29 August was the opening of the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale. More than 13.000 people visited the international exhibition in the first 10 days. In the 28th of October the number of visitors exceeded 100.000, and a record of 7660 visitors last weekend, the 23rd and 24th of October.  After ...

Albergo Diffuso is an Italian model of hospitality and a sustainable concept for territory development. Its main objective is to bring local villages and towns back to life by renovating existing structures, involving residents and using local products. The Albergo Diffuso means scattered hotel, it can be identified like a horizontal hotel ...

Design Revolution Road Show is a traveling exhibition and lectures series to bring the evidence of and tools for design for social impact to 36 high schools and university design programs across the US. It took place in the Spring of 2010. A mobile exhibition, of 40 selected contemporary ...

INCLUSIVO is a fair trade and social action project that objectives are to eradicate extreme poverty in Chile. It generates work for micro factories with low costs production and minimum expertise, key factors to overcome poverty in short term. The project is by Un Techo para Chile, a Chilean nonprofit ...

the best of made in is a research project that objective is to individuate the factors that: (1) enhance the value of high quality handmade products, and (2) empower local artisans, independent designers and micro/small enterprises from different countries. . The project is about the HOME and FASHION craft sectors. . The research project focused on: - how to ...

Sustainable Design and Urban Spaces is the exhibition of the top entries in the international design competition BEER BOTTLES in public areas. The competition is part of a research project, developed by Co-Creando's Sustainable Ideas Lab and O2 Italia, to tackle social and environmental degradation in urban public spaces. Sustainable Design and ...

BEER BOTTLES nei luoghi pubblici international design competition was started to collect creative solutions for the problem of glass bottles left and broken in public meeting areas . The competition is part of a design research project whose objective is to individuate scenarios, products and services that tackle social and environmental degradation in the ...

BEER BOTTLES nei luoghi pubblici is a design research project, and an International Design Competition investigating social and environmental degradations in public spaces due to the problem of glass bottles being left and broken during public events. It is a common problem of many Italian and European cities. The international design competition is started by Co-Creando's ...

System Reload Milan is the first grassroots, eco-design event engaging Milan Design Week public and the wider international design community through lectures, talks and workshops about sustainable design. It is held on the 18th and 19th of April at the Fabbrica del Vapore in via Procaccini 4, during Milan Design Week 2008 (Il ...

    Healing the World: A Challenge for Designers is the title of Victor Margolin lecture delivered in October 22, 2003 at the Archeworks school in Chicago to help launch The Archeworks Papers and celebrate Archeworks’ 10th anniversary. Archeworks, an alternative design school, have been demonstrating how Architects, Designers and Artists can ...