Ezio Manzini, Anna Meroni, December 13th, 2012 A distributed design agency: a work in progress. Is DESIS a “distributed design research agency”? Not yet, but we are working on it!As a matter of fact, since the Meeting in Helsinki, in May 2012, several... read more
Wednesday March 12th, 2014 Design Academy Eindhoven, 5th Floor 14.00-17.00 DESIS Philosophy Talk Storytelling is an initiative of DESIS Network, Design Academy Eindhoven (Strategic Creativity Lab) – Heather Daam & Maartje Van Gestel, Politecnic... read more
DESIS China is glad to announce the Spring Festival, a series of initiatives organized by Jiangnan DESIS Lab in the framework of Re-design Education Conference at Jiangnan University This conference is an yearly appointment for the Chinese community of de... read more
Dear DESIS community, we are pleased to announce that the call for paper of the conference ‘CUMULUS Milan 2015 – The Virtuous Circle. Design Culture and Experimentation’, is now open. We are planning several parallel initiatives for DESIS and th... read more
Ezio Manzini, 25.07.2014 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
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
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
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
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
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