- Docente responsabile
- VENANZIO ARQUILLA
- CCS proponenti
- Design del prodotto industriale - Integrated Product Design
- CFU
- 3
- Ore in presenza
- 10
- Prerequisiti
- No prerequisites required. Students from all Degree Courses of the School of Design can participate.
- Criteri di selezione
- Participation is open to all students of Bachelor's and Master's Degree Courses in Design, until all available classroom places are filled.
There are no limits to participation, but credits will be awarded only to those who attend at least 4 of the 6 sessions. - Parole chiave:
- Design, Design Culture, critical capacity
- Tag
- Communication and presentation skills, Interaction design, Communication design, Interior design, Fashion design, Yacht design, Product design, Service design, Career development
Descrizione dell'iniziativa
Following the success of the first edition, the "Becoming a Designer" Passion in Action continues to offer a unique opportunity for cultural and professional development for students of the School of Design at Politecnico di Milano. Through six bi-weekly evening meetings, starting from September 24th, the course will explore the Designer's Toolbox.
Each seminar, led by Prof. Francesco Schianchi and a representative from the Industrial Product Design Study Program Council, is enriched by the presence of a prominent designer, selected for their specific expertise on the evening's theme. This synergy between academia and the professional world offers students a unique and stimulating perspective, blending theory and practice.The course is not limited to transmitting knowledge, but aims to develop critical and creative thinking, essential for addressing the challenges of modern design.
Active student participation ensures a complete and personalized educational experience.
This journey represents an unmissable opportunity for those aspiring to become conscious and innovative designers, capable of interpreting and shaping the future of design.In an ironic and reflective manner, the identified tools will be the following:
_ Seismograph: a designer who has placed at the center of their projects the invisible evolutions, the underground movements that traverse current reality, making this the content/proposal of their projects.
_ Microscope: a designer who has placed at the center of their projects the "significant detail," the particular, the "marginal" that becomes meaningful, making this the content/proposal of their projects.
_ Telescope: a designer who has placed at the center of their projects perspective, prefiguration, the anticipatory and promethean capacity of design, making this the evident content/proposal of their projects.
_ Compass 1: a designer who has placed at the center of their projects their own culture, the interpretation of their reference genius loci, inserting this distinctive trait into the watermark and/or communication of their projects.
_ Compass 2: a designer who has placed at the center of their projects one or more of the other 3 cardinal points: Center, Zenith, Deep. These cardinal points can be synthesized as follows: Center, as a Renaissance approach; Zenith, as another gaze/another perspective; Deep, as interpretation of archetypes.
_ Macroscope: a designer who has placed at the center of their projects the interpretation and use of technology as a new design territory, confronting the "ethical and social" themes that technological pervasiveness challenges.
The meetings will be held weekly/biweekly
The classroom and guest designer will be announced on the dedicated webpage on the Product Design Study Program website in the NEWS section: productdesign.polimi.it/news/
Periodo di svolgimento
dal September 2025 a December 2025
Calendario
24 Settembre 2025 - 17.00 - 19.00 - Sismografo
02 Ottobre 2025 - 17.00 - 19.00 - Microscopio
15 Ottobre 2025 - 17.00 - 19.00 - Telescopio
29 Ottobre 2025 - 17.00 - 19.00 – Compasso 1
5 Novembre 2025 - 17.00 - 19.00 – Compasso 2
19 Novembre 2025 - 17.00 - 19.00 - Macroscopio
10 Dicembre 2025 - 17.00 - 19.00 - Evento finale
Note
The classroom and guest Designer will be announced on the webpage specially set up on the Product Design Course website in the NEWS section: productdesign.polimi.it/news/