Seven years of Design Research At Politecnico di Milano. Analysis of the funded research projects

This book explores the thematic areas addressed by the research in the Department of Design, obtaining a snapshot of the issues addressed through funded research, their dimensions and results achieved, as well as their interconnections to the basic design research topics. The ambition is to build the research landscape explored by the researchers of the Department through the access to competitive funds (regional, national and EU) and vice versa to gain some insights about how themes supported by funded research affect the basic design research. Starting from the data emerging from the qualitative analysis of 32 projects (see chapter 2), two are the relevant questions the book discusses (i) the interactions between the funded research and the Department research profile and identity and (ii) the interactions between the funded research and the basic design research topics.