Ezio Manzini

Description: Professor of Design at the Politecnico di Milano where he is Director of Unit of Research Design and Innovation for Sustainability and coordinator of the Doctorate in Industrial Design. Currently, he is also visiting lecturer at the Tohoku University in Japan. In the past, he has been Director of the Domus Academy in Milano and Chair Professor of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In the 2006 he has been nominated Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts at The New School of New York. His works are based on strategic design and design for sustainability, with a focus on the scenario building and solution development. He has been involved in several international commissions, expert panels and working groups. His recent and current research activities are: HiCS, Highly Customerised Solutions, within the Growth Programme of the European Community (2001- 2004); EMUDE, Emerging User Demands, within the VI Framework Programme of the European Community (2004-2006); SCORE, Sustainable Consumption Research Exchanges, within the VI Framework Programme of the European Community (2005 - 2007); LOLA, looking for likely alternatives, within the framework of the EU CCN, Consumer Citizens Network(2005-2006). Some relevant results of his recent research activities have been edited in the books: Manzini, E., Jegou, F., Sustainable everyday, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano, 2003, and Leong B.D., Manzini, E (2006) Design Vision : a Sustainable Way of Living in China, Ningnan Publishing House Ltd., China and in several papers (some of them can be found in: http://www.sustainable-everyday.net/manzini/