Design Philology Essays. Issue One
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Issue One extends Design Philology Essays from origins to an expanded, research-driven atlas of Italian academic design. Anchored in the platform’s digital archive, editorial environment, and hypertextual infrastructure, the volume deepens inquiry into genealogies, platforms, and frontiers that have shaped the Design System at Politecnico di Milano and across Italy. The Essays follow a rhizomatic, open structure, interlinking documents, data, and narratives.The opening contributions reconstruct the turning points that brought design into the Italian university, followed by a comparative map of international doctoral platforms and research networks that consolidate a shared epistemic community.
Further chapters retrace the formation of distinctive areas within the School of Design, including Fashion Design, Interior Design, and Yacht Design, examining their origins, the pedagogical and research infrastructures that supported them, and their connections to social and cultural contexts and to industry. Frontier domains center on Space Design, where methodological testing meets extreme constraints, and on Infopoetry, where data visualization becomes an instrument of conceptual and aesthetic investigation.
A place-based perspective on territorial systems and networks shows one of the first experiences of design for local communities and territories. The closing focus revisits a pivotal figure whose early editorial and educational practices anticipated the establishment of the School of Design at Politecnico di Milano.
These contributions compose a plural narrative that documents institutions, actors, and cultures of design in motion, inviting readers to explore across times, scales, and media the evolving memory of a discipline.
Chapters
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Design Philology Essays. Un modello rizomatico e aperto
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Design Philology Essays. A Rhizomatic and Open Model
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1. Anni di svolta. L’ingresso del design nell’università italiana
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1. Transformative Years. How Design Entered Italian Universities
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2. Piattaforme. Network internazionale tra programmi di Dottorato in Design
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2. Platforms. International Network among Doctoral Programs in Design
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3. Design for the Fashion System al Politecnico di Milano
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3. Design for the Fashion System at Politecnico di Milano
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4. 2003-2023. An Interior Design Story. Radici, temi ed evoluzioni del primo Corso di Studi in Design degli Interni in Italia
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4. 2003-2023. An Interior Design Story. Roots, Themes, and Evolutions of the First Interior Design Degree Program in Italy
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5. Yacht Design al Politecnico di Milano. Origine, sviluppo e futuro dell’area di ricerca e formazione in yacht design
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5. Yacht Design at Politecnico di Milano. Origin, Development, and Future of the Research and Training Area in Yacht Design
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6. Design Spaziale Italiano. Nascita e affermazione di una disciplina d’avanguardia al Politecnico di Milano
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6. Italian Space Design. Birth and Affirmation of an Avant-garde Discipline at Politecnico di Milano
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7. Infopoesia / Infopoetry. La visualizzazione dei dati tra metodo progettuale ed espressione artistica: una sperimentazione
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7. Infopoetry / Infopoesia. Data Visualisation between Design Method and Artistic Expression: an Experimentation
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8. Design, sistemi territoriali e reti. L’esperienza del Wd_workshop design a Morcone (2001-2005)
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8. Design, Systems and Territorial Networks. The Experience of the Wd_ workshop Design in Morcone (2001-2005)
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9. Carlo De Carli e la direzione di Interni 1967-1971: insegnamento, editoria e progetto dell’arredo
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9. Carlo De Carli and the Editorship of Interni 1967-1971: Teaching, Publishing, and Furniture Design
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