Making Things Happen: Social Innovation and Design

Ezio Manzini had been full professor of Design at Politecnico di Milano until his retirement in 2010. He is Honorary Doctor at The New School of New York (2006) and at the Goldsmiths College of London (2008), and Honorary Professor at the Glasgow School of Art (2009). He led the Doctoral Design Program of Politecnico di Milano from 2000 to 2010. Presently, his main interests are focused on design for social innovation. He founded and is now promoting the growth of DESIS, an international network on Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (http://www.desis-network.org). He has been giving many keynote addresses in different international conferences, and he is author of many articles in international journals and proceedings.