On 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).

Since January 2011 the SPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050 project has been developing scenarios of alternative future societies that support more sustainable ways of living in 2050. The scenarios are accompanied by a roadmap of action strategies 2012-2050 and opportunity spaces for different societal actors to enable these alternative lifestyles....

DESIS Philosophy Talk #1: "Emerging Aesthetics"
March 2nd 2012 Parsons, The New School for Design New York, U.S.A.

DESIS Philosophy Talks is a series of talks aimed at creating a dialogue between design for social innovation research and the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. The purpose of this new initiative is to encourage a theoretical and philosophical discourse starting from the state of the art of design for social innovation and sustainability.

by Miaosen GongThe 2nd DESIS symposium “Transformation Design for Public” was successfully organized at Wuxi and Shanghai on Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st 2011. It’s co-organized by Jiangnan University, Tongji University and Politecnico di Milano, and endorsed by DESIS network and Cumulus. Prof. Ezio Manzini was invited to be keynoter and appointed as a Guest professor of both Jiangnan University and Tongji University.