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Welcome to DDP, the Democracy and Design Platform!
DDP seeks to gather, analyze and give visibility to initiatives that are directly or indirectly linked to the issues posed by “Stand Up for Democracy”: the open letter that Ezio Manzini and Victor Margolin addressed to the design community in March 2017. The purpose of the letter was to stimulate activities which, by discussing the relationship between democracy and design, clearly express in a propositive and proactive way our concern in the design world over the attacks on democracy currently underway in several countries.
Open Letter to the Design Community: Stand Up For Democracy

1. We are in difficult and dangerous times. For many years, we lived in a world that, despite its problems, was nevertheless committed to principles of democracy in which human rights, fundamental freedoms, and opportunities for personal development, were increasing. Today, this picture has changed profoundly. There are attacks on democracy in several countries - including those where democracy had seemed to be unshakable.
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DDP is a digital platform carrying out various functions relating to the three actions proposed in the open letter. In particular it collects and catalogues statements, so as to make them easily accessible in a single digital place and events, making it possible to map them.

STATEMENTS

Personal contribution to the issues raised by the Stand Up for Democracy open letter.

EVENTS

Initiative organized in relation to the issues raised by the Stand Up for Democracy open letter.

Statements

Here we've collected all personal contribution in answer to the Stand Up for Democracy open letter.

News

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La Fabrique du débat public
August 5, 2017 By admin

The main aim of Democracy and Design Platform is to activate and foster the growing debate on the current state of democracy, by asking the design community to make a stand. We are also doing our best in order to give visibility both to theoretical and written contributions and to those events happening worldwide, which […]

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Stand Up for Democracy at Triennale Design Museum
June 15, 2017 By admin

On 20th June 2017, the seminar “Democrazia e Design. Contributi per una democrazia progettuale” will be hosted at Triennale Design Museum in Milan, in collaboration with the Department of Design and School of Design of Politecnico di Milano. The event is Triennale’s contribution to the initiative “Stand up for Democracy”, promoted by the Democracy and […]

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Resources

In this section we’ve gathered content relevant to the topics addressed by DDP.

Coordinators

DDP is an initiative of the Politecnico di Milano Design Department, designed and coordinated by three of its laboratories: Design Policy Lab, Density Design and DESIS Lab.

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