Ezio Manzini and Carla Cipolla 7.05.2018 In the framework of the ServDes Conference in Milano, next June, DESIS will also organise and coordinate (the 19th June afternoon) a workshop. Here below we anticipate a summary of its introduction. Please have a... read more
22.05.2018 The DESIS Assembly will take place side-by-side with ServDES – Service Design and Social Innovation Conference, hosted by Politecnico di Milano. It will take place 18 June, 2-5 PM CET, Milan time You can follow the DESIS Assembly by Zoom ... read more
Authors: Adam Thorpea, Alison Prendivillea, Lara Salinasa, Sarah Rhodesa Anatomy of local government-design education Abstract: The Public Collaboration Lab (PCL) is an action research partnership between the London Borough of Camden (LBC) and the Univer... read more
Author: Liliane Iten Chaves article – LilianeDesignforSocialInnovationDistributedEconomy Abstract: The article clarifies concepts incorporated to Design for sustainability, exposing differences and convergences among the terms. Distributed Economy... read more
Systems and Design Beyond Processes and Thinking Systems and Design Beyond Processes and Thinking system design Systems and Design Beyond Processes and Thinking Authors: Celaschi, Flaviano; Celi, Manuela; Formia, Elena; Franzato, Carlo; Imbesi, Lorenzo; P... read more
Authors: Davide Fassi, Anna Meroni, Giulia Simeone article – Meroni_Fassi – Simeone_DesignforSocialInnovationasaformofDesignActivism-Anactionformat Abstract: This paper presents and discusses an in-progress action format developed through a ... read more
Author: Ezio Manzini Designing coalitions Design for social forms in a fluid world Abstract: The fluidity of the world produced by the diffusion of connectivity drives us to adopt a similarly fluid interpretation. Doing so, the products of human activity ... read more
Authors: Yanki C Lee, Niels Hendriks, Albert S Y Tsang Open Dementia Project_Jan 2017_Cumulus Conference Paper HK Abstract: In Chinese society like in many cultures, persons with dementia suffer some level of stigmatisation. For this reason a dementia re... read more
Author: Angus Donald Campbell south africa – Decolonising_Design_Research Latin American Studies and decolonisation scholar Nelson Maldonado-Torres defines decoloniality as “the dismantling of relationships of power and conceptions of knowledge t... read more
Authors: FREIRE, DEL GAUDIO E FRANZATO ABSTRACT Purpose: Within the scientific literature on social innovation, several researchers from different areas are suggesting alternatives to promote, to sustain and to disseminate social innovation. However th... 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
(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
(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 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
The Special Issue “Design contributions for the COVID-19 global emergency” is now available. You can access it here: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/sdrj/article/view/sdrj.2020.133.01/60748255 The number of submissions and their global... read more
From Ingrid Bico and Matheus Ventura Today is the last day of 2020 and also our last day as DESIS International team members. During the past year and half, we had the opportunity to keep in touch with many inspiring people that make DESIS what it is. Thi... read more
Involved in DESIS Network since its creation, more than 10 years ago, in the last DESIS Assembly Teresa Franqueira presented her action program for the biennium 2021-2023. The proposal is based on three pillars and seeks to address environmental and ecolo... read more
Design and Nature: A Partnership is a collective effort involving 3 editors, Kate Fletcher, Louise St. Pierre, and Mathilda Tham, along with almost 40 contributors from around the world. The book contributes to the growing scholarship, about challenging a... read more
We are proud to present ServDes.2020 conference that allows delegates around the world to access all 100 presentations, panel discussions and workshops, designed to suit multiple time zones across the world. Please join us from 2-5th February 2021 by... read more
The Annual DESIS Assembly happened earlier this week, via Zoom, and reunited around 50 people from more than ten countries to discuss the activities developed in 2020 and also the next steps of the network. This Assembly marked an important transition bet... read more