Product Designer, Professor and Chair of Product Design, College for Creative Studies
Founder and creative director for design consultancy Iavicoli-Rossi, Vincenzo Iavicoli, IDSA, has spent his career developing acclaimed products, art works and interior projects for a worldwide clientele.
Throughout his career, he has worked in academia to develop teaching practices that advance industrial design education internationally. He currently serves as department chair at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit. Prior to CCS, Iavicoli taught at Tsukuba University and Tama Art University in Japan, Istituto Superiore Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) and Polimoda in Italy, and Art Center College of Design in Switzerland and California. He also served as corporate liaison director, responsible for negotiating industry sponsorship of studio classes and managing the projects.
Iavicoli has conducted workshops, seminars and lectures in the United States, Europe and Asia. In 2012, he received IDSA's Education Award.
Iavicoli holds an MS in ID from Art Center College of Design and a BFA in ID from ISIA, Firenze, Italy.
