Patrizia Mello is interested in history, theory, and criticism of contemporary design; topics on which she carries out in teaching and researches with regard to the publication of her books, numerous essays and articles, as well as the organisation of conferences and study seminars. She currently teaches Contemporary Architecture II at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Among her publications: Progetti in movimento. Philippe Starck (Firenze: Festina Lente, 1997); L’ospedale ridefinito. Soluzioni e ipotesi a confronto. Aart International – Aalto – Colboc – CSPE – Fainsilber – Groupe 6 – Ito – Koolhaas – Le Corbusier – Nouvel – Reichen & Robert – Sottsass – Petre-Souchet – Riboulet – Vasconi – Zublena (Firenze: Alinea, 2000); Metamorfosi dello spazio. Annotazioni sul divenire metropolitano (Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2002); Ito digitale. Nuovi media, nuovo reale (Roma: Edilstampa, 2008); Design Contemporaneo. Mutazioni, oggetti, ambienti, architetture (Milano: Mondadori Electa, 2008); Neoavanguardie e controcultura a Firenze. Il movimento Radical e i protagonisti di un cambiamento storico internazionale (Firenze: Angelo Pontecorboli, 2017); Firenze e le avanguardie Radicali. Un seminario di ricerca (Firenze: DIDA press, 2017).
