Ezio Manzini & The First DESIS Newsletter
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DESIS is a network of schools of design and other schools, institutions, companies and non-profit organizations interested in promoting and supporting design for social innovation and sustainability. It is a light, no-profit organization, conceived as a network of partners collaborating in a peer-to-peer spirit.It is articulated in several DESIS-Local (that are sub-networks within a specified local area). DESIS-International is therefore the framework where the different DESIS-Local coordinate themselves and where some global initiatives are taken.
DESIS aims to support foster innovation using design skills to give promising cases more visibility and reinforce the design community's role in the social innovation processes operating inside and outside the design community. Its main activities are:
1. Fostering social innovation and sustainability by taking part in support projects and programs,gathering together and offering greater visibility to significant cases.2. Promoting design for social innovation both within and outside the design community, developing appropriate design tools and organizing cultural and didactic activities.3. Fostering the circulation of ideas and experiences
