The Small, Local, Open, Connected Scenario

learning collection Strategic and Service Design for Sustainability subject Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability learning resource The Small, Local, Open, Connected Scenario contributors: Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy LeNS, the Learning Network on Sustainability: Asian-European multi-polar network for curricula development on Design for Sustainability focused on product service system innovation. Funded by the Asia-Link Programme, EuroAid, European Commission. Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

design for social innovation . c atalysing diffuse creativity for sustainable changes Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

80% exit strategy 1 fixing the past exit strategy 2 building the future

to build a sustainable future means to use at best the Planet resources 80%

to build a sustainable future means to use at best the Planet resources 80% in a small, densely populated, highly connected planet, s ocial resources are the most abundant ones.

social innovation Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

There is always a small place...

… organises a garden on the building roof...

Families can book the roof garden...

… and meet with neighbours…

… and the local farm delivers it...

… to see the vegetables growing.

We give a hand to the farmers...

… and bring back our harvest.

EMUDE Emerging User Demands for Sustainable Solutions CCSL Creative Communities for Sustainable Lifestyle DESIS Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability

creative communities people inventing new ways of living and producing service and business ideas for new forms of collaborative organizations

farmers markets Amhedabad Milano

urban vegetables gardens Milano San Paulo

purchasing groups Milano Taipei

France China community-based agriculture

applications . Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

Example Urban-rural areas development (in Italy, Brazil, China)

Parco Agricolo Sud Milano Urban agriculture in the South Milano Park Capivari Monos (Brazil) Urban-rural area in APA, San Paulo City Xianqiao Village (China) A sustainable community project in rural area in Shanghais City

APA Capivari-Monos São Paulo downtown Municipality of São Paulo Location São Paulo (Brazil) rural-urban area / Sao Paulo

Xianqiao Village rural-urban area / Shanghais

local resources physical and social, real and potential

Parco Sud Milano Parco Sud Milano

Agricultural activities Capivari Monos (Brazil)

Tourism potential Capivari Monos (Brazil)

The village landscape Xianqiao Village (China)

Family farm-poultry, vegetable and gardening Xianqiao Village (China)

social innovators promising social innovation cases

Organic agriculture market Capivari Monos (Brazil)

Ecological network Capivari Monos (Brazil)

Communitarian restaurant Capivari Monos (Brazil)

Traditional handicraft and handmade food Xianqiao Village (China)

Community based tourism-Qixiaodui farmhouse Xianqiao Village (China)

strategy to turn urban proximity from disadvantage to an advantage local development driven by a set of connected, self standing projects

Xianqiao Village (China) organic food production home restaurant crafts revitalization twin schools project

Xianqiao Village (China) Xianqiao Village (China) organic food production

Xianqiao Village (China) home restaurant

Xianqiao Village (China) crafts revitalization

Xianqiao Village (China) twin schools project

7 connected, self standing projects Parco Sud Milano 7 hubs for social innovation digital platform and common branding

Collaborative services Urban Agriculture Visitors’ Centre |Park Point Horticulture Rural Cultural Centre Farmers’ Market Common Brand Food Subscription The Green Purchasing 7 social innovation hubs + a common brand

Farmers’ Market Parco Sud Milano

Green Purchasing Parco Sud Milano

Food Subscription Parco Sud Milano

Visitors’ Centre | Park Point Parco Sud Milano

Rural Cultural Centre Parco Sud Milano

Urban Agriculture Parco Sud Milano

A network and a brand Parco Sud Milano

can the food-related community- based scenario be extended from farming to other sectors? 80%

can the food-related community- based scenario be extended from farming to other sectors? 80% yes

scenario . Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

footprint reduction on-going trends

sustainable use of local resources; localized systems; low transport intensity solutions footprint reduction on-going trends

footprint reduction social networks on-going trends

now forms of community; open sources; p2p footprint reduction social networks on-going trends

footprint reduction social networks diffuse creativity on-going trends

creative communities; collaborative services footprint reduction social networks diffuse creativity on-going trends

small local connected emerging keywords open

small local connected traditional clusters open

small / local interwoven issues of scale, relationships and identity small local connected open

small local connected open open / connected rise of unprecedented forms of organization .

small local connected new clusters open

small / connected in the network society the small is not small : it is a node in the network small local connected open

local / open in the sustainable society the the local is open : the connected local . local Ne open

small local connected emerging scenario open

small local open connected small local connected emerging scenario open

distributed systems distributed computing distributed generation distributed manufacturing distributed economies

distributed systems production systems organized as networks of small scale, flexible, highly context-related units. ( Distributed Economies Laboratories )

scenario features resilient / durable lean / adaptable comprehensible / controllable

scenario drivers risk management economy / ecology democracy / equity

small, local, open, connected 80%

small, local, open, connected 80% a scenario where the global is a “network of locals”

scenario and innovation Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

small, local, open, connected

diffuse socio-technical innovation

catalyzing diffuse creativity and developing enabling solutions

sustainable-everyday. net download the books Creative Communities Collaborative Services

design for social innovation design knowledge and practice to catalyse diffuse creativity and transform it in sustainable solutions.

DESIS . an international network on design for social innovation and sustainability.

DESIS-International DESIS-China DESIS-Italy DESIS-Brazil DESIS-South Africa DESIS-Local in work DESIS-Local in progress DESIS-USA DESIS-Colombia

thanks ! sustainable-everyday.net Ezio Manzini Politecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

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