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
Author: Gjoko Muratovski Gjoko Muratovski – Empowerment_by_Design_Editorial The role of design as a strategic resource goes beyond the corporate sector and design is increasingly being seen as an agent of positive social change. Governments from aro... read more
Author: M. Rossi article – MartinaRossi_Design_Doing Abstract: Today’s organisations are increasingly shifting their innovation processes from a top-down approach to bottom-up collaborative practices. These activities can involve multiple kind... read more
Author: Daichi Iwase Daichi Iwase – Potential of Bamboo Bicycle Production For Promoting Sustainable Community Development In Rural Areas Abstract: Today many rural areas across the world are faced with issues such as, depopulation, and an aging of... read more
Authors: Chiara Del Gaudio, Carlo Franzato and Alfredo J. de Oliveira Sharing Design Abstract: Partnerships with local actors are quite common in social design projects developed in unknown contexts. Several design researchers describe them as positive an... read more
Carla Cipolla The DESIS Talks aims to discuss and define joint initiatives to be developed by DESIS members. The first two conversations took place through an online system (18 and 20 October) in two different time zones to allow – as much a... read more
Author: Robert Crocker CROCKERSEPINTRODUCTIONFINAL From Access to Excess In Life, the Universe and Everything, one of his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books, Douglas Adams describes a cricket match, at Lords in London, in an imagined future, where... read more
Ezio Manzini 29.11.2107 We are currently working on a new DESIS Thematic Cluster to investigate if and how design for city-making can play a role in generating, or regenerating, urban fabric. We already did a workshop on this theme in Shanghai,... read more
Authors: Terence Fenn, Jason Hobbs article – Conceptualisingindeterminateproblems Abstract: When faced with complex problems that are situated in social reality many design students struggle to formulate meaningful and articulate responses to these ... read more
(by Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network founder)20th October 2021 In a few weeks the DESIS Assembly 2021 will happen. It is good that it will happen now: we must make it into a non-formal meeting in which to share our vision of where the world is going. And of us... read more
Thursday 11 November, 5pm – 7pm UTCPlease check your timezone: here At this online roundtable, hosted by DESIS and part of the UAL ‘Carnival of Crisis’ festival, we will explore: how can we craft new social economies and mobilise creati... read more
SAVE the DATE: 17th November 2021 at 14.00 UTC – DESIS Café hosted by Nick Spencer from the nDESIS Lab in Northumbria University – UK! DESIS Café is a virtual place where DESIS Labs can meet and talk about their activities, expectations, thought... 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