Presentation of the DESIS UniGe Lab
Join us at DESIS Café as we bring together designers, researchers, and changemakers to explore innovative approaches to sustainability, social innovation, and urban regeneration.
DESIS Events
DESIS Conversations for the Planet
Topic: Designing Beyond the Centre: Facilitating Community-Rooted, Decolonial Possibilities Sub-topic: How diverse worldviews, Caribbean, African, rural, urban, and Indigenous, expand what design is and can be Location On-line Date 17 April 2026 Hours 12:00-14:00 UTC Description This session invites us to rethink design beyond dominant and centralized perspectives. Designing Beyond the Centre explores how inclusive, community-rooted, and …
UBI DESIS Social Design Days
The 5th edition of Social Design Days will take place on 19–20 March 2026 in Covilhã, Portugal, and we are pleased to announce an open call for workshop and presentation proposals.
DESIS General Assembly 2025
Description The DESIS Network is delighted to announce the upcoming DESIS General Assembly, taking place on 10 December 2025 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM UTC. As we approach this annual gathering, we extend a warm invitation to all DESIS Lab members, partners, and collaborators across the globe to join us for an enriching session …
Join the DESIS meeting at Cumulus Nantes 2025 conference!
Description Design With All Beings: Expanded Communities of Social Innovation – A DESIS Network Cluster The brand new DESIS Network cluster “Design With All Beings: Expanded Communities of Social Innovation” will gather for its second event at Cumulus Nantes. The cluster is a collaborative effort to explore social innovation initiatives worldwide that consider more-than-human agents, …
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Conversations for the Planet: “Designers helping to make a better world”
Location On-line Date 14 May 2025 Hours 14:00 UTC Description Conversations for the Planet: “Designers helping to make a better world”Don Norman and Ezio Manzini talk about how designers can create real impact and meaningful change in the world, hosted by Ralitsa Diana Debrah, Teresa Franqueira, and moderated by Cecilia Casas Romero. Join Us for …
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SAVE the DATE: Desis Café hosted by KNUST DESIS Lab from Ghana, West Afrika
Location: On-line Date: 06 March 2025 Hours: 02:30PM GMT We have the pleasure to invite you to DESIS Café, hosted by Ralitsa Diana Debrah on the 6th March 2025. Please share this event with your students and colleagues. DESIS Café is a virtual place where DESIS Labs can meet and talk about their activities, expectations, …
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Conversations for the Planet: “DESIS as a pluriversal contact zone: a place where different worlds coexist”
Conversations for the Planet: “DESIS as a pluriversal contact zone: a place where different worlds coexist”
Aguinaldo dos Santos and Ezio Manzini talk about design and the pluriverse, moderated by Ralitsa Debrah
DESIS – Cumulus Budapest 2024 Session
Location On-line Date 16 May 2024 Hours 14:00 UTC Description DESIS – Cumulus Budapest 2024 Session The role of international networks creating bridges and promoting diversity We’re thrilled to announce an upcoming event that promises to shed light on the vital role of international networks in fostering diversity through design. Hosted by DESIS Network at …
Conversations for the Planet: “What on earth connects design with soil care?”
Location On-line Date 15th April 2024 Hours 15:00 UTC Description Conversations for the Planet: “What on earth connects design with soil care?”John Thackara and Ezio Manzini talk about social innovation and bioregioning, moderated by Louise St. Pierre Join Us for Conversations for the Planet 🌱 We’re excited to extend an invitation to one more Conversations …
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