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n. 001 FEBRUARY 2017

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Design a Method for Innovation

Elena Comincioli | Marcella Ercolini | Renzo Bartoloni | Andrea Fenocchio

The world is changing and we are immersed in what is called the fourth industrial revolution.

How can we design for the upcoming society?

What are the methodology we can use to innovate?

INDEX

Editorial

A space to investigate "how"

Newsroom

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Design is a creative discipline

Elena Comincioli

An explanation of what design is and what creativity means, at list from the perspective of the newsroom of this magazine.

(A frame from Pee-wee's Big Adventure, by Tim Burton, 1985)

Revolution 4.0

Marcella Ercolini

What does it mean to manage a business in the fourth industrial revolution? What is the role of our personal self into the new complex environment?

Book review:

Designing tomorrow’s world today

Andrea Fenocchio

Our contributor Andrea read How to thrive in the next economy by John Thackara: here his point of view. Spoiler alert: he liked it a lot.

(Image: John Thackara, Uros Abram)

Interview:

A short talk with Bruce Sterling

Elena Comincioli

Futurologist Bruce Sterling helps us define the role of the designer in the new market 4.0, where the most important asset is empathy.

(Image: Bruce Sterling, Joi Ito, CC-BY)

(Image: Unsplash)

The importance of being a future teller

Renzo Bartoloni

Only few managers would be able to contribute effectively to the creation of company value, especially those who not only clicks quickly but thinks quickly as well.

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