher positions at Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) and Universidade de São Paulo (USP). His main research interest is Product-Service System (PSS) design, specifically addressing to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Design for X (DfX) approaches, and Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 paradigms. To advance these research domains, he manages special issues in international journals as Guest Editor and disseminates his research being Co-author of more than 89 publications in international journals, international conferences proceedings, and book chapters in the field. He is Member of the IFIP WG 5.1 and of the editorial board of the journals Sustainability MDPI, Frontiers in Sustainability, Frontiers in Environmental Science, and Academia Engineering. He has a 10-year experience in research, industrial, and European research and innovation action projects. He carries out teaching activities in courses on production systems (environmental management, design and management, industrial technologies) and quality design and management, at Politecnico di Bari, Politecnico di Milano, SUPSI, and LIUC Universita` Cattaneo.