Authors: Yoko Akama, Joyce Yee Communication Design, School of Media & Communication, RMIT University, Australia | Interactive Media Design, Northumbria University, UK Abstract A seminal post-colonial scholar, Deborah Bird Rose (2004, 154) excla... read more
Authors: Flor Avelino, Adina Dumitru, Carla Cipolla, Iris Kunze and Julia Wittmayer DRIFT/Transition Academy, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; University A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (... read more
Authors : Essi Kuure & Satu Miettinen University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design E-mail: essi.kuure@ulapland.fi Abstract There is an evident need to shift from focusing merely on designers’ tasks and methods towards taking a more holistic a... read more
Author: Nicola Morelli nmor@create.aau.dk Aalborg University Abstract Design studies focuses on explaining the human activity of design, and is fundamental to design research. It frequently involves the use of qualitative research approaches such as cas... read more
Authors: Paul Emmerson Robert Young Abstract For today’s and future generations, we prohibit the ‘good life’ due to the lack of fairness resulting from the unsustainable systemic environmental effects of capitalist defined lifestyles. This paper c... read more
Authors: Dongjin Song Yongqi Lou Abstract These years, with the revolution of social innovation, design is enlarging its scope and actively initiated to social and public sector, design activism movement is emerging. Isolation of design practice and res... read more
Authors: Virginia Tassinari, Francesca Piredda & Elisa Bertolotti Abstract: Abstract: The German philosopher Hannah Arendt believes that storytelling can be used to reopen the idea of public space and to facilitate dialogue/action amongst citizens a... read more
Authors: Luisa Collinaa Laura Galluzzoa Stefano Maffeia Vanessa Monnaa Abstract Design Education is changing. Setting out from the awareness that “the profile of design professions need not – and should not – remain what it is today” (Findeli, 200... read more
Author: Anna Seravalli , The School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University Abstract This paper contributes to the understanding of urban commons and how they might be (co)-designed. Insights from two cases are used to articulate how urban commons ... read more
Authors: Essi Kuure, University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design Satu Miettinen, University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design Mira Alhonsuo, University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design Abstract This article aims to explain how transformation... read more
Next 25th of July, Ezio Manzini will present “Hybrid Communities of Place: Politics of the every day in the post-pandemic phase”. The event is organized by Prof. CAI Jun of the Design Management Institute of the Academy of Arts&Design, Tsi... read more
24H WORLDWIDE DESIGN CONVERSATIONS Ed. 2020 | design wor(l)dbook after lockdown Following the COVID19 pandemic, many design paradigms need to be rethought and re-invented. The POLIMI Design System community of the Politecnico di Milano will launch, on Jun... read more
How does the ecological thinking affect architects, designers and the design culture itself? Complete information here: https://eventi.unibo.it/theecologicalturn-architettura-bologna-2020 The Anthropocene has the merit of challenging our conventions in an... read more
The Center for Design at Northeastern University (Boston, USA) has launched Design for Emergency, an open design platform to face the Covid-19 emergency through design. https://www.designforemergency.com Through this project, we&... read more
Organised by Virginia Tassinari, Ezio Manzini, Arturo Escobar, Liesbeth Huybrechts and Annalinda De RosaZoom conversation @PDC2020 Manizales 15:30-17:00 COT – Brussels 22:30-00:00 CEST In this session, hosted by PDC2020, we will open the discussion a... read more
Innovation processes in public service communication for service designs Complete info here! MD Journal #10 intends to explore the contribution that design can make to this area of interest, by focusing on the theoretical and design aspects, sharing ... read more
We are proud to announce that the preliminary program for PDC2020 is now online! This year PDC will also be fully online, exploring participation(s) otherwise and more sustainable formats for knowledge exchange in times of global pandemics. Call for Parti... read more
2 July 2020 | 5pm – 6pm (London)This event will be live streamed via Zoom Brought to you by the Short Courses & Executive Education team at the RCA. Currently our resilience looks to peers, local resources and communities to temper the storm. Rob... read more
After inviting students from across the globe to develop products, services and systems that address SDG 12 for responsible consumption and production, Cumulus GREEN 2020 announced its 3 winners and 50 honorable mentions! Students across 44 countries and ... read more
Dear colleagues from DESIS, our long time friend François Jégou, curator of the Collaborative City exhibition within Lille 2020, World Design Capital, invites us to submit projects that rethink the theme of the Collaborative City within the pandemic cri... read more