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Collaborative people in challenging places | DxCC Bogotá

  • 15 October 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • News

Most people live in urban settlements that challenge the idea of cities as planned and regulated environments. They are challenging places where social and environmental problems may be tragically tangible, basic infrastructure may not exist and public in... read more

A Response of “Social Innovation for the Planet”

  • 17 October 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • Conversations 2020

Written by Miaosen Gong, Jiangnan DESIS Lab, Jiangnan University, China In the DESIS newsletter in this July, Prof. Ezio Manzini opened a discussion on environmental concern of DESIS initiatives, which I think would be very helpful to review our trajector... read more

Are we thinking radically enough?

  • 22 October 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • Conversations 2020

Written by Nicola Morelli, AAU DESIS Lab,  Aalborg University, Denmark One day, about 25 years ago, in an office of the Submarine (a section of Politecnico di Milano, so called because its office were below the street level), professor Manzini started a ... read more

Designing as politics of nature

  • 24 October 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • Conversations 2020

Written by Virginia Tassinari, PoliMi DESIS Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Clearly the exceptionality of the environmental emergency we are witnessing today requires specific efforts in terms of thinking/acting in designing. The consequences of anthrop... read more

Call for papers: 9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology 2020

  • 4 November 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • News

Find attached the official call for papers for the 9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology 2020. The Design Society Development DESIS Lab based in the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (University of Johannesburg) is a partner for t... read more

Global Grad Show conference 2019

  • 7 November 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • News

Global Grad Show conference will return on November 11th under the theme “Innovating for Social Impact”, mirroring the exhibition’s commitment to social development and academic engagement. The conference will explore how universities can be c... read more

Co-design: future initiatives, sustainability and moving toward civilisation

  • 9 November 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • Conversations 2020

Written by Anna Meroni, PoliMi DESIS Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Italy It is an instructive experiment to look at humankind’s actions as slow, yet progressive, efforts toward civilisation, in a trial and error journey.  Not all actions of course, but t... read more

Addressing social concerns through the design of new energy infrastructure and services

  • 12 November 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • News

New Energy systems are evolving globally. Introduction of renewable energy technologies are affecting different parts of the world. In some parts wind and solar production are being used to replace non renewable energy sources or then are becoming an incr... read more

Design for sustainable development goals

  • 18 November 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • Conversations 2020

Written by Joon Sang Baek, Yonsei University DESIS Lab, Yonsei University, South Korea In this year’s Social Design Forum organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Municipality, people from the public, private, and civil sectors as well as academics gathered ... read more

CALL FOR PAPERS: On Sustainability conference 2021

  • 13 December 2019
  • Matheus Ventura
  • News

The Seventeenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability features research addressing the following annual themes. THEME 1: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THEME 2: SUSTAINABILITY IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTU... read more

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