The Future of IDII
This is such a difficult subject to broach. I’ve been trying to avoid writing about it for some time.
I hate to sound cliche, but I have some good news and some bad news.
The bad news is that Telecom Italia, which sponsors IDII as part of its Progetto Italia, has decided to move the school to Milan and merge it with Domus Academy, another one of its projects.
The official press release from IDII contains the information currently available to the public.
It is incredibly difficult for me to articulate my feelings on this matter in a public venue. Quite obviously there is a lot going on behind the scenes which we cannot talk about. Quite obviously this is a very stressful situation for everyone involved. And quite obviously I would like to describe in more colorful terms exactly what I think of all this. However, that is something best saved for conversations between friends in secure, undisclosed locations.
The good news is that our year is being allowed to finish the program as originally intended and designed. In other words, our class is the last IDII class. We will all move to Milan. We will focus on our individual thesis projects. We will complete our second year according to the values, quality, and ethos of IDII.
I’m not sure what else to say at this point.
Noel wrote:
Hi Dave, Although we just met briefly, I feel for you and admire your courage in writing these things. Maybe I don’t really know what is happening there but I too feel a bit melancholy about this whole thing. Some part of me is glad that I left just in time but some part still misses Ivrea. I just wish you first years all the luck, you are a great bunch.. I’m sure you’ll kick butt! :)
Posted on 08-Jun-05 at 2:42 am | Permalink
tangiblemind wrote:
Hi Dave, first of all thanx for the connection on flickr ;)... about all this IDII stuff, as one of the first graduates from idii, i have a lot of melanchony about it.
Not thinking about also possible fallings regarding degree’s reputation and official recognition bla-bla-bla… really.
Of course it should be better if idi could ‘survive’, and thackara’s comment about the ‘merge’ is a little bit ‘out-of-the-chorus’ in comparison to press releases ;)
But at the very end of the story what it matters is how and what individually students can gain from there (for me it was a worthy experience, both from personal and a professional sides).
We (all alumnis and ‘last’ students) should carefully investigate about at least the preservation of the ‘memory’ :( and the evidences (website, other stuff) to document and testify what
idii was during its activity…
Posted on 16-Jun-05 at 12:16 pm | Permalink