Implementing Additive Manufacturing Education and Culture in Design Schools

In this contribution is presented a didactic proposal for the inclusion of an elective course on Additive Manufacturing (AM) within the study plan of the School of Design at the Politecnico di Milano. After a state-of-the-art research on the presence of AM in design teaching, we want to formulate a hands-on didactic proposal, developed through the experience gained in Polifactory - the makerspace of Politecnico di Milano - in the field of research and education. The result is expressed in the structure of a course specifically dedicated to the theme of AM, in which software, technologies and materials are presented exclusively in a functional way to the topic.