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.
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Design Spaziale Italiano
An itinerant multimedia project curated by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro
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Supercharged by AI
Synthetic and out of control
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Gianfranco Ferré dentro l’obiettivo
Photography exhibition at Forte di Bard
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The therapeutic habitats of the LABIRINT research group
World Alzheimer's Month
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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
Politecnico di Milano ranked 7th in the world for Design
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DISRUPTING ORDERS
From 31 January to 2 February 2025, Stecca 3.0, Via Gaetano de Castillia, 26, Milan
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01/10
Round table
Cultural Heritage and Instability in Syria and the Middle East: Between Urgency and Reflections
20 January 2025, 5:30 pm, online event
Politecnico di Milano contributes to the Syrian Heritage Week in Italy by displaying its variety of approaches and expertise on the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage.
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02/10
Publication
Experimenting with the New European Bauhaus Values and Principles in Urban Transformation
The volume edited by Alessandro Deserti and Emma Puerari is now published as Open Access by Springer Nature.
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03/10
Proximity and innovation
The 7 winning research projects of the Polisocial Award 2024 are currently underway.
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04/10
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Strategic (Multiform) Design - The wide spectrum of applications of Strategic Design
The volume, edited by Gianluca Carella and Francesco Zurlo, has been published in the Politecnica series by Maggioli Editore.
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05/10
DIGITAL AND INTERACTION DESIGN WINTER SHOWCASE 2024-25
From unveiling humanity to more-than-human AI
January 15 and 22, 2025, 10am – 5pm, Teatro Virtuale, EDME LAB, Building B2, floor -1, Bovisa-Durando Campus, Via Candiani 72, Milano
The 2025 DID Showcase presents 20 projects developed during the Final Design Studios.
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06/10
Publication
SMOTIES Toolbox. Design tools for the creative transformation of public spaces in small and remote places
The book, edited by Valentina Auricchio, Annalinda De Rosa, Davide Fassi, Vanessa Monna, Paola Russo, Birgir Johannsson, Josie King, Astrid Lelarge, Pall Líndal and Frank van Hasselt, was published by Birkhäuser.
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07/10
How is UX in Italy and where are we going? Tell us about it: from jobs to salaries, from geography to clients
The current state of UX in Italy 2025: take the survey
The national UX survey was launched to understand how the discipline and professions are changing in a deeply evolving market and context and what new trajectories the future holds.
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08/10
Publication
Remote Places, Public Spaces. The story of creative works with ten small communities
The volume edited by Davide Fassi, Annalinda De Rosa, Inge Eller and Michael Dumiak, was published by Birkhäuser.
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09/10
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Design Philology Essays. Issue Zero. Design at Politecnico di Milano: The Beginning of a Story
The volume edited by Paola Bertola, Giampiero Bosoni and Agnese Rebaglio was published by FrancoAngeli.
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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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