Design and the Cultures of Enterprises

Alessandro Deserti is full professor at Politecnico of Milano Design Department, where he teaches product development in the School of Design. His research focuses on approaches, processes, practices and tools for the development and management of design and design driven innovation. He investigated the new roles of design within companies, institutions and social environments, publishing books, essays, articles in journals and proceedings of international conferences. He has worked on applied research and consultancy for many companies and institutions, in Italy and abroad, coordinating projects at different levels: strategy, tools and methods, product development, communication and exhibition design.

Francesca Rizzo is Assistant Professor at University of Bologna, Department of Architecture, where she teaches Industrial Design. She worked on different European and national research projects in the field of Interaction Design and Service Design. Her current research topics are service design and design processes, especially in the area of participatory design. Francesca Rizzo is author of many articles published in the proceedings of conferences (DPPI, HCI, IASDR, PD; DRS) and journals (Codesign, Technology and Cognition, Communication of the ACM). She has been a visiting researcher at Aalto University, Finland, and visiting student at University of Louisville, USA.