Eating together. Design studies and new trends

Milan EXPO 2015 took up dining issue as the theme: "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". The theme encompassed technology, innovation, culture, traditions and creativity. It's related to every being on this small planet. In the same year, there was another exposition in Shanghai, the Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2015. During the Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2015, was also made the exibition "The Beauty in Eating Together". The curators were Italian and Chinese scholars, e.g. Prof. Angelo Bugatti from The University of Pavia, Prof. Aldo Castellano from Polytechnic University of Milan and Prof. Chen Yi from Tongji University; they have made a deep research on this topic. The European and Chinese history, society and dining spaces in past, today and future have been narrated on exhibition, though it was certainly small in scale to comparing with the grand exposition in Milan but it has also gained good reputation and extensive attention. Since then the curators would expand their researches, as we will take the advantage of this research experience. The authors are all architects, and are also famous professors and scholars in architectural design, education and theory researches. They had been building expansive and comprehensive collaborations in aspects of education, research, international exchange, and organizing workshops, seminars, exhibitions and others since last 20 years and owned international reputations. This library is an achievement on international corporations and joint research, thus, it generated the first book series for this topic including three volumes, which are: 1) Eating together. History, Culture, and Architecture; 2) Eating together. Design and History; 3) Eating together. Design Studies and New Trends. The books take anthropological and sociological view to study the dining space. Wherever dining in Italy or China, everywhere would always become a most important issue. In China, there is a canon, "Food is the first necessity for people". Dining is an ancient topic too: about 2500 years ago, Confucius said himself on dining that "he did not eat his fill of polished rice, nor did he eat his fill of finely minced meat". Dining is not just a daily necessary, but also related to history, culture, humanity, economy and politics. Zheng, Shiling Authors Allegri, Davide: Adjunct Professor of Technology in School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Enginnering - Politecnico di Milano. Ph.D in Design and Technologies for Cultural Heritages. Graduate School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage. Associate architect of LEND studio. Bugatti, Angelo: Advisory Professor in Tongji University, Full Professor at Univer¬sity of Pavia in Civil Engineering and Architecture Department - Building and Territory Engineering Section. Former President of the Degree in Civil Engineering and Architecture EU and Director of the Laboratory of Building and Landscape Architecture (LCPA). Borella, Afro Mauro: Adjunct Professor of Interior Design in Design School - Politecnico di Milano and Adjunct Professor of Urban Design in the School of Product Design and Sculpture - Accademy of Brera, Milan. Collaborator in Luca Schacchetti's Design Office and Cortesi Design Office, Milan. Curator of many design and art exibitions. Author of many essay on landscape, design, arts, and photography. Cai, Shaomin: Master of Architecture, Interior Architect, Shanghai Tongji Interior Design & Construction Co., Ltd.. Castellano, Aldo: Full Professor of History of Architecture in School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Enginnering - Politecnico di Milano. Visiting Professor of College of Architecture & Urban Planning in Tongji University. Member of different Association of History. Co-curated of international exhibitions on architecture and urban design. Chen, Yi: Ph.D., Full Professor of College of Architecture & Urban Planning in Tongji University, National 1st Class Registered...