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PAD. Pages on Arts and Design<\/strong> is an international, peer-reviewed (double-blind), open-access, online journal published twice a year (from 2018) and in 2025 has been included in the Italian ANVUR list of Class A Journals<\/strong> for area 08 and sector 08\/C1 (Design and Technological Design of Architecture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAD publishes original and qualified papers about all areas of design and arts research, including theories and history of design, design practices evolution, arts and design education, industrial design, visual communication design, visual and performing arts, interface design, interior, architectural and urban design, and other design and arts-related fields. PAD combines the stringent scholarly standards of traditional journals with the easy accessibility afforded by digitalization. Articles reach their desired audiences more quickly and reliably than their print media peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAD is the evolution of the online magazine PalermoDesign<\/strong> founded by Vanni Pasca in 2005 with a team of design researchers. From 2005 until 2011, PAD overviewed the opening of new geographies of design with a specific focus on the Mediterranean area. In 2010, the ADI Index selection included PAD for its excellence in design research. In 2011, PAD changed and expanded its international organisation, becoming the node of a network of researchers and scholars engaged in design hot topics and their dissemination in the field of design culture, arts, and more. In 2012, PAD initiated a double-blind peer-review process, and in 2014, it was approved as a scientific journal by ANVUR, the Italian Agency for the Assessment of the University System and Research Assessment. In 2025, it was included in the ANVUR list of Class A Journals for area 08 and sector 08\/C1 (Design and Technological Design of Architecture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, the ADI Index selection included PAD #13 in the categories \u2018Editorial Production and Historical and critical research\u2019 for its excellence in design research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially multilingual, PAD journal is now published in English to reach a worldwide network of readers and extend local design cultures. The publication of each issue will coincide with the publication of the call for papers for the following monographic issue on the Call page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journal is identified by the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) 1972-7887. Each author retains the copyright of their work. PAD Articles Processing and Articles Submission are free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAD is indexed in ROAD<\/a>, OAJI<\/a>, DOAJ<\/a>, ErihPlus<\/a>, Google Scholar<\/a>, BASE<\/a> (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), Fatcat!<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PAD publish research findings from researchers and professionals across different countries and cultures of the Mediterranean areas and encourages research on the impact of cultural factors on design theory and practice. PAD network aims to provide an international and interactive forum for the exchange of ideas, debate and criticism. It also seeks to encourage research and scholarly writing about any aspect of design education. Critical, review and comparative studies are particularly prominent, as are contributions that draw upon other literature, such as those derived from historical, philosophical, sociological or psychological studies of technology or design, in order to address issues of concern to technology. PAD aims to promote the transfer of knowledge between professionals in academia and industry by emphasizing research in which results are of interest or applicable to design practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping the focus on the Mediterranean reality, today PAD involves researchers and design experts located in different geographical areas to solicit debate on-demand hot topics, in addition to monitoring initiatives, activities, events and projects in contemporary topics and emerging areas of design education. The support of its International Scientific Committee encourages theoretical reflections on the themes of arts and design, expanding their field of action with other disciplines, their ability to understand cultural, technological, economic and social changes in the making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PAD COLOPHON<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Online Scientific Journal founded by Vanni Pasca in 2005
ISSN 1972-7887




Editor-in-Chief
<\/strong>Marinella Ferrara
Politecnico di Milano – Italy

Advisory Board
<\/strong>Tevfik Balc\u0131o\u011flu
Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD), Turkey

Murat Bengisu
Izmir University of Economics – Turkey

Isabel Campi
Design Historian Foundation – Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luisa Collina
Politecnico di Milano – Italy

Eduardo Corte Real
Universidade Europeia \/ IADE – Portugal

Antonio da Cruz Rodrigues
Universidad Lusofona – Portugal

Soumiya Mikou
Moroccan Design Association – Morocco

Ely Rozenberg
RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts – Italy

Mireia Frexia Serra
Universidad de Barcelona – Spain

Andreas Sicklinger
Alma Mater Studiorum Universit\u00e0 di Bologna – Italy

Fedja Vuki\u0107
University of Zagreb – Croatia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Managing Editor
<\/strong>Chiara Lecce
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli Federico II – Italy

Editorial Assistants
<\/strong>Laura Carugati
Politecnico di Milano – Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucia Ratti
Politecnico di Milano – Italy

Editorial Board
<\/strong>Giuseppe Amoruso
Politecnico di Milano – Italy

Helena Barbosa
Universidade de Aveiro – Portugal

Michela Bassanelli
Politecnico di Milano – Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letizia Bollini
Libera Universit\u00e0 di Bolzano – Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefania Camplone
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Chieti – Pescara – Italy

Roberto De Paolis
REPRISE – MUR independent scientific expert – Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbara Di Prete
Politecnico di Milano – Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinzia Ferrara
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Palermo – Italy

Francesco E. Guida
Politecnico di Milano – Italy

Ashley Hall
Royal College of Art – London – UK

Elif Kocabiyik
Izmir University of Economics – Turkey

Lia Krucken
Creative Change – Brazil and Germany

Carla Langella
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli Federico II – Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiara Lecce
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli Federico II – Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giuseppe Lotti
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Firenze – Italy

Tomas Macsotay
Pompeu Fabra University – Spain

Alfonso Morone
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli Federico II – Italy

Raquel Pelta
Universidad de Barcelona – Spain

Daniele Savasta
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosanna Veneziano
Universit\u00e0 degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli – Italy

Li Zhang
Beijing Information Science and Technology University – China<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publishing Consultant<\/strong> Vincenzo Castellana, Architect – Italy

Art Director
<\/strong>Francesco E. Guida
Politecnico di Milano – Italy

Web Site
<\/strong>Pietro Forino<\/a>
Politecnico di Milano – Italy

Correspondents<\/strong>
Amina Agueznay
Morocco

H\u00e8la Hamrouni
Tunisia

Vesna Kujovic
Montenegro

Can \u00d6zcan
Turkey

Ana Perkovic
Croatia

Filip Roca
Montenegro

Azadeh Sabouri
Iran

Marco Sousa Santos
Portugal

Pascale Wakim
Lebanon

PAD<\/strong>
via Francesco Soave 15, 20135 Milano – Italy
info@padjournal.net<\/a>
www.padjournal.net<\/a>
PAD \u00a9 ISSN 1972-7887

Publisher<\/strong>
AIAP Edizioni
via A. Ponchielli, 3
20129 Milano
www.aiap.it<\/a>

Publisher until 2017
LetteraVentidue Edizioni S.r.l.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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