Ezio Manzini

For over three decades Ezio Manzini has been working in the field of design for sustainability. Most recently, his interests have focused on social innovation for a just and ecological transition. In this perspective 15 years ago he started DESIS: an international network of schools of design, active in the field of design for social innovation for sustainability.
In 2024, the Design Research Society awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Presently, he is President of DESIS Network and Honorary Professor at the Politecnico di Milano. He has been guest professor in several design schools world-wide.

His main recent books are: “Design, When Everybody Designs”, MIT Press 2015; “Politics of the Everyday.” Bloomsbury, 2019; “Livable Proximity” Egea, 2021