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The MeLa Media Lab is a structure of the Iuav University of Venice, founded in 2008 by Malvina Borgherini and Luciano Comacchio, which deals with training, research, and development in the field of representation and communication of architecture and design, cultural products, visual and performing arts. The MeLa Media Lab represents a complex network scenario built in years of relationships, a team working with vision and passion for projects that can break the rules and embrace the spirit of research and experimentation.
We cross and relate different professional skills from universities and local companies on the themes of representation and interaction in research fields, administration of artistic and cultural heritage, and production in design and architecture.
More +The MeLa Media Lab comprises a collective of professionals from universities, research centers, design studios, and companies.
Different professionals, knowledge, and experiences converge in the MeLa collective: experts and scholars of representation and communication; IT; specialists in the field of human-machine interaction and interactive artifacts; art and architecture historians; performance historians; semiologists; artists; web designers; product and communication designer; economists; directors; perception psychologists; philosophers of science.
The research objectives conducted in the laboratory are the study and experimentation of systems and methods for the production and representation of artifacts in the fields of visual arts, theatre, design, and architecture on a local and territorial scale.
• creation of explorable 3D models, digital animations, videos, rendered images and adv photographs, multimedia and editorial works, websites, multimedia and interactive installations for shows and exhibitions
• processing and treatment of digital media
• coordination, preparation, and management of exhibitions
• research, experimentation, and development of new forms of representation, communication, interaction
• research in the field of multisensory interaction and new interfaces applied to the communication of architecture and design, cultural products, and visual and performing arts
• design of cognitive, perceptive, and emotional experience: design methods oriented towards experimental and experiential verification
• organization of seminars, training courses, and masters aimed at new professions, post-graduate training, and updating of public administration personnel
Malvina Borgherini
associate professor at the Iuav University of Venice, scientific responsible of the MeLa Media Lab
Luciano Comacchio
architect, director of MeLa Media Lab
Lorenzo Lazzari
Ph.D, University of Udine
Giovanni Siard
architect, teacher, MeLa Media Lab
Matteo Morassut
architect, teacher, MeLa Media Lab
Iulia Pop
designer, MeLa Media Lab
Alice Volpe
architect, MeLa Media Lab
Giacomo Savegnago
architect, MeLa Media Lab
Vanessa Paccagnella
architect, MeLa Media Lab
Elisa Ossino
architect, designer, Elisa Ossino Studio
Mattia Balsamini
photographer, Contrasto agency
Federico Cedrone
photographer, Federico Cedrone Studio
Maurizio Polese
photographer, MeLa Media Lab
Edoardo Vojvoda
videomaker, CROMO Studio
Nicola Torpei
interaction designer, Nicola Torpei srl
Luca Fontana
graphic designer, YOHOHO Studio
Andrea Serrani
web developer, YOHOHO Studio
We experiment and develop forms of representation, communication, and interaction for artisanal and industrial production; we design training courses and masters aimed at new professions, even within public administrations and private companies.
At MeLa Research we conduct research, experimentation, and development projects in multisensory interaction for architecture, design, cultural products, and the performing arts.
More +We work closely with artists, performers, dancers, curators, directors, critics, and researchers from visual arts, expanded cinema, new documentaries, performing arts, graphics, architecture, curating, and criticism.
Thanks to the numerous research projects that the MeLa Research section has carried out since its foundation in 2008, we have managed to develop an international network of collaborations with public and private institutions, specifically with:
Institut des Textes et Manuscrits Modernes
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Comité International de la Photogrammétrie Architecturale
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Comune di Padova – Settore Cultura
Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem
Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali
Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Università degli Studi di Urbino
École Nationale Supérieure D’arts Et Métiers
Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo
At MeLa Learning we design professional training courses, university masters, and e-learning projects for public and private institutions.
More +We have selected the best professionals as teachers to offer the participants a unique and innovative teaching experience. We have been collaborating for years with companies in the sector, building high-profile training projects in synergy with them and always in line with market demands. We connect our students with an extensive network of companies.
We have three post-graduate higher education courses designed for H-FARM College and the Iuav University of Venice:
H-FARM College
Master in Product Design and Communication
Università Iuav di Venezia
Master in Interactive Media for Interior Design
Università Iuav di Venezia
Master in Moving Images Arts
At MeLa Factory we have brought together a collective of professionals who work internationally in design, photography, interactivity, and computer graphics.
More +We offer companies top-level services for creating interior design projects, product design, web development, interactive applications, images for advertising and catalog campaigns, corporate identity, and editorial graphics.
Within the MeLa Factory section, since 2012, we have developed multimedia applications, advertising, and catalog images for important professional studios and companies in the design sector, including:
Less -No matter how, what we really doing well is investigate, exploring the unknow with curiosity, reverse the point of view, find a sustainable solution for our clients starting from the most important part: embrace their vision and maximize their benefits with our extreme skills.
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