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.
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Tracks4Crafts: A Future Oriented Approach to Heritage
Annual Meeting 2025
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Unfolding Gianfranco Ferré
The new MOOC by the Gianfranco Ferré Research Center
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In memory of Giorgio Armani
Politecnico di Milano celebrates the Master's legacy.
Events
OSMOSI Dialogues: Participatory practices in Hybrid Spaces
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PARIPASSO - Per crescere insieme
The research project and participatory design workshops
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Politecnico di Milano ranked 6th globally in Design
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
News
See allA new MOOC – Massive Open Online Course
Metadesign and Interiors. Designers’ voices and approaches
A new MOOC on Metadesign and industrialisation practices in interior design available on the Polimi Open Knowledge (POK) portal
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01/10
Milano Digital Week
AI. Democrazia. Conoscenza
October 3, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 6:15 PM, Rob de Matt, Via Enrico Annibale Butti 18, Milan
The European projects ORBIS and NEUROCLIMA are organizing a public event to explore the role of Artificial Intelligence in the production of and access to knowledge.
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02/10
The exhibition of Made in Italy excellence arrives in Venice Mestre
Identitalia, The Iconic Italian Brands
From September 27 to February 5, 2025, M9 - Museum of the 20th Century, Venice Mestre
Curated by Professors Francesco Zurlo and Carlo Martino, the exhibition celebrates some of the finest examples of Made in Italy through a visual journey composed of original sketches, representative pieces, photographs, historical documents, advertising posters, and screenings of commercials and videos.
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03/10
First pilot demonstration
YouRban Festival in Milan. Designing Together for a Circular Future
From September 25 to October 6, 2025, Fabbrica del Vapore, via Procaccini 4, Milan
a ten-day event dedicated to circular design, sustainability, and urban innovation, featuring the presentation of the YouRban Mobile Lab.
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04/10
A Large-Scale Dialogue on Security in Changing Times
What Makes Us Feel Safe Today?
The ORBIS project is launching a new stage of its AI-enhanced deliberative experiments: a large-scale online dialogue open to everyone.
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05/10
Milano Green Week
Coltivando. The Community Garden at Politecnico di Milano
September 20, 2025, 11:30 am - 6:30 am, Campus Bovisa Durando, Via Giuseppe Candiani 72, Milan
A day of community, sustainability, and urban gardening at Politecnico di Milano during Milano Green Week 2025.
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06/10
International Symposium and Summer School
Reclaiming Hope: Navigate (un)certainty, imagine better futures
September 18-19, 2025, EPIC, Kolodvorska pot 10, Nova Gorica
A multifaceted event exploring how design can engage with uncertainty and shape more just, resilient, and imaginative futures.
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07/10
Information Is Beautiful Awards
RAWGraphs awarded the ‘Test of Time Award’
RAWGraphs was ranked first by three out of four judges, confirming its role as a key reference for professionals and researchers.
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08/10
Award
'Embryo' project is among the winners of the IF Design Student Awards
Embryo is a project developed by student Matteo Vicentini during the Final Synthesis Workshop of the third year of the three-year degree course in Industrial Product Design 23/24.
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09/10
Polimi Jewelry Podcast
Portagioie
An original project created by students of the Jewelry and Accessory Design degree course at Politecnico di Milano.
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10/10
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Design Philology
A historical and philological research project to celebrate design at Politecnico di Milano
Meet our researchers
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Giovanni Maria Conti
DIGIKNIT. The digitised MF1 historical archive
DIGIKNIT is a project to digitise the most important historical collection of Italian-made knitted garments to develop innovative digital services that can foster the creative process and give new life to manufacturing in the knitwear sector..
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Margherita Pillan
UX Design
My name is Margherita Pillan and I’m a Professor at the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano. I deal with a lot of things: Interaction Design, Interface Design, Service Design, but today I would like to talk about UX Design, which is the discipline I teach in the Master's Degree Course, it’s the discipline on which I do research and it’s the competence I bring in my collaboration with various companies.
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