Written by Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network president 1. I think that the environmental theme should be at the centre of our initiatives. And it should be so with a sense of urgency and adopting a radical approach. That is, with more urgency and radicalism tha... read more
Written by Teresa Franqueira, ID+ DESIS Lab, University of Aveiro, Portugal Ezio Manzini launched a new challenge to all Desis Labs’ and to the design community at large placing the climate and environmental sustainability at the heart of our academic ... read more
Written by Louise St. Pierre, Emily Carr University DESIS Lab This short paper responds to the DESIS 2020 call to respond to planetary urgency. In particular, I affirm Ezio’s statement that design should be “giving voice to entities that, in themselve... read more
Written by Davide Fassi, Polimi DESIS Lab In the development of design for social innovation projects, we got the habit to take sustainability for granted because it is part of our DNA as researchers. After an initial phase where the “sustainability tag... read more
Written by Miaosen Gong, DESIS lab@JU 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 trajectory on this specific track (DESIS) a... read more
Written by Nicola Morelli, Aalborg University (Copenhagen) 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 conversation... read more
Written by Virginia Tassinari, PoliMi DESIS Lab, Politecnico di Milano Clearly the exceptionality of the environmental emergency we are witnessing today requires specific efforts in terms of thinking/acting in designing. The consequences of anthropocentr... read more
Written by Anna Meroni, PoliMi DESIS Lab, Politecnico di Milano 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 those a... read more
Written by Joon Sang Baek, Director of DESIS Lab at Yonsei University 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 to discuss the p... read more
Written by Carla Cipolla, DESIS Coordinator and UFRJ Rio DESIS Lab DESIS Conversations 2020 has been a discussion about the present and the future of social innovation, design and sustainability. The opening contribution, from our DESIS president Ezio Man... read more