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franco lodato

MSc
Founder
Bionics in Action
Country or state 
United States (California)
Available to 
Global
City 
Dana Point
Fee 
Languages 
Italian,
English,
...
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
America/Monterrey

Personal Details

Bio

Franco Lodato is an accomplished and globally recognized creative leader. He has expansive success integrating nature-inspired design, human-centered innovation, and technical insight into design-driven solutions that result in meaningful and dynamic products that improve users' lives.

His comprehensive industry expertise includes corporate, startup, and design Consulting agencies across industries such as personal and health care, lifestyle and luxury, education, consumer electronics, and wearable and mobile technologies.

Lodato has extensive experience in complete concept to market products in physical and digital design in diverse contexts:

>> From home environments (Herman Miller and Gillette) to consumer-high tech (Motorola- Google) to high-end consulting (Pininfarina, Continuum).

>>He was recognized as “Master Innovator” at Motorola-Google and holds 80 U.S. and International invention patents, including the first wireless ECG, a multi-blade conformable razor (precursor to Gillette's Mach3), and the Motorola i833.

His academic assignments include Associate Professor at the University of Montreal School of Design, Designer in Residence at the University of South Florida, Visiting Lecturer at the MIT Media Laboratory, and Vice President of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Florida Chapter.

He is an executive member of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors and was appointed as a Research Associate at the Florida Institute of Human Machine Cognition ( IHMC) in 2017.

In 2019, he was a NASA Grant Recipient for “Mixed Reality Care-Delivery Guidance System to support medical event management on Long Duration Exploration Missions” in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, TRISH (Translational Research Institute for Space Health), and STRATUS center for medical Simulation, working with Dr. Steven J. Yule, Harvard Medical School.

Lodato is also a published author of Bionics in Action: The Design Work of Franco Lodato and a Ted Talk speaker, “What Woodpeckers, Sharks and Snakes Teach Us About Design.

Current position (3)

Founder

Bionics in Action

Head of Industrial Design, Luxury products

Masimo Corp

Research Associate

Instituto for human machine cognition

Degrees (1)
Biodesign
Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) Milan
1984 to 1989

Presentations

Presentations (1)
Masters of Tomorrow MIAMI
Past talks (4)
Nature & Design
Masters of Tomorrow
Miami Florida
November 30, 2016
Bionics and Design, Pure and Applied Research”
Living Machines 2014
Milano Italy
July 30, 2014
Designing Dreams
Sarasota INternational Design Summit
sarasota Florida
November 11, 2010
Nature and Design
Gravity Free
Chicago Illinois
June 3, 2007
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Biodesign: The nature of design
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Books & Articles (6)

Bionics in Action: The Design Work of Franco Lodato, Motorola
StoryWorks Aps, Denmark,
2004
Bionics in Action: The Design Work of Franco Lodato, Motorola
Franco Lodato , Industrial Design
Bionica e Design
BIONICS IN ACTION:THE NATURE OF INVENTION
Biomimicry: Nature-Inspired Designs

Expertise (11)

Design
Telecommunications
Automotive
Technology
Consumer Experience eco sustainability Biomimicry Automotive Design biophilic design Design Customer Experience Design

Clients

DuPont , Gillette, P&G, Motorola, Bombardier, Ferrari, Maserati, HP, Boeing
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