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ICERI 2008 - International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 2008
Design has an increasing role in the development of public services and policies. The implementat... more Design has an increasing role in the development of public services and policies. The implementation of policies is now considered a matter of design, especially in the field of public services. Moreover, design has been slowly entering the process of policymaking. Meanwhile, policy scientists’ promoters of Policy Design have started to analyse design discipline’s approaches on the design of policies. Among design activities, prototyping has been recognised as a valuable instrument for policy, also aligned with the new experimental approach in the public sector. However, it is still unclear how prototyping could intersect formal administrative and bureaucratic structures, including their traditional processes for policy analysis and experimentation. This research identifies frameworks for prototyping drawing on relevant authors in design-related disciplines in Europe. Then it characterises these diverse perspectives and suggests the benefits of design prototyping for policy analysis...
Ottagono Rivista Trimestrale Di Architettura Arredamento E Industrial Design, 2012
Policy Sciences, 2022
Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generat... more Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generate solutions for public challenges. In particular, the reflections on the design practice of public sector innovation (PSI) units, working in or with governments, are increasingly contributing to a growing body of literature attempting to characterise the practice in policy making. Although scholars conclude that design’s significant contribution in policy refers to the implementation of public services and programs, there is also an urgent advocacy for a deeper study of the nature of design practices within earlier stages of policy processes addressing more specifically policy proposals and reforms. As part of a broader investigation, this paper seeks to shed light to this matter by identifying design-led activities and methods of PSI units in the policy making process and positioning them in the stages of the policy cycle. This research examines academic, grey literature and web content...
Policy Sciences, 2022
Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generat... more Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generate solutions for public challenges. In particular, the reflections on the design practice of public sector innovation (PSI) units, working in or with governments, are increasingly contributing to a growing body of literature attempting to characterise the practice in policy making. Although scholars conclude that design's significant contribution in policy refers to the implementation of public services and programs, there is also an urgent advocacy for a deeper study of the nature of design practices within earlier stages of policy processes addressing more specifically policy proposals and reforms. As part of a broader investigation, this paper seeks to shed light to this matter by identifying design-led activities and methods of PSI units in the policy making process and positioning them in the stages of the policy cycle. This research examines academic, grey literature and web content to uncover and position design activities of 46 PSI units from different continents in a policy cycle model based on Howlett, Ramesh and Perl (2009). Our work confirms that most design activities develop in the implementation stage rather than in early stages of the policy process. While design interventions are growing within policy formulation and agenda-setting stages, few of them were identified in the stage of policy evaluation. Decision-making stage remains purely political. This research may serve to a further understanding of the design practice and its potential contribution to policy making in the future.
Job positions are changing, students are changing, together with their needs and dreams, technolo... more Job positions are changing, students are changing, together with their needs and dreams, technologies evolve and new forms of collaboration are arising, but what can universities do to promptly react to global processes? Within a dialogue with Luisa Collina, retracing the main stages that characterized the birth and evolution of design schools in Italy, a future vision emerges. A vision that preserves and emphasizes the glorious history of the past while taking into account its own DNA, characterized by a critical and strategic nature, in continuous dialogue with industry, but also with the arts, crafts and humanistic disciplines.
Worldwide Italy is known more for design driven innovation capabilities then for technological in... more Worldwide Italy is known more for design driven innovation capabilities then for technological innovations. Italian Design has been the key factor for the promotion and internationalization of Italian manufacturing sectors since the national crisis caused by the 2 World War, giving birth to the undisputable success of the so called “Made in Italy” products. Due to this success, many countries who are striving for innovation today, have turned to Italy for understanding the “innovation processes” in industries and the entity of design’s contribution to innovation in order to replicate the same circumstances in their national manufacturing systems. To satisfy this request, till today, several projects led by individual professionals, institutions and associations have been developed abroad with the intent to promote, internationalize and transfer the different aspects of Italian design know-how to other contexts and international realities. However these projects have been sporadic ev...
ICERI 2008 - International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 2008
Design has an increasing role in the development of public services and policies. The implementat... more Design has an increasing role in the development of public services and policies. The implementation of policies is now considered a matter of design, especially in the field of public services. Moreover, design has been slowly entering the process of policymaking. Meanwhile, policy scientists’ promoters of Policy Design have started to analyse design discipline’s approaches on the design of policies. Among design activities, prototyping has been recognised as a valuable instrument for policy, also aligned with the new experimental approach in the public sector. However, it is still unclear how prototyping could intersect formal administrative and bureaucratic structures, including their traditional processes for policy analysis and experimentation. This research identifies frameworks for prototyping drawing on relevant authors in design-related disciplines in Europe. Then it characterises these diverse perspectives and suggests the benefits of design prototyping for policy analysis...
Ottagono Rivista Trimestrale Di Architettura Arredamento E Industrial Design, 2012
Policy Sciences, 2022
Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generat... more Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generate solutions for public challenges. In particular, the reflections on the design practice of public sector innovation (PSI) units, working in or with governments, are increasingly contributing to a growing body of literature attempting to characterise the practice in policy making. Although scholars conclude that design’s significant contribution in policy refers to the implementation of public services and programs, there is also an urgent advocacy for a deeper study of the nature of design practices within earlier stages of policy processes addressing more specifically policy proposals and reforms. As part of a broader investigation, this paper seeks to shed light to this matter by identifying design-led activities and methods of PSI units in the policy making process and positioning them in the stages of the policy cycle. This research examines academic, grey literature and web content...
Policy Sciences, 2022
Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generat... more Over the last two decades, the design practice has been expanding to the public sphere to generate solutions for public challenges. In particular, the reflections on the design practice of public sector innovation (PSI) units, working in or with governments, are increasingly contributing to a growing body of literature attempting to characterise the practice in policy making. Although scholars conclude that design's significant contribution in policy refers to the implementation of public services and programs, there is also an urgent advocacy for a deeper study of the nature of design practices within earlier stages of policy processes addressing more specifically policy proposals and reforms. As part of a broader investigation, this paper seeks to shed light to this matter by identifying design-led activities and methods of PSI units in the policy making process and positioning them in the stages of the policy cycle. This research examines academic, grey literature and web content to uncover and position design activities of 46 PSI units from different continents in a policy cycle model based on Howlett, Ramesh and Perl (2009). Our work confirms that most design activities develop in the implementation stage rather than in early stages of the policy process. While design interventions are growing within policy formulation and agenda-setting stages, few of them were identified in the stage of policy evaluation. Decision-making stage remains purely political. This research may serve to a further understanding of the design practice and its potential contribution to policy making in the future.
Job positions are changing, students are changing, together with their needs and dreams, technolo... more Job positions are changing, students are changing, together with their needs and dreams, technologies evolve and new forms of collaboration are arising, but what can universities do to promptly react to global processes? Within a dialogue with Luisa Collina, retracing the main stages that characterized the birth and evolution of design schools in Italy, a future vision emerges. A vision that preserves and emphasizes the glorious history of the past while taking into account its own DNA, characterized by a critical and strategic nature, in continuous dialogue with industry, but also with the arts, crafts and humanistic disciplines.
Worldwide Italy is known more for design driven innovation capabilities then for technological in... more Worldwide Italy is known more for design driven innovation capabilities then for technological innovations. Italian Design has been the key factor for the promotion and internationalization of Italian manufacturing sectors since the national crisis caused by the 2 World War, giving birth to the undisputable success of the so called “Made in Italy” products. Due to this success, many countries who are striving for innovation today, have turned to Italy for understanding the “innovation processes” in industries and the entity of design’s contribution to innovation in order to replicate the same circumstances in their national manufacturing systems. To satisfy this request, till today, several projects led by individual professionals, institutions and associations have been developed abroad with the intent to promote, internationalize and transfer the different aspects of Italian design know-how to other contexts and international realities. However these projects have been sporadic ev...