John Thackara Weighs In
As I mentioned before, I’m not in a position to comment publicly on current events surrounding IDII. However, others can, and have.
John Thackara, organizer of Doors of Perception and a former member of the IDII steering committee, had this to say in the June 2005 Doors of Perception Report:
A brutal policy change by its main sponsor, Telecom Italia, has forced Interaction Design Institute Ivrea to move to Milan and
effectively merge with Domus Academy. The two organizations describe the move stoically as “a great opportunity for growth”, but the fact remains that the Ivrea team will be broken up and funding for the combined entity drastically reduced. Telecom’s decision is short-sighted and represents a stupendous destruction of value: It is breaking up a hub, five years in the making, for a new community of practice in a subject area strategically crucial for telecoms. Interaction Ivrea’s end of year show opens Friday 10 June in Turin at 6pm at Via Porta Palatina 15.