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Stefano Maffei

Politecnico di Milano, Design, Faculty Member

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Full Professor, School of Design, Politecnico di Milano
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Books by Stefano Maffei

MakeToCare MakeToCare. Un ecosistema di attori e soluzioni user-centered per l’innovazione nel campo dell’healthcare

by Stefano Maffei, Massimo Bianchini, and Elisa DELLI ZOTTI

LE POLITICHE PER IL DESIGN E IL DESIGN PER LE POLITICHE Dal focus sulla soluzione alla centralità della valutazione.

by Stefano Maffei and Venanzio Arquilla

A. È vietata la riproduzione, anche parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo effettuata, anche ad uso intern... more A. È vietata la riproduzione, anche parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo effettuata, anche ad uso interno e didattico, non autorizzata. Maggioli Editore è un marchio di Maggioli S.p.A. Azienda con sistema qualità certificato ISO 9001:2008 47822 Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN) • Via del Carpino, 8 o parziale con qualsiasi mezzo sono riservati per tutti i Paesi. Il catalogo completo è disponibile su www.maggioli.it area università Finito di stampare nel mese di ottobre 2016 nello stabilimento Maggioli S.p.A Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN)

La città industriosa. Anatomia delle nuove comunità produttive urbane

La Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli è uno dei maggiori centri europei di documentazione e di ri... more La Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli è uno dei maggiori centri europei di documentazione e di ricerca nell'ambito delle discipline storiche e delle scienze politiche, economiche e sociali. Possiede un ricchissimo patrimonio di libri, periodici e manoscritti che riguardano la storia nazionale e internazionale dallʼEtà moderna a oggi.

Designoftheotherthings

Design Research Maps. Prospettive della ricerca universitaria in design in Italia

Salone Satellite Catalogue, Milan Design Fair

Designoftheotherthings

Design Research Maps. Research Report

Fashionplus | Un’azione di valorizzazione guidata dal design per le PMI del territorio regionale emiliano

by Stefano Maffei and PAOLA BERTOLA

Salotti d'autore

Giocamilano: nuovi sistemi gioco per contesti urbani

I Territori Del Design: Made In Italy e Sistemi Produttivi Locali

panchina_bench

La Casa Popolare: Storia Istituzionale E Storia Quotidiana dell'Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari Della Provincia Di Modena, 1907-1997

Papers by Stefano Maffei

Exploring new co-productive paths in design-driven innovation

Distributed design and production for distributed care. Investigation on materializing bottom-up open and indie innovation in the field of healthcare

Fas.P.onSite. How strategic and service design can change the fashion cycle

Comunità di progetto e territorio: un approccio per il design

Next Design Innovation

MakeToCare MakeToCare. Un ecosistema di attori e soluzioni user-centered per l’innovazione nel campo dell’healthcare

by Stefano Maffei, Massimo Bianchini, and Elisa DELLI ZOTTI

LE POLITICHE PER IL DESIGN E IL DESIGN PER LE POLITICHE Dal focus sulla soluzione alla centralità della valutazione.

by Stefano Maffei and Venanzio Arquilla

A. È vietata la riproduzione, anche parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo effettuata, anche ad uso intern... more A. È vietata la riproduzione, anche parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo effettuata, anche ad uso interno e didattico, non autorizzata. Maggioli Editore è un marchio di Maggioli S.p.A. Azienda con sistema qualità certificato ISO 9001:2008 47822 Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN) • Via del Carpino, 8 o parziale con qualsiasi mezzo sono riservati per tutti i Paesi. Il catalogo completo è disponibile su www.maggioli.it area università Finito di stampare nel mese di ottobre 2016 nello stabilimento Maggioli S.p.A Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN)

La città industriosa. Anatomia delle nuove comunità produttive urbane

La Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli è uno dei maggiori centri europei di documentazione e di ri... more La Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli è uno dei maggiori centri europei di documentazione e di ricerca nell'ambito delle discipline storiche e delle scienze politiche, economiche e sociali. Possiede un ricchissimo patrimonio di libri, periodici e manoscritti che riguardano la storia nazionale e internazionale dallʼEtà moderna a oggi.

Designoftheotherthings

Design Research Maps. Prospettive della ricerca universitaria in design in Italia

Salone Satellite Catalogue, Milan Design Fair

Designoftheotherthings

Design Research Maps. Research Report

Fashionplus | Un’azione di valorizzazione guidata dal design per le PMI del territorio regionale emiliano

by Stefano Maffei and PAOLA BERTOLA

Salotti d'autore

Giocamilano: nuovi sistemi gioco per contesti urbani

I Territori Del Design: Made In Italy e Sistemi Produttivi Locali

panchina_bench

La Casa Popolare: Storia Istituzionale E Storia Quotidiana dell'Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari Della Provincia Di Modena, 1907-1997

Exploring new co-productive paths in design-driven innovation

Distributed design and production for distributed care. Investigation on materializing bottom-up open and indie innovation in the field of healthcare

Fas.P.onSite. How strategic and service design can change the fashion cycle

Comunità di progetto e territorio: un approccio per il design

Next Design Innovation

Service design as the design of activity systems: from a theoretical model to applied tools within an industrial project

Take the trash out... to the edge. Creating a Smart Waste Bin based on 5G Multi-access Edge Computing

The fifth generation of mobile cellular networks (5G) will bring many improvements to our everyda... more The fifth generation of mobile cellular networks (5G) will bring many improvements to our everyday lives. In particular, the interplay between 5G and IoT technologies will pave the way for the realisation of the Smart City concept, providing humans with better, safer and cleaner cities. In this work, we describe the prototype of a Smart Waste Bin, a connected trash bin that automatically sorts garbage with the help of Convolutional Neural Networks algorithms. The bin intelligence runs on the edge of the 5G network exploiting a Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) architecture, enabling a low-latency and energy efficient operation. We describe the design, the implementation and the experimental validation of the prototype, also discussing possible future application scenarios.

Expanding the Galaxy. Designing More-than-Human Futures

Diid. Disegno industriale industrial design, Mar 7, 2022

When we talk about design, we might define it as anticipating, imagining, defining the future, ye... more When we talk about design, we might define it as anticipating, imagining, defining the future, yet it might also be an act of transforming, or considering the possibility of various orders of transformation. This process can be described, borrowing Buckminster Fuller's point of view, as a preestablished sequence of activities/events characterized by a preliminary phase of exploration and research. Leroi-Gourhan describes it as a process of hominization coupled with the power of technical evolution, which generates what we call the Anthropocene. Design theory and the philosophy of technology have long reflected on the idea of modernity as a transforming force that changes the face of the world. The birth of a critical ecological movement and the advent of the global transformation of post-industrial society, encourage the use of design as a generator of social value. As the posthuman perspective (Braidotti, 2013) embraces actor-network theory, new feminist materialism and object-oriented ontology, design is also incorporating a consideration of animals, machines, and other things in the planetary transformations. We have never, in recent years, witnessed such a flourishing of theoretical, cultural, and experimental reflections. A new design galaxy can be mapped.

Understanding the Invisible. From Networks to Transformations. Interview with Albert-László Barabási

Diid. Disegno industriale industrial design, Mar 7, 2022

Albert-László Barabasi guesses in this interview that understanding the hidden nature of what sur... more Albert-László Barabasi guesses in this interview that understanding the hidden nature of what surrounds us might be interpreted as a structure of nodes and relations that describe their multifaceted and intertwined nature and dynamics. Network configurations characterize all the phenomena and structures that have been around for billions of years. As the Internet brought together the many pieces of information necessary, network scientists began to explore and map out the connections and the relations in every kind of scientific challenge, becoming an essential tool for most branches of science action. Network visualization plays a crucial role in these journeys of discovery in this process. Moreover, this means a role for designers and design tools to help the understanding of what is happening by visualizing the hidden processes that have been hidden, obviously connecting them to the underlying mathematical modeling.

What Are Pluriversal Politics and Ontological Designing?. Interview with Arturo Escobar

DIID, 2022

What is ontological design, and how do we define Pluriversal politics? In this long interview, Ar... more What is ontological design, and how do we define Pluriversal politics? In this long interview, Arturo Escobar describes the fundamental shifts in contemporary social theory placing life at the center of his scholarly inquiry. He discusses the reappearance of the debate about ontology through the ontological turn in social theory. His statement involves the idea that every design action has implications for the making of life, the kinds of worlds we construct, and how life is produced. Escobar introduces the concept of ontological design and the connected vision of his Pluriversal politics as the emerging areas of critical design studies. These approaches challenge the extractivist ideology of the Global North and its impactful action, which originated the actual crisis of climate, energy, biodiversity, inequality, poverty, and of social and collective meaning linked to the western capitalistic, patriarchal, colonial, supremacist mode of existence that has been spreading throughout t...

A research framework for service evaluation

The authors propose a reflection on service evaluation research and practice starting with the as... more The authors propose a reflection on service evaluation research and practice starting with the assumption that the evaluation process in the service field is still a fragmented and controversial issue. The paper describes a first attempt to build a research framework targeted to better understand which can be the role of evaluation in the service lifecycle (from a design to a release phase). The final purpose is thus to propose a service evaluation overview by mapping existing theories and tools coming from different service-related disciplines and to outline an in-progress interpretive theoretical model.

Wear-to-Care. Co-designing the Next Wave of Open Wearables in the Healthcare Sector

The paper explores the topic of design, materialization and release of open source wearables that... more The paper explores the topic of design, materialization and release of open source wearables that can increase awareness about the mental, behavioral and physical conditions of people with health impairments. The first part, which is based on literature review, investigates the design of healthcare wearables connected to the emerging phenomena of open and user innovation. The second part describes the whole process of design and materialization of DermAware, an open source “experiential” wearable developed within the project Distributed Design Market Platform (Creative Europe Programme) and specifically conceived to increase the social awareness on a pathology such as Atopic Dermatitis. The final part defines an operational framework to design open source wearables, evidencing the process - from design to materialization – and the main critical aspects and opportunities related to the development of “experiential” devices. The conclusions of the paper identify a possible field for d...

Service design as the design of activity systems: from a theoretical model to applied tools within an industrial project

From communication design to activity design. Service encounter as critical point for system interface design

Introduction: In the growing service sector, communication issues are a part of the service desig... more Introduction: In the growing service sector, communication issues are a part of the service design process; considering service as a complex social and communication interface, the design and evaluation of its interaction quality requires new conceptual models (Mantovani) able to control the system complexity. The service analytical model we are proposing could be a potential tool for communication designer to better face the design of service communication interface. Method: Considering services as situated (Suchman) social and communication systems, we have selected activity theory as reference model for service evaluation model, because of its systemic and artefact-mediated conception of activity. The derived model looks at moments of encounter and comparison between supplier’s and user’s activity systems as the main source of evaluation. The methodology foresees three main phases: 1. Re-building of user’s and supplier’s activity systems (Engeström); 2) evaluation of service interaction and communication through analytical filter through external (evaluator) and internal observation (user and supplier). 3) Comparison of the separated evaluations. Results: At the moment we are testing the methodology on a domotic project where the acceptance of innovative behaviour should be based on adequate service system interpretation. The foreseen result should be a complete and systemic evaluation of service effectiveness for three main reasons: 1. the activity systems analysis provides the evaluator with necessary knowledge to identify possible origins of situated misunderstandings; 2. the use of analytical filters built on specific elements of the activity systems involved 3. the subjective perception of action is balanced by external observation. Discussion: In order to evaluate the quality of service interface, it’s necessary to define a conceptual model that looks at communication and activity effectiveness in a systemic way. This consideration should imply a role change: communication designer becomes a sort of activity system designer enriching his cultural background and tools with activity analytical instruments. Service as a situated action The widespread shift of product-oriented firms towards the introduction and integration of services within their business, implies an increase of complexity in the design and management processes which asks for new disciplinary perspectives and competencies. The service, representing the tool that increases and materialises the possibilities of physical products to create relationship and support action, becomes the basis of the companies value creation strategy [Normann, 1999]. There is then a shift from a “...design/sale of only “physical” products, to the design/sale of a system of products and services all able to satisfy a specific customer’s need...” [Manzini e Vezzoli, 2000] that originates a service economy, where communication issues can be often considered as a part of the whole service design process. The design and evaluation of services, considered as interaction spaces characterised by new complex social and communication interfaces, requires new conceptual models [Mantovani, 1995], able to control this new system complexity. This paper tries to answer to this growing necessity proposing a service design approach that can help companies and designers to face this shift and manage this new kind of complexity, mainly looking at services in their social and systemic dimension; in particular the service model we are presenting, could be a potential analytical tool for communication design practitioners to improve the design of service communication interfaces. Our design approach looks at services as purposeful action and has adopted two main research frameworks: the theory of the situated action [Suchman, 1987] and the Activity Theory [Engeström, et alii, 1999].

Design, research, Italy. Maps, visions and perspectives of academic design research in Italy. 2003-2007

The latest words on service design: Talking about books

Social quality in service action. Using design of service approach to build effective quality of activity system

Dal design dei servizi al design dei sistemi d’attività : service encounter e activity theory come nodi critici della progettazione dei sistemi d'interfaccia

Maffei, Stefano and Sangiorgi, Daniela (2003) Dal design dei servizi al design dei sistemi d&#x27... more

Food markets as circular digital hubs: Prototyping enabling ICT solutions for urban food systems

International Journal of Food Design

The challenges posed by the environmental sustainability and circular transition of food chains i... more The challenges posed by the environmental sustainability and circular transition of food chains increasingly see the emergence of practices that link strategies and policies to territorial pilot projects that connect physical and digital infrastructures. This aspect is particularly evident in the change of urban production–transformation–distribution–consumption models. They are the basis of a complex system that influences individual and collective behaviours, life within neighbourhoods and the intertwining of incoming and outgoing food flows as the waste flow. The article will discuss the insight emerging from REFLOW, an EU H2020-funded project. It runs from June 2019 to May 2022, aiming to build an integrated approach for developing new participatory design and co-design practices dedicated to innovative and circular urban metabolisms to promote circular solutions capable of bringing environmental, social and economic benefits. In particular, the Milan Pilot involves the municipa...

Data-centric public services as potential source of policy knowledge. Can “design for policy” help?

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is three-fold. Firstly, through selected case studies, to provi... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is three-fold. Firstly, through selected case studies, to provide an overview of how non-traditional data from digital public services were used as a source of knowledge for policymaking. Secondly, to argue for a design for policy approach to support the successful integration of non-traditional data into policymaking practice, thus supporting data-driven innovation for policymaking. Thirdly, to encourage a vision of the relation between data-driven innovation and public policy that considers policymaking outside the authoritative instrumental logic perspective. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative small-N case study analysis based on desk research data was developed to provide an overview of how data-centric public services could become a source of knowledge for policymaking. The analysis was based on an original theoretical-conceptual framework that merges the policy cycle model and the policy capacity framework. Findings This paper identifie...

Makers' Inquiry

by Massimo Menichinelli, Stefano Maffei, Massimo Bianchini, and Alessandra Carosi

con il contributo di: aLessaNdro careLLI (ITaLIa) Vogliamo innanzitutto ringraziare gli oltre 200... more con il contributo di: aLessaNdro careLLI (ITaLIa) Vogliamo innanzitutto ringraziare gli oltre 200 makers, progeTTIsTI-aUToprodUTTorI e FaB maNager che hanno partecipato a questa prima edizione/versione della makers'INqUIrY. Senza il loro interesse, la loro curiosità e la loro pazienza (60 domande sono molte!) non sarebbe stato possibile realizzare questa indagine.

DESIGN 2020. Le sfide della trasformazione del sistema del design lombardo

DeEP Research_Final Publication

The complete synthesis of DeEP EU Research (EDII funded projects)

DeEP Research_Design Policy Issues #4

The 4th number of Design Policy Issues_DeEP EU Research (EDII funded projects)

DeEP Research_Design Policy Issues #3

The 3rd number of Design Policy Issues_DeEP EU Research (EDII funded projects)

DeEP Research_Design Policy Issues #2

The 2nd number of Design Policy Issues_DeEP EU Research (EDII funded projects)

DeEP Research_Design Policy Issues #1

The 1st number of Design Policy Issues_DeEP EU Research (EDII funded projects)

DeEP Research Glossary

The glossary of DeEP EU Research (EDII funded projects)

DeEP Research Brochure

The presentation of DeEP EU Research (EDII funded projects)

BEYOND THE HAND

New Craft, 2016

Emerging Production Models. A design business perspective

Designing Business and Management, Jan 2016

Although many studies have shown that the productive-creative systems of many advanced economies ... more Although many studies have shown that the productive-creative systems of many advanced economies are in decline, 1 closer observation reveals that a systemic transition is in fact taking place. 2 This transition may be understood by starting from an initial problem setting that describes changes in the market, in design processes, and in the design profession on a "micro-macro" scale, which affect Western industry, its products, and its production models.

Servitizzare un esperimento di innovazione sociale a Milano

Coltivazioni sociaii urbane, Edited by Beatrice Villari, 2015

Sentiamo spesso parlare all'interno del dibattito contemporaneo sulla trasformazione sociale e ci... more

Foodplexity and Design. Planning the Food Experience

in Arts&Foods. Rituals since 1851, Edited by Germano Celant, Electa, ISBN: 88-918033-1-6 , 2015

Foodplexity e design. Progettare l’esperienza del cibo

Arts&food. Rituali dal 1851, Edited by Gernano Celant, Electa, ISBN: 978889180329 , 2015

L'emergere del designer-Impresa/The emergence of the designer-enterprise

Designer as a learning enabler for strategic design processes in local development

Il progetto è una pratica clinica. La prospettiva del design

From communication design to activity design. Service encounter as critical point for system interface design

Saper fare, saper progettare. Il design italiano e il cambiamento dei processi di produzione della competenza progettuale tra delocalizzazione e re-industrializzazione

Designer as a learning enabler for strategic design processes in local development

Design for local development. Building a design approach for the territorial capital resources based on a situated perspective.

Possono i sensi essere intangibili? Ricercando una nuova sensorialità

Dacci oggi il nostro servizio quotidiano. Una nuova area del progetto di design

S. Maffei , Artigiano oggi. Comprendere i processi innovativi contemporanei tra design, nuove forme di progetto e creatività e evoluzione dei modelli di produzione, in V. Arquilla, Intenzioni creative. Design e artigianato per il Trentino, Maggioli, Rimini, 2011

Comprendere i processi innovativi contemporanei tra design, nuove forme di progetto e creatività ... more

Maffei, S. and Sangiorgi D., From communication design to activity design, in Frascara, J. (edited by), Designing Effective Communications: Creating Contexts for Clarity and Meaning, Allworth Press, New York, 2006, pp. 83 – 100

by Daniela Sangiorgi and Stefano Maffei

CHAPTER NINE From Communication Design to Activity Design Stefano Maffei and Daniela Sangiorgi Po... more

Data-driven anticipatory governance. Emerging scenarios in data for policy practices

by Stefano Maffei and Francesco Leoni

Policy Design and Practice, 2020

The contemporary technological advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) e... more The contemporary technological advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) enable the employment of non-traditional data sources (e.g. satellite data, sensors, cell phone networks data, social media, etc.) in different aspects of the public sphere. Datafication is changing the relationship between governments and citizens, and the way governments address policy problems. Nowadays, policy-makers are urged to harness data for policies and public service design, while answering at the same time the demand for citizen engagement; as a consequence, innovative government/governance models appeared to connect these two instances. Although it is not a new concept, the model of Anticipatory Governance is particularly worth considering in light of contemporary data availability. Predictive analytics based on data increasingly realizes predictions for public action, although it presents many controversial implications (e.g. the epistemology of data evidence, public trust and privacy). In this article, we address Anticipatory Governance models emerging from data used in futures thinking and policy-making. To understand this phenomenon, we will briefly retrace current paradigms of futures thinking and Anticipatory Governance concerning policy-making, specifying the contemporary perspective design has on these topics. Then, we identify the use of data in futures thinking practices through a systematic literature search. Finally, we will address the challenges and implications of designing data-driven Anticipatory Governance by portraying three scenarios supported by real cases of data for policy-making.

Keywords Design policy Design value Design innovation Design Policy Ecosystem Researching Design Policy Ecosystems in Europe

She Ji, 2018

Design is often a tacit component of policymaking, and so it is often difficult to pin down its r... more Design is often a tacit component of policymaking, and so it is often difficult to pin down its role and contribution to innovation policy. As an area of policy and policy research, design suffers from misconceptions about what it is, and what it offers. We propose the Design Policy Ecosystem as an overarching model that works in two ways: it identifies and categorizes existing policy actions and instruments that are examples of design policy and maps the field of organizations working to support these policies in a given national context. After quantitative data gathering, framework development, and testing with policymakers, experts, and advocates from fourteen European countries, we translated the framework into an online evidence-based resource platform intended to raise awareness about the landscape of design policy across the EU. The framework locates and organizes design policy-related actions in ways that policymakers, intermediaries , innovators, and interested parties can better understand the strengths and weaknesses of their Design Policy Ecosystem, and reveals the most appropriate areas where design could be a lever for development.

Makers as a new working condition between self- employment and community peer production. Insights from a survey on Makers in Italy

by Stefano Maffei and Alessandra Carosi

Peer production has emerged as a new and relevant way of organizing the work of distributed and a... more Peer production has emerged as a new and relevant way of organizing the work of distributed and autonomous individuals in the production and distribution of digital content. Increasingly, the adoption of peer production is taking place not only in the development of digital and immaterial content, but also in the design, manufacturing and distribution of physical goods. Furthermore, Open Design and Open Hardware projects are developed, discussed, manufactured and distributed thanks to digital fabrication technologies, digital communication technologies, advanced funding initiatives (like crowdfunding platforms and hardware incubators) and globally integrated supply chains. This new systemic dimension of work is possible, among other factors, thanks to local facilities like Fab Labs, Makerspaces, Hackerspaces (that can be generally called Maker laboratories), where individuals can gather and form communities with other people, designing and manufacturing together. Generally, these people are referred to as Makers, and, while their existence is still an emergent phenomenon, it is widely acknowledged that they could exemplify a new modality of work. We investigated the knowledge, values and working dimensions of Makers in Italy with the Makers' Inquiry, a survey that focused on Makers, Indie Designers and managers of Maker laboratories. This research generated a first overview of the phenomenon in Italy, improving the knowledge of the profiles of Makers; an important step because Makers are usually defined in a very broad way. Furthermore, we investigated their profiles regarding their values and motivations, in order to understand how much Makers engage in peer production or in traditional businesses and whether their working condition is sustainable or not. Finally, we compared these profiles with data regarding traditional designers and businesses and the national context. Given the recent nature of the Maker movement, the focus of this article is on providing a first overview of the phenomenon in Italy with an exploratory analysis and with comparison with existing related literature or national data, rather than contextualizing the Maker movement in sociological and political contributions. Far from happening in a void, Italian Makers have a strong relationship with their localities and established industry. Therefore, this is a recent evolution, where Makers work with a broader palette of projects and strategies: with both non-commercial and commercial activities, both peer production and traditional approaches. The activity of making is still a secondary working activity that partially covers the Makers' income, who are mostly self-employed working at home, in a craft workshop or in a Fab Lab in self-funded or non-commercial initiatives, where technology is not the only critical issue. As a conclusion, we identified current patterns in the working condition of Italian Makers. The data gathered shows some interesting information that, however, could be applicable only to an Italian context. Nevertheless, the survey could be a starting point to compare the same phenomenon in different countries. Therefore, we released the survey files, software and data as open source in order to facilitate the adoption, modification, verification and replication of the survey.

Beyond Taste. Fuelling a Food (R)evolution with Design

Experimenta ISSN: 1133-9675, Dec 2014

by Stefano Maffei and Massimo Bianchini

Le attivitá di Making, seppur con forti presenze e supporti online, é sempre locale, per questo m... more Le attivitá di Making, seppur con forti presenze e supporti online, é sempre locale, per questo motivo sono sorti negli anni differenti tipologie e numerosi spazi locali per lo sviluppo di queste attivitá. Particolare attenzione puó essere rivolta verso i FabLab, in quanto rappresentano un tentativo di connettere questi spazi locali in rete fra loro, promuovendo iniziative di collaborazione e svilluppo condiviso. Questo articolo esamina soprattutto l'Aalto FabLab, costituito all'interno della Aalto University, prendendo in considerazione la genesi, le attivitá sviluppate e la diffusione della sua esperienza anche in Italia.

A caccia di pionieri

Magazine Article_published in INTERNI, 643 (july-august 2014)

A self-producers' bestiary

Magazine Article_published in EXPERIMENTA I (august 2014)

A comienzos del tercer milenio, el interés por las prácticas de la autoproducción es más vivo que... more A comienzos del tercer milenio, el interés por las prácticas de la autoproducción es más vivo que nunca. En todo el mundo occidental, la evolución de la figura del autoproductor se halla en el centro del cambio de modelo que observamos en la producción y el consumo de bienes y servicios. Una variedad cada vez mayor de experiencias está así rediseñando la oferta de bienes como alimentos, decoración, complementos personales, tecnologías domésticas e, incluso, dispositivos tecnológicamente complejos. Con esta realidad como punto de partida, los autores exploran la evolución de este fenómeno recopilando una taxonomía, o un bestiario, que identifica y describe sus principales categorías mediante ejemplos concretos.

Untangling the (in)visible An Investigation on the Limits of Design

in Temes de Disseny, 29, 2013

Autoproduzione oggi

in “Op.Cit.”, 146, Jan 2013

Dal prodotto al servizio

The Rise of the Indie Innovators

Magazine Article_published in FORM, 244, november-december 2012

Hacked. Creatività ribelle

Could Design Leadership Be Personal? Forecasting New Forms of “Indie Capitalism”

Local, Diffuse, and Bottom-Up: A New Design Policy for Italy?

by Stefano Maffei and Venanzio Arquilla

Despite its strong cultural heritage and tradition, Italy has no real national design policy, the... more

Design e distretti industriali: contesto territoriale ed apprendimento colletivo situato

IMPRESA & STATO, Jan 1, 2003

... Design e distretti industriali: contesto territoriale ed apprendimento colletivo situato. Tit... more

Dal prodotto al servizio

Magici? Una risata ci seppellirà...

Verso un’economia finzionale. Il design di fronte alla cultura (im)materiale contemporanea

Salone 2010: i commenti

Difendiamoci dai decibel