Paolo Volonté
Design, Technology & Society
A sociologist working at the Design Department of the Politecnico di Milano, and today I took with me this strange object with a slightly high-tech, but also very low-tech design.
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The Department
The Department of Design is the leading Italian centre for scientific research in the field of design. Rooted in the Italian design culture, it is oriented towards exploring new disciplinary frontiers, putting design at the service of contemporary challenges.
Design for systemic change
NetZeroCities. Accelerating cities' transition to net zero emissions by 2030
The research project, the Mutual Learning Events and the Cities Mission Conference
Research
Exploring citizen and stakeholder engagement in Service Design
Interreg Europe Webinar
Events
Care(ful) Design. Service Design re(turns) Systemic
Presentation of the book “Systemic Service Design” with the author Mari Suoheimo
News
Laboratorio COmeta wins first prize Design&Territories 2025
Awards
Events
State of UX in Italy 2025
UX Talk #40
Research
Politecnico di Milano ranked 6th globally in Design
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
News
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Ricette d'autore. Piatti (più o meno inventati) raccontati alla maniera di grandi registi internazionali
June 21, 2025, from 7:30 pm, Nuovo Armenia, via Livigno 9, Milano
Screening of audiovisual projects from the Movie Design Lab, Communication Design Course.
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01/10
Online Webinar
From Theory to Practice. The Role of AI in Scaling Deliberative Democracy
June 20, 2025, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm, Online event
The event explores how AI and digital tools can support democratic processes and participatory governance. It includes an expert panel and a live demo of the ORBIS AI toolkit for argument mining.
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02/10
Presentation of the book “Systemic Service Design” with the author Mari Suoheimo
Care(ful) Design. Service Design re(turns) Systemic
June 24, 2025, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Polifactory, B3 Building, via Privata Simone Schiaffino 22-30, Milan
How can service design rediscover its systemic principles to better address complex social-economic-technological challenges?
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03/10
Awards
Laboratorio COmeta wins first prize Design&Territories 2025
Technical and typological innovation, the skillful use of traditional technologies, experimentation with emerging technologies, and environmental and social sustainability.
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04/10
Exhibition
MORE THAN HUMANS- THE FUTURE IS MULTISPECIES. Caring for one another, across species and intelligences
June 10, 2025, 10 am - 6 pm (Panel at 6 pm), at Spazio EDME, floor -1, building B2, Campus Durando, Politecnico di Milano.
A glimpse into a future in which artificial intelligence is not just a tool, but an active agent in the co-evolution of ecosystems.
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05/10
AIIT National Conference 2025
Mobility beyond engineering: how can the humanities contribute?
20 June 2025, Automobile Club Milano, Corso Venezia 43, Milan
Fabio Borghetti, Roberto Maja, Laura Galluzzo and Carla Sedi will participate in the AIIT 2025 National Conference.
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06/10
Exhibition
Believe It or Not. Speculating on (Un)Real Conspiracy Theories
14 June 2025, from 11 am to 7 pm, Dotdotdot, via Tertulliano 68, Milan
Believe It or Not presents 11 communication design projects, 11 communicative machines, and 11 speculative scenarios.
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07/10
2025 UNESCO Conference
Capacity Building on AI and Digital Transformation in the Public Sector
4-5 June 2025, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Marzia Mortati and Ilaria Mariani will participate in the UNESCO 2025 Conference.
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08/10
UX Talk #40
State of UX in Italy 2025
June 6, 2025, 6 pm, YoRoom Coworking, via Pastrengo 14, Milan
Discussion on the evolution of UX with the results of the Experience Design Academy's survey on roles, compensation, geography and customers in the industry.
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09/10
Galileo Galilei Science&Space Festival
ITALIAN SPACE DESIGN – Inhabiting Space
14 June 2025, from 17:15, ESA-ESOC Presse Centre, Robert Bosch Str. 5, Darmstadt
A festival dedicated to disseminating scientific culture and topics, as well as enhancing the network of Italian professors and researchers.
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10/10
Design for systemic change
Design Philology
A historical and philological research project to celebrate design at Politecnico di Milano
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Alessandro Colizzi
Join the dots: narrating design between archives and testimonials
I’ve just come back from Montreal, Canada, where I was a professor at the École de design at UQAM from 2005 onwards. I taught History of Graphic Design, Typography and Type Design, Exhibition Design and Critical Design.
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Stefana Maja Broadbent
The join challenges of social sciences and desing
I have recently joined the Department of Design as an Associate Professor. I am a social scientist.
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