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.

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Research

ReverseLab

A space for contemporary art between the prison and the city

Events

Gianfranco Ferré tra ragione e sentimento

Palazzo Malinverni showcases the designer's sketches and iconic garments

Events

Towards More-Than-Human Collective Intelligence

MORE-THAN-HUMAN AI #2

Design for systemic change

T-Factor

Making cities in the age of uncertainty

Network

ICG RenaisScience Hub

A true renaissance of ceramics through scientific research

News

QS World University Rankings 2025

Politecnico di Milano ranks 111th in the world and enters the top 8% of global universities of excellence

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Milano Digital Week

Tech(&)Democracy

October 14, 2024, 3:30pm - 6:30pm CEST, Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Viale Pasubio, 5, Milan

Three conversations with technology and new media experts and local organizations.

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01/10

Digital Design Days

Al Multiverse - Exploring the Multiple Dimensions of Artificial Intelligence

October 8, 2024, 1:30 pm, Superstudio Più, Via Tortona, 27, Milan

The panel discussion will offer a multidisciplinary perspective on artificial intelligence, exploring its applications in five key fields.

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02/10

Webinar

Trustworthy AI by design: Insights from the AI, Big Data and Democracy Taskforce

October 1, 2024, 10 to 11:30 am, Online Event

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03/10

ReverseLab

GLI ARTISTI SONO QUELLI CHE FANNO CASINO. Frammenti dal carcere di San Vittore

From September 28 to October 28, 2024, Casa Circondariale Francesco di Cataldo (San Vittore Prison), Piazza Filangieri 2, Milan

The ReverseLab space in Milan's San Vittore Prison “Francesco Di Cataldo” was inaugurated this week.

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04/10

Crowdfunding

The Queer City project

Until September 30, 2024

Crowdfunding due September 30 for The Queer City project.

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05/10

Milano Green Week 2024

Coltivando. 12 Years of Design, Relationships with the Neighborhood, Encounters and Organic Crops!

September 28, 2024, from 12pm to 6pm, Bovisa Campus, Via Candiani, 72, Milan

Guided tours of the garden to learn about the method of growing fruits, vegetables, hops for brewing, and compost.

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06/10

Milano Green Week 2024

Martiri Oscuri Green Play Street

From September 26 to September 29, 2024, from 10am – 5pm, via Martiri Oscuri, Milano

Via Martiri Oscuri will be transformed into a protected and accessible public space for four days.

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07/10

MORE-THAN-HUMAN AI #2

Towards More-Than-Human Collective Intelligence

September 24, 2024, 6:30 pm, Workshop Space 3, Building B3, Campus Bovisa, Via Durando 10, Milan

The second lecture of the series will be given by Roni Bulent Ozel, artificial intelligence expert with double PhD.

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08/10

Exploring the boundaries between humans and AI in the design of regenerative futures

MORE-THAN-HUMAN AI

From 6:30 pm at Workshop Space Tre, Building B3, Campus Bovisa, Via Durando 10, Milan

A lecture series organized by the PhD Program in Design and the Design Intelligences Institute.

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09/10

Palazzo Malinverni showcases the designer's sketches and iconic garments

Gianfranco Ferré tra ragione e sentimento

From 7 September to 6 October 2024, Sala degli Stemmi, Palazzo Malinverni, Via Bernardino Luini, 1, Legnano

An exhibition exploring Gianfranco Ferré's unique approach to fashion design through a selection of iconic designs and garments.

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10/10

Research

Design Philology

A historical and philological research project to celebrate design at Politecnico di Milano

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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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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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