TY - JOUR AU - Giordano, Roberto AU - Montacchini, Elena AU - Tedesco, Silvia PY - 2019/11/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Experiment, develop and provoke: the prototype as an instrument of design JF - TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment JA - Techne VL - IS - 18 SE - Essays and Viewpoint DO - 10.13128/techne-7515 UR - https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/7515 SP - 89-98 AB - <p>The aim of the essay is to investigate the strategic role of physical prototyping in design, from concept to application, in a context characterised by the increasingly widespread presence of digital technologies and virtual prototypes. Starting from the identification of certain categories of prototypes (provocative, experimental, production), the article proposes a critical overview of the elements that characterise prototyping activities in the fields of education, research and technological transfer.</p> ER -