LeNSin, the International Learning Network on Sustainability, is the project aiming at the promotion of a new generation of designers (and design educators) capable to effectively contribute to the transition towards a sustainable society for all. The project created an international network of more than 100 universities aiming at developing, promoting and diffusing the teaching of Product-Service System design for sustainability (with a focus on distributed economies) in design schools through a decentralised and collaborative production and fruition of teaching contents.
During the three years of operation, LeNSin project activities involved five seminars, ten pilot courses, the setting up of ten regional LeNS Labs, and a (decentralised) open web platform, which can be accessed by students/designers and teachers aiming to download, modify/remix and reuse open and copyleft learning resources, i.e. courses/lectures, tools, cases, criteria, projects.
LeNSin also promoted a series of diffusion activities targeting the design community worldwide. The final event, a decentralised conference in 2018, based simultaneously in six partner universities, was organised together by the 36 project partners from four continents.
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Design for Sustainability - We focus on developing the theory and practice required to design solutions that foster environmental, socio-ethical and economic sustainability in areas ranging from materials and manufacturing to products, services, business models, bottom-up initiatives and socio-technical systems.
Additive Manufacturing and 4D Printing - The Additive Manufacturing and 4D Printing Research Group seeks to understand the fundamental aspects and applications of programmable materials through layer-wise methods of production.
Digital Design Lab - User-centred research, innovation, consultancy and knowledge transfer aimed at design, development and evaluation of innovative digital and digital-physical systems, products, services and experiences.
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Project last modified 21/11/2023