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This book's central argument is that plug-ins, situated design outcomes that aim to enrich the complex system of the city and expand its potentialities, are a solid yet supple conceptual framework for rethinking how design can be a key agent in city making. This book showcases some of the projects developed by Elisava's Design for City Making Research Lab, a research institute that investigates the role of design in the material and social con...

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Le politiche del quotidiano sono quelle che ciascuno di noi mette in atto perseguendo i propri progetti di vita. Possono condurre verso nuove forme di solitudine connessa, oppure contribuire a creare comunità flessibili, aperte, inclusive e, per questo, socialmente sostenibili. Gli esempi riusciti di innovazione sociale ci insegnano che questa seconda strada è praticabile e che, coniugando autonomia e collaborazione, è possibile sviluppare ine...

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Many of us feel powerless to resolve problems in our own lives and in the life of our community. Social and political problems such as affordable housing, immigration, and regenerating economies in decline affect us all, but in the absence of a clear pathway many people seek simplistic answers in populist, racist politics. Ezio Manzini puts forward a plan to improve our individual lives and those of our communities by means of a collaborative,...

Sustainability, environmental impact, green design, urban sprawl - all terms that have, in recent years, become part of the collective consciousness in the ongoing dialogue about climate change and global warming. Enabling Solutions for Sustainable Living presents student work that explores these issues and exemplifies the application of "enabling solutions." Here, members of a new generation of designers - students from the University of Calg...