
Maffei Stefano
Full Professor
Maffei Stefano
Full Professor
Architect and PhD in Design. Full Professor of Design at the School of Design at Politecnico di Milano, where he teaches Service Design and Innovation Theory. He is Director of the Specializing Master in Service Design at POLI.design, Consortium Company of Politecnico di Milano specialized in post-graduate training. He is also Director of Polifactory, the interdepartmental fab lab and makerspace of Politecnico di Milano. His research interests focus on service design innovation, new production-distribution models and advanced and distributed microproduction systems. He coordinates the Politecnico research teams working within the European funded projects REFLOW, DDMP and T-FACTOR. He was awarded with the XXII° Compasso D’Oro in Design Research for the Design Research Maps project.
Research groups
CFS Lab
Group detailsDESIGN POLICY LAB
Group detailsPolifactory
Group detailsSIR
Group details
Research projects
YOURBAN: Co-creating innovative solutions for the recycling and reuse of composite materials
Project details(Eco) Sistema Design Milano. A research process, an integrated report, a first prototype action towards a permanent observatory for the analysis of the Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week ecosystem.
Project detailsWater Resilience Experiment. Investigating local and national water-related issues and solutions across Europe
Project detailsT-Factor. Making cities in the age of uncertainty
Project detailsBase5. Broadband InterfAces and services for Smart Environments enabled by 5G technologies
Project detailsSiscode. Co-design for society in innovation and science
Project detailsDDP. Distributed Design Platform - FABCARE
Project detailsDDP. Distributed Design Platform - NEXT STEPS
Project detailsIncludi.MI. Local Administration and Social Entrepreneurship for an inclusive Milan
Project details
Magazine articles