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
30 October 2021 from 9:00-17:00 (GMT+08:00) DESIS International symposium is an annual academic event of Jiangnan University under the framework of DESIS network. This online symposium is scheduled for October 30 and is a part of the 2021 Jiangnan Univers... read more
The SDS2021 (VIII Simpósio de Design Sustentável + Sustainable Design Symposium) is one of the main events in the field of Design for Sustainability in South America. The event will be held between 1st and 3rd December 2021, and it is endorsed by the Br... read more
(By Teresa Franqueira) We have the pleasure to invite you to attend the first Conversations for the Planet event on the 30th September, at 13.00 UTC.The topic of this Conversation is Social Innovation in Post-Catastrophic contexts, and we expect it to act... read more
Paper submission system will be open from 1st September 2021 and full papers must be submitted by 24th November 2021. DRS2022 invites new paper submissions in an open call or theme-track. They embrace research looking at and using design in the widest po... read more
Save the date! Virtual Conference on November 8-11, 2021 The virtual Cumulus Conference hosted by Universidad de las Artes del Ecuador (UArtes) from Guayaquil, Ecuador will take place next November 8 through 11. The conference seeks to promote academic re... read more
(by Susan Melsop) OSU DESIS Lab, based in the Ohio State University, hosted the DESIS Café on September 15th, 2021. The event was co-hosted by Susan Melsop and Sébastien Proulx. After having the opportunity to share and contextualize our work, the café... read more
SAVE the DATE: 15th September 2021 at 14.00 UTC – DESIS Café hosted by Susan Melsop from the OSU DESIS Lab in the USA! DESIS Café is a virtual place where DESIS Labs can meet and talk about their activities, expectations, thoughts, research, projects,... read more
August 17th, 2021 – 13:00-16:00 @ NORDES2021 (online) Liesbeth Huybrechts, Oswald Devisch, Mela Zuljevic (UHasselt) Virginia Tassinari, Annalinda de Rosa (Politecnico Di Milano) Ezio Manzini (DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano) Contributions by Cristi... read more
(by Pablo Bris) ETSIDI Madrid Desis Lab, based in the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), hosted the DESIS Café on July 21st, 2021. The event was co-hosted by Félix Bendito, Cristina Alía,... read more
SAVE the DATE: 21 July 2021 at 12.00 UTC DESIS Café hosted by Pablo Bris from the ETSIDI Madrid DESIS Lab in Spain! DESIS Café is a virtual place where DESIS Labs can meet and talk about their activities, expectations, thoughts, research, projects, etc... read more