Co-design Workshops: Methods and tools for Social Entrepreneurship with Local Communities co-design workshops Authors: João Sampaio, Teresa Franqueira, Marta Fereira Dias, Marlene Amorim, Liliana Ávila. Abstract: This article describes a set of work... read more
Authors: Yoonyee Pahk, James Self and Joon Sang Baek COVALENT a method for co designing value exchange in community centred design ABSTRACT It is challenging to design for mutually beneficial relationships in a multi-actor service system when these... read more
Dear DESIS Network members As you will know, we have always adopted the practice of organizing DESIS Assemblies side-by-side with conferences and, since the very start of our network, this has been done exclusively with Cumulus conferences. Next year howe... read more
Carla Cipolla, Bibiana Serpa and Rita Afonso Abstract: How to encourage university-community engagement with local communities and disadvantaged groups? This is one of the main questions of the project LASIN – Latin American Social Innovation Network... read more
Anna Seravalli, Mette Agger Eriksen & Per-Anders Hillgren Abstract The public sector, increasingly acknowledging a need for change but strongly influenced by market logics, is experimenting with new forms of co-production of public services ... read more
July 2017 Ezio Manzini Thanks to our International Coordinator’s efforts, we finally have a map of what the DESIS Labs are doing. Of course it is not perfect (not all the considered projects were sufficiently up-dated) and it can and will be improve... read more
Arianna Mazzeo Cast aside your troubles and come to the land, to Sardegna Island, around the Omodeo Lake, to join us in our slow creativity campus and decide to share and to be free. In a time where technology speed toward a new urban future, rural existe... read more
Arianna Mazzeo A shift from public service-dominant logic to the co-creation and co-design of public goods. Bruxells is well known as Eu motherhood, the centre of all the Eu Policies and Scenarios. We challenge policy-makers to start an experiential journ... read more
Carla Cipolla DESIS International Coordinator Dear members, this letter is particularly addressed to those who are interested in the DESIS network development. It is a bit long and I have written it as a personal and open letter. ————— No presen... read more
(New) Public Goods in The Journal of Design Strategies (2016) Building on the work of Public & Collaborative (the DESIS thematic cluster), a special issue of The Journal of Design Strategies considers the import of design practices concerned with t... read more
Find attached the official call for papers for the 9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology 2020. The Design Society Development DESIS Lab based in the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (University of Johannesburg) is a partner for t... read more
We are very pleased to announce the release of DESIS’ new book, Design for Social Innovation and Cities (DxSIC). The publication, edited by Ezio Manzini and Carla Cipolla, is a project compilation with all DESIS Labs’ projects with the keywords C... read more
DESIS Assembly – 29th October, in Bogota After the DxCC Seminar, in Bogota, the DESIS Network members will be able to join a meeting to discuss the on-going projects of all DESIS Labs around the world. The Assembly will be held on the 29th October, ... read more
Most people live in urban settlements that challenge the idea of cities as planned and regulated environments. They are challenging places where social and environmental problems may be tragically tangible, basic infrastructure may not exist and public in... read more
On the 22nd and 24th October, Prof Ezio Manzini will be at Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, in Cali, Colombia. Programme: Tuesday, 22nd October: The power of collaboration Venue: Auditorio Yquinde, UAO, Cali Time: 10:00-12:00 Thursday, 24nd October:... read more
On the 10th October 2019, in the city of Hyderabad, India, the World Design Organization will discuss the issues regarding the future of the design education. DESIS Network will be represented by our international coordinator Prof Carla Cipolla. Regis... read more
Written by Ezio Manzini (DESIS President) and Edgard Quijano (DESIS DISCALab Caribe) The next DxCC seminar in Bogotá raises this very basic question: can we have collaborative solutions in highly challenging places? That is, in places where social and en... read more
Sanitation is a major challenge in Moshie-Zongo (one of the less developed communities in Kumasi, Ghana). The ‘5-star street’ project is designed to address sanitation challenges in the Zongo community through the 5-Star Street project. This way the... read more
USIS – Unidade de Suporte à Inovação Social da UFRJ | SISU – Social Innovation Support Unit at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro There are many social innovation initiatives in the city of Rio de Janeiro that need support. Universities h... read more
A Design Project for SEWA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat SEWA, Self Employed Women Association, aims the women workers to obtain collective strength and ownership of their trades, and get directly linked with consumers through a store named ‘KALAKRUTI’ and vario... read more