Call for proposals for: INSIDE/OUTSIDE Working our way out of the damaged now is an exhibition and symposium in February 2017 at the San Francisco State University Design Gallery in collaboration with DESIS Philosophy Talk and DESIS Lab LUCA Arts. ... read more
REFRAMING MIGRATION Looking around, we can recognise several examples of migrating people catalysing and contributing to new ways of meeting everyday needs – collaborative initiatives and organisations demonstrating in practice how inclusion can be ... read more
Jiangnan University 7th DESIS Symposium 2016 As a part of programme of DESIS-China regional cluster, the 7th DESIS Symposium 2016 has been organized at School of Design Jiangnan University (Wuxi, China) on 26th -27th of November 2016. With the theme of â€... read more
DESIS Philosophy Talks Book The Pearl Diver: The Designer as Storyteller (free download) Presently, we encounter a wide variety of ways in which designers tell stories of social innovation. This encouraged us to start a reflection on the idea of storytell... read more
Working our way out of the damaged now
The REDO Conference, Cumulus Kolding will host two DESIS Activities. 1. DESIS Network Assembly and Conversation Thursday 1st June 14.15 – 16.30 The DESIS Network Assembly and Conversation is an event required by the DESIS Network statute. It is the foru... read more
Pearl Diver Elisa Bertolotti, Heather Daam, Francesca Piredda and Virginia Tassinari “Presently, we encounter a wide variety of ways in which designers tell stories of social innovation. This encouraged us to start a reflection on the idea of storytelli... read more
(With contributions of Louise St. Pierre, Associate Professor in Emily Carr University of Art + Design) In the panorama of a network of Design Labs based in design schools and in other design-oriented universities, DESIS promotes and supports internationa... read more
DESIS supports the Open Letter to the Design Community Stand Up for Democracy April 2017 The following is an open letter from Professors Victor Margolin and Ezio Manzini urging all designers to act and respond to the crisis affecting democracy. It is impo... read more
Ezio Manzini     5.04.2017 “We are in difficult and dangerous times. For many years, we lived in a world that, despite its problems, was nevertheless committed to principles of democracy in which human rights, fundamental freedoms, and opportunit... read more