(by Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network founder)1st February 2021 This newsletter is the first after the handover in the role of International Coordinator from Carla to Teresa. I want to thank them again, and their fantastic teams for the work done in the past 4 ... read more
(by Teresa Franqueira, DESIS International Coordinator)January 2021 The new IC proposal is based on three pillars and intends not only to address environmental and ecological issues, but also to push the network towards clearer justice-based goals.It also... read more
(by Teresa Franqueira, DESIS International Coordinator)January 2021 The process of this defining document for the DESIS future started with the DESIS Conversations 2020 – an initiative to discuss the present and the future of social innovation, design a... read more
What is the shape and sound of social innovation in urgent times? Our friends at SIX are hosting the Wayfinder Final Symphony on 19 February at 3pm GMT / 10am EST, with six Artist Composers who turned the Wayfinder content into art and music. In two sho... read more
SAVE the DATE: 24 March 2021 at 12.00 pm GMT – Desis Café hosted by Teresa Franqueira from ID+ Desis Lab in Portugal Desis Café is a virtual place where Desis Labs can meet and talk about their activities, expectations, thoughts, research, project... read more
The US Consulate in Milan, in collaboration with BASE Milano is pleased to invite you to “Walkable Cities / Sustainable Cities”, a conversation with the Urban Designer and City Planner Jeff Speck and Davide Fassi, Associate Professor at the Po... read more
To celebrate the release of Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon, a series of dialogues are being organized to further explore what “dark times” means today and design’s recent positioning towards the expanded field of the socie... read more
We are glad to announce that the second number (Part 2) of the Design Contributions for the COVID-19 Global Emergency special issue is available. DESIS Network was one of the endorsing partners of this special issue, together with the Learning... read more
Open from 30 March to 18 April 2021Folie N°6, Parc de la Villette The ExpoAction “Infinite Creativity for a Finite World aims to highlight the unique capacity of design to actively engage in the co-construction of a desirable future and to research... read more