Valorizing design culture through digital technologies

The paper describes different projects that refer to unique task: the valorization of Milanese design archives. The main idea is to create a digital archive that links heterogeneous data – sketches, technical drawings, images, physical models – referring to a single product to foster an overall view of the design process and creative thought performed by various designers. Some wooden models of renowned industrial products made by Giovanni Sacchi have been chosen as case studies and all the related material has been retrieved, digitised and catalogued following the current Italian standards. The Regional archiving system (SIRBeC) offers a great basis to build scenarios of access for the exploitation of data. The activity then focused on Achille Castiglioni Studio to create a mobile application to divulge images, small movies and description of the famous Italian designer work to a wider audience and to involve visitors into an enhanced learning experience.