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
Design Week 2025
The initiatives of the Design System of Politecnico di Milano
Research
Design Convivio is now at Politecnico
Access to the installation is available from April 2025
Design for systemic change
The ekip project
Innovation Policies for Cultural and Creative Industries in Europe
Research
Politecnico di Milano ranked 6th globally in Design
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
Research
Liked, trapped, shared. Incontri digitali con la biodiversità
Exhibition opening
Design for systemic change
Artcast 4D
Unleashing creativity!
Design for systemic change
URBREATH
Training Mission II to Certify European Nature-Based Solutions Managers
News
See allWorld Autism Awareness Day
Design and Autism at Politecnico di Milano: Connections, Experiences and Collaborations
April 2, 2025, Aula Magna Rettorato, Building 1, Campus Leonardo, Politecnico di Milano
An opportunity for a multi-voiced discussion between those involved in research, activism and professional practice to explore the role of design in the field of autism and social inclusion.
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01/10
Publication
Fashion Design Circularity. Reimagining development models to transform the system
A volume edited by Erminia D'Itria, published by Mandragora Firenze.
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02/10
The Queer City
Tactical urbanism and pavement painting at Spazio Q?!
March 29, 2025, 9:30 am, Via Adolfo Omodeo, 29, Milan (entrance Via Ugo Betti)
A participatory action of tactical urbanism in which the paving of the area will be collectively painted in collaboration with WAU! Milan.
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03/10
A new MOOC by Polimi DESIS Lab
Spaces and Services for Local Communities. New ways of managing, designing, and inhabiting cities
A new MOOC on Social Innovation and Sustainability available on the Polimi Open Knowledge (POK) portal
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04/10
Design for a better world. A conversation with Don Norman
March 25, 2025, 3:30 pm, room B2.1.8, B2 Building, Bovisa Durando Campus, via Candiani 72, Milan
Francesco Zurlo, Dean of the School of Design, moderates the meeting with Don Norman
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05/10
A new series of open lectures on Interactive Transmedia Narrative and Game Studies
Game & IDN Talks 2025
From March 24 to May 19, 2025, online
A series of open lectures organized by llaria Mariani and Mariana Ciancia.
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06/10
World Autism Awareness Day
'Autism and Design' seminar
April 5, 2025, from 10 am to 1 pm, Sala Consiliare Comunale, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, Cantù
The event is part of the initiatives organised to mark the week of April 2, World Autism Awareness Day.
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07/10
Situated Vocabulary San Vittore
FOR LOVE OF THE WORLD: Philosophy, Technology and Art Festival
March 29 2025, 15:00 - 19:30, Theater de Veste, Delft
The Vocabolario Situated Vocabulary San Vittore, developed as part of the Off Campus San Vittore activities, will participate in the second edition of the Festival.
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08/10
Publication
Mnemosphere. Designing a Neologism between Memories, Emotions and Atmospheres
A volume edited by Marta Elisa Cecchi and Clorinda Sissi Galasso, published by FrancoAngeli.
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09/10
The Department of Design will participate in the Longevity Labs
Milan Longevity Summit
22 and 23 March 2025, Triennale, Sala Agorà, Viale Emilio Alemagna, 6, Milan
A premier global event dedicated to exploring longevity through a multidisciplinary perspective.
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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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