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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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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01/10
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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02/10
Publication
Relive: novel design approaches to livingness
A volume edited by Venere Ferraro and Giorgia Burzio, published by FrancoAngeli.
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03/10
Food and Science Festival 2025
Spazi gustosi. Progetti per una nuova esperienza di alimentazione nei contesti scolastici
16 to 18 May 2025, Piazza Concordia, Mantua
Politecnico di Milano presents the results of research developed within the OnFood partnership.
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04/10
Il digitale che accoglie
Accessibility Days 2025
May 15 and 16, 2025, Istituto dei Ciechi di Milano, Via Vivaio, 7, Milan
The Department of Design will once again participate in this year's Accessibility Days, an event dedicated to accessibility and disabilities for those who design, develop, create, or communicate digital content.
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05/10
Evening Lecture
Designing Interactions around AI/ML, from Smart Energy to Digital Health
May 15 2025, 6 pm, Design Social Club, building B9A, Durando Campus
The Department of Design will host an evening talk by Enrico Costanza, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at UCL Interaction Centre – University College London.
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06/10
Exhibition
MODÆ. Architettura, Fotografia, Grafica, Progetto e Sostenibilità
Until September 15, 2025, Spazio Mostre, Building B1, Bovisa Durando Campus, Via Candiani 72, Milan
A reflection on fashion’s power to tell the story of the world, shift perspectives, and create connections across disciplines.
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07/10
Innovative Digital Tools for Representation and Design
Oltre il BIM
May 16, 23, 30, 2025, Durando Campus
A combined course seminar of the Bachelor of Interior Design.
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08/10
Workshop on the universe of materials and creative reuse
Materials Dialogues
14-15 May 2025, Artex - Centro per l'Artigianato Artistico e Tradizionale della Toscana, Via Giano Della Bella 20, Florence
A two-day workshop exploring DIY materials and tinkering as a way to reflect on the role of materials in crafts and how emerging trends can expand and enrich the craft landscape.
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09/10
A new series of open lectures on Interactive Transmedia Narrative and Game Studies
Game & IDN Talks 2025
From March 24 to May 26, 2025, online
A series of open lectures organized by llaria Mariani and Mariana Ciancia.
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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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