Serena Cangiano

Serena Cangiano is Senior Researcher at the Design Institute, founder and Head of FabLab SUPSI, where her work centers on multimodal experimental practices to drive transformative processes in education, research, and technology innovation. Digital literacy and co-creation crossing complex social issues are key topics of her research in academic and applied domains as exemplified by the last project MAKEAWARE!. Since 2025 she is part of the collective OBOT.

Various of her contributions are included in books such as “Reprogrammed Art: An Open Manifesto” (2016) an open initiative on pioneers of programmed art, “Rebelling with Care” (2019), “The Critical Makers Reader - (Un)Learning Technologies” (2019), and “Digital Transformation in Design: Processes and Practices Essays” (2024).

Committed to fostering the exchange between research and practice, Serena contributes as a board member of both the Swiss Design Network and the Swiss Design Association. Her design work has been exhibited at venues including the Seoul Architecture Biennale, Swiss Institute in Milan, and Centre Pasquart. Beyond her core research, Serena engages with academic and creative technology communities.

With her diverse experiences in research to practice, community engagement, and networks, she collaborates with Aylin Tschoepe and contributes to the design crossing sciences focus at metaLAB (at) Basel.