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.
Events
Gianfranco Ferré dentro l’obiettivo
Photography exhibition at Forte di Bard
News
Publication of the first three volumes edited by faculty members of the Department of Design
DIPARTIMENTI DI ECCELLENZA
Research
The therapeutic habitats of the LABIRINT research group
World Alzheimer's Month
Events
Climate Change Adaptation Rights: Are We All in This Together?
MORE-THAN-HUMAN AI #5
Research
ReverseLab
A space for contemporary art between the prison and the city
News
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
Politecnico di Milano ranked 7th in the world for Design
News
See allAn itinerant multimedia project curated by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro
Design Spaziale Italiano
Bruxelles, Prague, Paris, London, Vienna
A project that features a series of events, exhibitions of physical products, digital content, installations, and videos.
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01/10
8th Italian Yacht Design Conference
Sailing The Future
November 29, 2024, 2 pm, Carlo De Carli Lecture Hall, Durando Campus, via Durando 10, Milan
A window on the changes that are coming and will be coming to the industry as a whole.
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02/10
Exhibition
Le Macchine utili di Bruno Munari
From November 28 2024 to March 15 2025 at Spazio Munari, via Savona 17/5, Milan
An exhibition to explore Munari's language and methodology from the machine projects.
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03/10
Exhibition
Italy, Land of Patent. Successful Inventions and Innovations
November 23, 2024 - March 2, 2025, MIMIT - Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Palazzo Piacentini, via Veneto 33, Rome
An exhibition that tells the story of the past and present through the impact of more than 100 patents for industrial inventions.
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04/10
Publication
Food procurement and short food value chains
The volume edited by Davide Fassi has been published by FrancoAngeli.
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05/10
Publication
Designing Immersion in Art and Culture
The volume edited by Davide Spallazzo and Mauro Ceconello has been published by FrancoAngeli.
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06/10
Photography exhibition at Forte di Bard
Gianfranco Ferré dentro l’obiettivo
From December 6 2024 to March 9, 2025, Forte di Bard, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, Bard, AO
An unprecedented journey dedicated to the great architect and fashion designer, eighty years after his birth.
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07/10
OPENVERSE 3rd Expert Workshop
IPR Challenges and Barriers to the Single Digital Market for SMEs and Start-ups Active in the Virtual Worlds and Web4.0 Arena
November 19, 2024, 2:30 CET, online
A workshop focusing on the challenges and barriers faced by SMEs and start-ups in the virtual worlds and Web4.0 sectors.
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08/10
Publication
Design della comunicazione. Un ritratto disciplinare: studi e traiettorie
The volume edited by Valeria Bucchetti, has been published by FrancoAngeli.
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09/10
ELIA Biennial Conference 2024
Arts Plural
20-23 November 2024, online event
The ELIA network offers the community of the Department of Design the opportunity to join the conference online.
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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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