Opening the Campus to the city and bringing projects to places and events of Design
Building relationships, weaving networks, disseminating knowledge
Designing and prototyping, generating positive impacts in the local context

Beyond the borders

The story of the connections that the Design System has built "beyond its borders", nurturing events, local and international networks, and projects that enhanced the potential of design as a driver of social and cultural innovation.
Curated by Luisa Collina, Davide Fassi
Opening the Campus to the city and bringing projects to places and events of Design, showcasing reflections and results, and making the Design System @PoliMI known
Polytechnic design is presented and compared through exhibitions and participation in the most important local and international sector events, with a particular focus on the Milan-based Salone del Mobile. Beyond the campus boundaries, the results of students' design workshops, research, and the project culture developed by the entire community are showcased.
2000
Designing Designers
Event
Participation in the Salone del Mobile, an essential event
Document
The presence at Salone Satellite has been constant since 2000
2004
Dining Design: Exhibition of student projects for "a Chinese restaurant at Piazza Navona" as part of the exhibition curated by Adam Tihany
Event
Document
04/2007 - 04/2010
That’s Design
Event
04/2011
xtre(mely)ordinary design
Event
2016
Instant Design
Event
Events spread throughout the "Fuorisalone"
2014
Cut! Designing a letter opener
Event
Document
Document
Document
Document
19/04/2007
Mtv Toy party @ That’s Design!
Event
04/2006
NO.MADE
Event
04/2015
The Aesthetics of Misery
Event
04/2016
Human Cities - Challenging the city scale
Event
04/2023
Design Variations 2023 - Reforming Future
Event
Document
The Campus "on display" opens its doors, setting up exhibitions and events for the city
04/2014 - present
Design x Designers
Event
Document
Document
Building relationships, weaving networks of collaboration, and fostering multidisciplinary work, disseminating knowledge
Not only Salone del Mobile. Students, researchers, and faculty from the Department, School, and Consortium work and learn in the spaces of the Bovisa campus, but also in a widespread dimension across spaces of local and international cultural and production promotion. Museums, showrooms, theaters, and informal spaces become opportunities to communicate the polytechnic culture of project.
To disseminate. Exhibitions, display events, installations: from the campus, to the city, to the world
Document
23/09/2003 - 21/12/2003
Quotidiano sostenibile. Scenari di vita urbana
Event
27/01/2009 - 15/02/2009
Opening Soon…
Event
11/10/2014 - 27/10/2014
SIDE – Sino Italian Design Exhibition
Event
2015
Design to feed the world
Event
Document
Document
2018
Ten years and counting
Event
25/11/2019 - 12/12/2019
Reflection, design driven by the future
Event
2020
Marathon 24hours Design Conversation. 1° Ed. 2020
Event
Play
Play
2022
Autofficina futuro
Event
Document
08/02/2023 - 01/05/2023
Gianfranco Ferré. Design Principles
Event
02/2016 - 07/2017
Piccolo Teatro - Spazio Rovello
Event
Document
2023
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2023
Event
Disseminating. The international scientific conferences hosted at the Bovisa campus
18/05/2000 - 20/05/2000
Design Plus Research
Event
2005
MIDECH ‘05 Multimedia information design for cultural heritage
Event
22/06/2011 - 25/06/2011
DPPI Designing Pleasurable Products and interfaces
Event
05/11/2014 - 07/11/2014
CIMODE 2° International Fashion and design congress
Event
10/07/2008 - 12/07/2008
Changing the Change
Event
03/06/2015 - 07/06/2015
Cumulus Conference. The Virtuous Circle. Design Culture and Experimentation
Event
18/06/2018 - 21/06/2018
ServDes. Proof of Concept
Event
03/04/2019 - 05/04/2019
Designing Sustainability for All - 3rd LeNS World Distributed Conference
Event
09/10/2023 - 12/10/2023
IASDR 2023: Life Changing Design
Event
Learning. Lecturing in the city and bringing the knowledge of companies and manufacturers into the workshop classrooms
15/04/2002 - 24/06/2002
Open Lectures
Event
Document
Document
Document
2001 - 2004
Wd. Workshop design
Event
Document
Document
13/07/2008 - 29/07/2008
Designing Connected Places Summer School - Torino World Design Capital
Event
2000 - 2005
Fantoni Workshop
Event
Document
2004 - present
GIDE (Group for International Design Education). First workshop in Milan
Event
2008
STOP City
Event
Document
2010
B-Trans - Shanghai urban-rural public bicycle transportation system design
Event
Workshops with companies
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A selection of companies that have collaborated with the school through workshops:
Abet Laminati, Adidas, Alcatel, Altroconsumo, Barilla, Beiersdorf, Bionike, Bompiani, Braun, Carlsberg, Coca Cola, Culti, De Longhi, Decathlon, Diesel, Ecomuseo delle Orobie, Electrolux, FNM - Ferrovie Nord Milano, FGP, Fedrigoni, Forbo, Furla, Golden Lady, Haworth, IDEO, Io Donna, Kartell, La Cambre Bruxelles, Lago Design, Lancome, LG, Luceplan, L'Oreal, Louisiane, Medit, Melding Pot, Mobilcrab, Moleskine, Mondadori, Pantopicon Agency, Pepsi Co., RadiciGroup, RetroSuper Future, Scavolini, Smemoranda, Silent Gliss, Sky, Star, Tecno, Telecom Italia, Tiwi - Sky Arte, Trenord, Tucano, Vans, Vortice, Whirlpool, Yamamay, Yamaha Music.
2004
Workshop in collaboration with Decathlon
Event
2004
Workshop in collaboration with Osram
Event
11/02/2019 - 15/02/2019
Workshop in collaboration with Pepsi Co.
Event
12/02/2018 - 16/02/2018
Workshop in collaboration with VANS
Event
Designing and prototyping, generating positive impacts in the local context
Event
Teaching and research are characterized by a strong "on-the-field" vocation and find a privileged partner in the university's social responsibility program "Polisocial." Leadership and active participation in "Off Campus" initiatives, along with the relationship with local institutions and communities for public utility projects, reinforce the widespread presence in the territory and the consolidation of design for social innovation.
2001
Poli-Tecno
Event
Document
2008
MMM Milan Metropolitan Market
Event
2010
Feeding Milano
Event
2012 - present
Coltivando
Event
Document
2018
CampUS awarded with Compasso d’Oro ADI
Event
2014 - 2016
CampUS
Event
2018 - present
GRACE Lab
Event
2020
Off Campus NoLo
Event
2022
Off Campus San Vittore
Event
2022
OffCampus awarded with Ambrogino d’Oro
Event
2022
Off Campus Cascina Nosedo
Event
2011
Camping Lambrate
Event
04/2007 - 04/2008
La casa dei designers
Event
2021 - present
Gianfranco Ferré Research Center
Event
Document
Document
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