Anty Pansera
Design and historian critic
A historian and critic of design, from a humanistic background, she has always moved with “militant” commitment from decorative/applied arts, to industrial design, engaged in teaching and education issues (president of ISIA of Faenza from 2010 to 2016). Numerous are her essays/exhibitions/commissions on these topics.
Co-founder in 2010 and president of the DcomeDesign Association, attentive to the issues/problems of female design, she has dedicated conferences/exhibitions/essays to these themes, with different slants and last year published ‘Bauhaus al femminile’ (Nomos ed.) and ‘Athena’ (le presenze femminili alle Biennali/Triennali di Monza- Milano, 1923-1940), with Mariateresa Chirico (Nomos ed).
In 2020 ADI, the Industrial Design Association, awarded her the Compasso d’Oro alla Carriera, since 1954 the most authoritative design award in the international arena; she is an honorary member of the Association of Italian Design Historians.
From February 2023 to December 2024 she was curator at MIDeC (Museo Internazionale del Design Ceramico) in Laveno (Va)