**Acknowledgements**

The authors, specifically ACR, want to thank the following people who facilitated the work here developed: Lorenzo Secco from Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy; Stefano Parissoto from Unindustria Servizi & Formazione Treviso Pordenone, Italy; Katia Gasparini from Accademia delle Belle Arti di Verona, Italy; Chiara Cibin from Academia delle Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy; Marinella Ferrara from Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Richard Perassi from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Marco Aurélio Lobo Junior from Centro Universitário IESB, Brasília, Brazil; João Luís Rieth from Universidade Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, Brazil; Thiago Meneghel Rodigues from Laboratório de Inovação em Desenvolvimento Regional Empreendedorismo – LIDERE, Lages, Brazil; and Pieter Sprangels from Karel de Grote University, Antwerp, Belgium.

In particular, ACR wants to acknowledge his inspiration for the development of this work. These people always left a motivational disquiet, promoting a critical view about 'things', in a permanent dynamic of added complexity. ACR had the honour of befriend all of them, sharing in the present, with those who are still among us, and in the past, with those who are not in the physical world anymore, but who are still present in his thought almost every day, an intellectual intimacy that increased the meaning of almost 'everything' he does. These people are great for their culture, generosity, and mostly for their contribution to the way we understand our surrounding 'realities', and for everything they add to our lives. They are: Di Salvatore, painter, sculptor, *etc.*, who taught ACR in the Scuola Politecnica di Design di Milano, and guided him through the importance of the Vision Science; Bruno Munari, designer, artist, *etc.*, who taught ACR in the Scuola Politecnica di Design di Milano, and guided him through the practice of the Analogical Thinking; Attilio Marcolli, architect, designer, *etc.*, who taught ACR in the Scuola Politecnica di Design di Milano, and guided him through the importance of Maths in Design; Gillo Dorfles, philosopher, art critic, *etc.*, who guided ACR through the Design Philosophy; Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues, scientist, physicist, *etc.*, who guided ACR through the importance of the Logical Thinking; Paulo Cadete Ferrão, engineer, explorer, *etc.*, who stirred ACR to the importance of sustainability in Innovation and Creativity; and lastly, Pietro Zennaro, philosopher, essayist, *etc.*, who encouraged ACR through the importance of the irreverence and questioning of 'life'.
