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Giovanni Maria Conti, Ph.D. cum laude, is an Associate Professor and currently the Head of the Fashion Design Program at Politecnico di Milano. He is the Scientific Coordinator of the KnitDesign Research Group and the Knitwear Design Lab (Knitlab) in the Department of Design. His expertise centers on fashion design, sustainable textiles, and knitwear, and he has also worked internationally—as an Account Executive for DKNY in Italy, as a visiting scholar in India, and as a lecturer in China, Brazil, Peru, and Australia. In addition to coordinating research and international cooperation projects on textile and fashion, he serves on editorial boards, has won honors such as the XXVI Compasso d’Oro for the DigiKnit research, and has published widely on topics of knitwear design, sustainability, and fashion history