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.
News
Method for implementing a QR code in knitted fabric
The new patent by a Department of Design's team of specialised technicians
Research
Design Week 2025
The initiatives of the Design System of Politecnico di Milano
Research
Design Convivio is now at Politecnico
Access to the installation is available from April 2025
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
Research
Liked, trapped, shared. Incontri digitali con la biodiversità
Exhibition opening
Design for systemic change
Artcast 4D
Unleashing creativity!
News
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Incontri sulla grafica editoriale ieri, oggi, domani
April 10, 2025, from 9:30 am, Room B2.1.1, Building B2, Bovisa Durando Campus, Via Candiani 72, Milan
An event dedicated to editorial graphics and its evolution over time, featuring talks by industry experts
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01/10
The Queer City
OPEN CO-DESIGN SESSION
April 8, 2025, from 10 am to 12:30 pm, Room B2.1.15, Building B2, Durando Campus, Via Candiani, 72, Milan
An opportunity for discussion to explore the relationship between queerness and public space.
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02/10
HCI International 2024
Giuseppe Andreoni wins Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award of the 15th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling & Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics & Risk Management has been conferred to Giuseppe Andreoni.
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03/10
PUNTO POT
A moment of general reflection and training on the NEED - New Empathic Educational Design - project
10 April 2025, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm, Room B2.2.8, Building B2, Durando Campus, Via Candiani 72, Milan
On the occasion of the Salone del Mobile 2025, the 18 universities involved in the NEED project will meet in a hybrid format at the Politecnico di Milano to reflect on the project's achievements and future prospects.
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04/10
World Autism Awareness Day
Design and Autism at Politecnico di Milano: Connections, Experiences and Collaborations
April 2, 2025, Aula Magna Rettorato, Building 1, Campus Leonardo, Politecnico di Milano
An opportunity for a multi-voiced discussion between those involved in research, activism and professional practice to explore the role of design in the field of autism and social inclusion.
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05/10
Synergies across projects: ORBIS and AI4GOV
A collaboration between two projects that bridges advanced research with academic learning
The ORBIS project has successfully integrated with the Artificial Intelligence for Public Services (AI4GOV) Master Program at POLI.design, particularly within Project Work 3 (PW3)—a five-week module focused on AI for active listening and citizen participation.
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06/10
Parliamo di Moda
Design, manufacture, industrialisation
April 1st, 2025, at 11:30 a.m., Room B2.2.8, Campus Bovisa Durando
Davide Perrone, founder and CEO of SCA Group - Società Capi Abbigliamento, tells how he built a luxury manufacturing hub with all-Italian DNA.
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07/10
Publication
Fashion Design Circularity. Reimagining development models to transform the system
A volume edited by Erminia D'Itria, published by Mandragora Firenze.
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08/10
The Queer City
Tactical urbanism and pavement painting at Spazio Q?!
March 29, 2025, 9:30 am, Via Adolfo Omodeo, 29, Milan (entrance Via Ugo Betti)
A participatory action of tactical urbanism in which the paving of the area will be collectively painted in collaboration with WAU! Milan.
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09/10
A new MOOC by Polimi DESIS Lab
Spaces and Services for Local Communities. New ways of managing, designing, and inhabiting cities
A new MOOC on Social Innovation and Sustainability available on the Polimi Open Knowledge (POK) portal
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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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