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DESIS Forum/Showcase - Helsinki
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 4:16pmDESIS Forum/Showcase is a project of the DESIS Network in collaboration with the Cumulus Association featuring an overview of initiatives in social innovation and sustainability in global design education.
Design for social innovation overview: projects, images, exchanges
Helsinki, May 26th, 2012, 10h00-13h00, at Aalto Univeristy, Helsinki, Finland,
Back-to-back with the Cumulus Conference: The Northern Mandate.
DESIS Thematic Cluster: Public and Collaborative launched
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:41pmPublic sector and design when citizens become active and collaborative
by Ezio Manzini, Margherita Pillan and Eduardo Staszowski
Theme: How are emerging social networks meeting public services and innovation policies? And vice versa: how can public services and innovation policies trigger, empower, direct the emerging social networks? What can design do to make this promising meeting more effective and fruitful?(see also Background Notes below)
DESIS Labs first meeting: Helsinki, 26 May, 2012
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:19pmby Ezio Manzini
In recent months the discussion on social innovation, and on what design could do to trigger and support it, has spread worldwide and in different ways: in grass roots initiatives, in political movements and in government programs.
Co-production catalogue by Nesta
Submitted by Eunji Cho on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 1:49pmAuthors
NestaCo-production is potentially transformative and its power comes from re-framing the problem and re-establishing relationships to enable more holistic and people-centred approaches.
Co-production can also tackle the lack of trust between some users and professionals, a dependency culture where people look to the state to solve their problems and a culture of expertise where professionals are trained to be the sole source of solutions. At its best, co-production can build people’s capacity to live the life they want, in the community where they live.
DESIS Extra: Expert workshop on sustainable lifestyles in 2050
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 2:45amOn May 24th morning, from 10 to 13 am the DESIS network hosts an expert workshop for reflecting on the scenarios for sustainable lifestyles in 2050, which are being proposed in the EU project SPREAD 2050 (http://www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu).
