The Resilience of Made in Italy Productions: Research Experience at Officina Vanvitelli

The paper aims to describe the research on design for the enhancement of territorial tangible and intangible capital through cases study that experiment sustainable processes, shared with different actors, for the development of new products in the fashion field. The resilience of Made in Italy productions, such a strategic sector for the country system, must be supported through strategies capable of combining technologies, advanced innovation (both financial and technological) and humanities (social and cultural values and innovations). The latter characterize Made in Italy in a meaningful way, which conveys the complex Italian identity condensed in the high quality of its productions to the world. The paper reports cases study, developed in OFFICINA Vanvitelli HUB - research infrastructure dedicated to made in Italy - which are part of the sustainable transition context of the tanning sector and of the cosmetic sector. The first experimentation, starting from free chrome tanning, was carried out through the collaboration of Made in Italy companies and with the projects of 3D printing processing techniques. The second experimentation, moves in circular economy, using bio-manufacturing of materials deriving from by-products or agricultural and biological products for define skincare cosmetic lines.