Paolo Cardini is currently Associate Professor in Industrial Design at Rhode Island School of Design. His previous appointment was within the interdisciplinary design graduate program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. His work ranges from product to interaction design and from integrated communication to strategic planning. Hailing from Italy, he studied Industrial design at Politecnico di Milano and Glasgow School of Art and he has been department chair for the bachelor and master courses in Industrial Design at Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin. Cardini was a founding member and CEO of Design Gang Netowrk, a multidisciplinary design studio with a wide range of focus from strategic and product design, to graphics and integrated communication. He has designed for various Italian and international brands including: Pininfarina, Motorola Iden, Ferrero, Ferrino, Fiat, LG, and Martini & Rossi. Cardini also designs and consults for various international firms and continues to lecture in conferences and design schools worldwide while also contributing actively to the field with papers and publications.