Franco Lodato
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| Born |
September 29, 1962 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
IED Milan Ingeniería de Diseño Industrial, Instituto Universitario Politécnico "Santiago Mariño" |
| Occupation | Industrial designer |
Franco Lodato is an American industrial designer, best known for his work in biomimicry. Lodato has served as an associate professor at the University of Montreal School of Design, designer in residence at the University of South Florida, and as a visiting lecturer at the MIT Media Laboratory. He is the vice president of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Florida Chapter. Lodato has an honorary doctorate from Universidad Nueva Esparta.
Lodato served as the managing director for the Americas Operation for Pininfarina, a leading design service for automotive, luxury lifestyle, consumer electronics, and technology industries, where he was part of the team that developed the Maserati Birdcage 75th. His corporate work assignments and consulting career includes research and design for leading global enterprises such as Gillette, Herman Miller, DuPont, Coca-Cola, Ferrari-Maserati, Boeing, Bombardier, Challenger Powerboats, and as a Master Innovator, in Wearable technology for Google-Motorola and VSN Mobil, Inc.
At VSN Mobil, Lodato has led the creative direction for the wearable technology global portfolio, bringing both a studio culture and a biomimicry vision to a multi-disciplinary team. Lodato created, developed and implemented a product platform strategy for wearable technology in the areas of Biometrics health, sensing and monitoring, sports dynamics and telecommunications.
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