Ezio Manzini, December 2013 Against post-it design: to make things happen How creativity, design knowledge and dialogic collaboration should shape participatory design and design for social innovation. 1. By its very nature, design for social innovation i... read more
DESIS Network: template for project description Objective The objective of this template is to produce a description of the DESIS projects which may help to make emerge some transversal knowledge across the DESIS network. More in particular it aims to sti... read more
7 DESIS Issue on Design for Social Innovation Anna Meroni The DESIS Network has recently undertaken an international action of reflection on the transversal knowledge developed through the many initiatives of the Labs: projects, research actions, thematic... read more
DESIGN RESEARCH NETWORKS Ezio Manzini The on-going transition asks for diffuse design capabilities. And therefore for an original knowledge: design knowledge capable to feed the broad co-design processes that will have to drive the needed socio-technical ... read more
NEW DESIS, NEW IDEAS Anna Meroni, International coordinator. Dear DESISers, it seems that the (im)possible mission of turning DESIS into an Association is almost accomplished: the “constitution paper” with the new statute of DESIS signed by the initia... read more
Ezio Manzini We started DESIS seven years ago: in these 7 years social innovation has spread further and consolidated both in practice and as a topic of conversation, even in the mass media addressing the general public. At the same time, the theme has ac... read more
Anna Meroni This is the time for a new DESIS website and we believe that any change is an opportunity for an evolution. Who are we? What is our mission? What is design for social innovation today? We think of DESIS as a centre of collective intelligence, ... read more
Anna Meroni The 21st November, the annual DESIS Assembly will take place, in Hong Kong, just before the Cumulus Conference. For several reasons it will be for us a very important moment. In fact, this Assembly will be the opportunity for the network to di... read more
Ezio Manzini Design has always played a social and political role. Directly or indirectly and whether consciously or not, it has assumed all kinds of stances towards dominant social, cultural and economic systems: ranging from enthusiastic support to radi... read more
Ezio Manzini 5.04.2017 “We are in difficult and dangerous times. For many years, we lived in a world that, despite its problems, was nevertheless committed to principles of democracy in which human rights, fundamental freedoms, and opportunit... read more