DESIS showcase Helsinki 2012

1. Slow Food Italy, Politecnico di Milano,
INDACO dept.
University of Gastronomic Sciences
Milan, 2010-ongoing
Key words: Regions, rural-urban links
Feeding Milan, energies for change.
A design experiment for collaboration and conviviality
more on: www.nutriremilano.it

2. Context: The Agricultural Park
South Milan is characterized of
industrial farming. By steering local
agriculture towards sustainability
and innovation principles that
address both farmers and city
dwellers, it could become a
reference for the upcoming Milan
Expo 2015.

3. Project: It aims to design a system
of services and infrastructure to
redefine for an efficient and effective
agri-food chain. A scenario of “City-
Supported Agriculture”.

4. Design role: Activism: make things
happen soon. Co-creation and
building capacities from within.
Observing and probing emerging
practices. Using new media.
Generating scenarios as stories.
Creating convergence. Supporting
Design Thinking. Building capacity
in the community