DESIS Philosophy Talks Book The Pearl Diver: The Designer as Storyteller (free download) Presently, we encounter a wide variety of ways in which designers tell stories of social innovation. This encouraged us to start a reflection on the idea of storytell... read more
Jiangnan University 7th DESIS Symposium 2016 As a part of programme of DESIS-China regional cluster, the 7th DESIS Symposium 2016 has been organized at School of Design Jiangnan University (Wuxi, China) on 26th -27th of November 2016. With the theme of â€... read more
REFRAMING MIGRATION Looking around, we can recognise several examples of migrating people catalysing and contributing to new ways of meeting everyday needs – collaborative initiatives and organisations demonstrating in practice how inclusion can be ... read more
Call for proposals for: INSIDE/OUTSIDE Working our way out of the damaged now is an exhibition and symposium in February 2017 at the San Francisco State University Design Gallery in collaboration with DESIS Philosophy Talk and DESIS Lab LUCA Arts. ... read more
Call for participation Welcome to join this explorative research workshop to imagine a future without cars  Venue D&I College of Design and Innovation, Aquarium Room Monday 24th october, 1pm to 7pm Organized by German Studies Center a... read more
Ezio Manzini, Politecnico di Milano Emeritus Professor, has been awarded the Compasso d’Oro ADI alla Carriera 2016. This is the oldest and most influential international design award established in 1954 in Italy. The Compasso d’Oro is awarded on t... read more
We are pleased to announce that the DESIS food cluster is now at the launch! The Food Cluster is an initiative of DESIS Network that explores and promotes design knowledge for social innovation and sustainability in the food system. The cluster aims to hi... read more
A scenario in which more is more 09 Oct. 2014 18.00 -20.00 – Central Saint Martin, Kings Cross, London Josephine Green, in discussion with Jeremy Till and Ezio Manzini Resilience is increasingly recognized as a key quality to cultivate in the face o... read more
Parallel Crossings, Film festival for Social Innovations and Sustainability in Berlin From the 5th until the 28th of September Parallel Crossings a unique Film Festival on Social Innovation and Sustainability is taking place in Berlin screening film produ... read more
Ezio Manzini, 25.07.2014Â The notion of design for social innovation is frequently considered similar, if not coincident, with the one of social design. In my view, to do that is an error: the two expressions refer to different activities and have very d... read more