Luca Bretani
IED Torino
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Illustration, Year 3
25 years old
Turin, Italy
Schools have been among the first institutions to adapt to the new measures of quarantine. What are the pros and cons of online classes?
The positive side is that we can keep on taking our classes without leaving them pending once we've started them, and that was functional to feel a little bit of "normality", too. The negative sides are a few, from the Internet connection that sometimes is missing to the impossibility of physically show what we do for our exams and projects. Furthermore, it is difficult to not be in the room with people you're talking to. I find the physical part of a relationship very precious. In front of all that, I must congratulate my professors for being able to create a comfortable environment despite of the filter of a screen.
The Fashion and Design Industries have been aggressively afflicted by the COVID-19 emergency. As a consumer, but also as a future insider of those systems, what will be the worst consequences of this crisis?
I don't feel like I can make any prediction in this moment. This moment is still unsure. Of course we will have to re-think our acting, because of many facets of this work that have changed. I think that the worst consequences will be on the the supply and on the demand, as we are living more than ever a new domestic dimension.
Your work is built on creativity. Where do you find your inspiration in this moment?
I have always been interested in weaving, so I made up a little frame. My best advice is to let your curiosity free, don't get lazy: every object we have in our homes have a secret potential that can turn them into work tools.