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.
Focus
The Road-STEAMer roadmap was presented at the European Commission during the 'STE(A)M ATLAS' event
Horizon Europe project Road-STEAMer
Events
OSMOSI Dialogues: Participatory practices in Hybrid Spaces
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PARIPASSO - Per crescere insieme
The research project and participatory design workshops
News
Edible Futures – Designing veggie and fresh food services for the university
A workshop to design new sustainable food spaces and services on university campuses
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Metadesign and Interiors. Designers’ voices and approaches
A new MOOC – Massive Open Online Course
Focus
Politecnico di Milano ranked 6th globally in Design
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
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Metadesign and Interiors. Designers’ voices and approaches
A new MOOC on Metadesign and industrialisation practices in interior design available on the Polimi Open Knowledge (POK) portal
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01/10
International Symposium and Summer School
Reclaiming Hope: Navigate (un)certainty, imagine better futures
September 18-19, 2025, EPIC, Kolodvorska pot 10, Nova Gorica
A multifaceted event exploring how design can engage with uncertainty and shape more just, resilient, and imaginative futures.
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02/10
Information Is Beautiful Awards
RAWGraphs awarded the ‘Test of Time Award’
RAWGraphs was ranked first by three out of four judges, confirming its role as a key reference for professionals and researchers.
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03/10
Award
'Embryo' project is among the winners of the IF Design Student Awards
Embryo is a project developed by student Matteo Vicentini during the Final Synthesis Workshop of the third year of the three-year degree course in Industrial Product Design 23/24.
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04/10
Polimi Jewelry Podcast
Portagioie
An original project created by students of the Jewelry and Accessory Design degree course at Politecnico di Milano.
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05/10
Award
'Tete ya Mama' project is among the winners of the IF Design Student Awards
Tete ya Mama is a project developed by students Viola Cucchi, Greta Tassi, Anna Maria Cabini, Anna Ingaramo, and Marco Poggianti in the Product Development Studio (IP1) 24/25.
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06/10
Award
'Kromia' project is among the winners of the IF Design Student Awards
A project developed by Bianca Traversa, Mattia Maggiori, Anna Adami, Alice Gagliardo, Marco Orazio Inchingolo in the Concept Design Studio - MAKE Module 23/24.
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07/10
OSMOSI Dialogues: Participatory practices in Hybrid Spaces
22 – 23 September 2025, Building B3, Durando Campus, Via Candiani, 72
This event aims to collectively explore the conceptual, practical, and experimental role of socio-cultural hybrid spaces as key drivers of urban regeneration.
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08/10
Design Research Symposium
Materialdesign
July 18, 2025, from 9 am to 5 pm, IMD Institute for Materialdesign and Advanced Material Studies, Palleskestraße 32, Frankfurt am Main
Professor Valentina Rognoli will participate as a speaker at the MATERIALDESIGN Design Research Symposium. During the event, PhD candidates Sofia Duarte and Malu Luecking will also present their research work within the Department.
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09/10
15th edition of the night dedicated to architecture, arts, design
Demanio Marittimo. KM-278: ABITARE/DISABITARE
July 18, 2025 from 6 pm to 6 am, Lungomare Italia 11, Marzocca di Senigallia
Annalisa Dominoni will participate in the ‘“Abitare il Cielo”’ (Living in the Sky) meeting, organised under the patronage of the European Space Agency (ESA), dedicated to extraterrestrial habitability.
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10/10
Focus
Design Philology
A historical and philological research project to celebrate design at Politecnico di Milano
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Giovanni Maria Conti
DIGIKNIT. The digitised MF1 historical archive
DIGIKNIT is a project to digitise the most important historical collection of Italian-made knitted garments to develop innovative digital services that can foster the creative process and give new life to manufacturing in the knitwear sector..
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Margherita Pillan
UX Design
My name is Margherita Pillan and I’m a Professor at the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano. I deal with a lot of things: Interaction Design, Interface Design, Service Design, but today I would like to talk about UX Design, which is the discipline I teach in the Master's Degree Course, it’s the discipline on which I do research and it’s the competence I bring in my collaboration with various companies.
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