The document summarizes two design projects in Milan that used participatory design approaches to address social challenges. In the first project, called Peripheria, services like material sharing and community activities were co-designed with local residents to improve a neighborhood. This led to indirect results like the municipality and university collaborating on neighborhood plans. The second project, MyNeighborhood, co-designed gardening and food services in Quarto Oggiaro to address social inclusion; this impacted local school curricula. The document discusses how design must consider its contextual situation and can influence factors like organizations, policies and assumptions through situated practice.