Dalia Gallico


Member of the IAI judging panel

Member of the International Council of  Asia Pacific Designers Federation

President of Fashion & Design Faculty,  Università San Raffaele Roma

Director of Artlab, strategic Laboratory for Exhibitions at Royal Palace

President of the Signumlab Design Association and Coordinator of the Observatory


Dalia Gallico (Italy) is President of Fashion and Design Faculty,  Università San Raffaele Roma. (Italy).

Director of education in Società Umanitaria, important center recognized for professional, hight education and work services by Regione Lombardia.


She is Director for Artlab, strategic laboratory for Municipalty of Milan for Art and Exhibitions in Palazzo Reale (Milano).


She is President of the Signumlab Design Association and Coordinator of the Observatory “When culture leaves the sign”. She is owner of a research company that has experience across different sectors "design oriented" and she is development consultant for important  national and international institutions. She leads ongoing research on internationalization, technologies and their communication meanings and applications. A search that considers every field of knowledge from the points of view of deep and fruitful interaction between different disciplines.

She is scientific Director for “Color Institute” and “Association Amici Accademia di Brera” in Milano.


She is member of International Board  (Fondazione A. Pini Milano; Fondazione A. Rizzoli Milano; Fondazione A. Frammartino Roma; Fondazione Amici del Teatro alla Scala; APDF Asia Pacific Designers Federation and ICAA International Creative Arts Alliance Bejing).Often she works in international development projects "Design Point" including signing the strategic partnerships for research and innovation. Now she is visiting professor and workingon international projects for China (CAFA) , Brazil (Sebrae), Colombia (University Pontificia Bolivariana), National Institute of Design in India. Publicist, continuously works with international network developing a showcase of comparison between new trends that are transforming the various fields of culture, information and lifestyle.


She edited the design and implementation of SIT Tourist Information System of  Milan (first prize Federcultura). Past President of ADI Lombardia (Lombardy Industrial Design Association) from 2004 to 2010 and Coordinator of the Permanent Observatory Design in Lombardy (which leads to an annual publication of ADI Index and every three years to award the Compasso d’Oro).


From 1998 to 2005 She plans and coordinates for the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana Fashion Masters and higher education courses. She is professor  (concept design) and researcher (Tr&nds LAB, Trend Research and New Design Solutions) at the Politecnico di Milano faculty of design (from 2001 to 2010), the Accademia di Comunicazione (since 2004 director of the master "policies of Made in Italy "), Accademia di Brera (99-04) and Università Cattolica (96-99)


She  holds update and qualification seminars for companies and institutions (life long learning).

She is member of prestigious international Scientific Committees and Study Centres (table of Territorial Marketing of the Municipality of Milan, Innovation Forum of the Province of Milan; Politecnico Foundation); She has coordinated many research and development programs for Regione Lombardia (INGENIO;E-learning; F.or.te, Driade, Dafne,  SPRING), Public Administrations and private organizations based on the enhancement of "Made in Italy" (Promos and Assolombarda). She is part of “Comitato Moda Nazionale” set up by MISE –Ministero Sviluppo Economico –Roma