THE VOLUME
EXHIBITION AND RESEARCH
Authors Ezio Manzini, François Jégou
Exhibition organisation and production La Triennale di Milano
with contributions from Federico Butera, Bas de Leeuw, Giacomo Mojoli, Wolfgang Sachs, Alberto Seassaro, John Thackara and from Annamaria Formentini, Joëlle Liberman, Anna Meroni, Paolo Rosa
Direction Ezio Manzini, François Jégou
Graphics Mario Piazza, Riccardo Stefanelli, Vincenzo Baratta (46xy) Editing Raffaella Poletti, Beatrice Otto Translations Rachel Anne Coad
Scientific Committee Han Brezet (TU Delft); Federico Butera (Politecnico di Milano); Bas de Leeuw (UNEP DTIE); Giacomo Mojoli (Slow Food); Wolfgang Sachs (Wuppertal Institut); Alberto Seassaro (Politecnico di Milano); John Thackara (Doors of Perception) International Committee Licia Bottura, Luca Buttafava, Freddy van Camp, Tong Huiming, Zhao Jianghong, Linda Keane, Cai Jun, Robert Lederer, Benny Leong, Fumikazu Masuda, Peter McGrory, Shashank Mehta, Alfonso Morone, Jogi Panghaal, Roger Pitiot Science Consultant for La Triennale di Milano Silvana Annicchiarico
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Research and content elaboration Research group co-ordinator Anna Meroni Research Assistants Annamaria Formentini, Laura Acciarri, Daniela Selloni, Antonella Torriglia
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@ copyright 2003 Edizioni Ambiente, Milan @ copyright 2003 Fondazione La Triennale di Milano Printed in Italy, in September 2003 by Arti Grafiche Varesine, via Scerei 4 , Casciago (Varese) This volume is printed on ecological paper composed of: 50% elemental chlorine free wood pulp; 40% selected recycled preconsumer fibres; 10% de-inked recycled post consumer fibres.
Research and planning Facoltà del Design – Dipartimento INDACO, Industrial Design, Politecnico di Milano
Under the patronage of UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme
Included in this volume is the collected outcome of a series of design workshops that took place within the International Network on Design for Sustainability, co-ordinated by Ezio Manzini. The following schools took part: Domus Academy (Dante Donegani, Luca Buttafava), Milan, Italy ESDI / UERJ Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial (Freddy Van Camp), Rio, Brazil Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art Division of Design (Tong Huiming), Guangzhou, China Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design (Benny C.H. Leong), Hong Kong (SAR), China Hunan University Department of Industrial Design (Zhao Jianghong), Changsha, China International Design School for Advanced Studies - IDAS (Roger Pitiot), Seoul, Korea Istituto Superiore di Design - ISD (Alfonso Morone), Naples, Italy Les Ateliers / ENSCI Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (Licia Bottura), Paris, France National Institute of Design - NID (Jogi Panghaal, Shashank Mehta), Ahmedabad, India Politecnico di Milano Facoltà del Design, Dipartimento INDACO, Industrial Design (Ezio Manzini), Milan, Italy The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Linda Keane), Chicago, Illinois, United States Tokyo Zokei University (Fumikazu Masuda), Tokyo, Japan Tsinghua University Department of Industrial Design, Academy of Arts & Design (Cai Jun), Beijing, China University of Alberta Department of Art and Design (Robert Lederer, Steven Bell), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada University of Art and Design – UIAH Department of Product and Strategic Design (Peter McGrory), Helsinki, Finland