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.
Research
Exploring citizen and stakeholder engagement in Service Design
Interreg Europe Webinar
Events
MODÆ. Architettura, Fotografia, Grafica, Progetto e Sostenibilità
Exhibition
Events
TAKEBACK | Pre-loved Clothing Collection
MADEBACK Festival
Research
Design Convivio is now at Politecnico
Access to the installation is available from April 2025
Research
Design Week 2025
The initiatives of the Design System of Politecnico di Milano
Research
Politecnico di Milano ranked 6th globally in Design
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
Design for systemic change
The ekip project
Innovation Policies for Cultural and Creative Industries in Europe
News
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Designing intelligence for environmental reciprocity
From May 31 to June 8, 2025, Parco Nord Milano – Cascina Centro Parco, Via Clerici 150, Sesto San Giovanni
Towards a more sustainable relationship between AI and Nature
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01/10
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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02/10
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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03/10
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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04/10
Final presentation of Passion in Action
Biodesign Challenge
June 3, 2025, 6:00 pm @ room B2.2.13, Building B2, Campus Bovisa Durando, via Candiani 72, Milan
Four innovative and imaginative projects in the field of Biodesign, the winner will then compete for the Biodesign Challenge Digital Submission Prize.
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05/10
POLIMIFEST2025
June events at Campus Leonardo
The festival has been enriched by new and prestigious collaborations with cultural organisations such as the FringeMI Festival, the Milano Film Festival, and the Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti.
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06/10
èStoria. 21st International History Festival
Cities of the universe: what it will be like to live in space
30 May 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Auditorium of Friulian Culture, Gorizia
An imaginative journey through the possibilities that the future holds for the development of cities in an unusual dimension: space.
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07/10
PoliMi Sailing Team
The official sailing team of Politecnico di Milano has won the Sustainability category at the 2025 Foiling Awards
This international award recognises the team's commitment to sustainable innovation in the nautical sector.
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08/10
The Queer City
TIUS 2025. Final Projects Presentation
27 May 2025, from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Campus Durando, Via Candiani, 72, Milan
Thirty students will present their final projects exploring the relationship between queerness and public space in Milan's nine municipalities.
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09/10
Design International Series online lectures
Ai Design
May 8, 16, 22, 29, 2025, Zoom platform
A series of lectures on AI and Design, featuring the authors of the Design International editorial series, published by FrancoAngeli.
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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
Meet our researchers
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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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