Resources in Commons [ Workshop ]

Join us for a workshop with guests: Sara Andreozzi and Luca Santarelli, PhD candidates in Design for Social Change ISIA Roma Design.

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Resources in Commons [ Workshop ]

What do we use every day that we do not really own?

From time and shared spaces to digital platforms and infrastructures, many of the resources we rely on daily are not individually owned but collectively used. Resources in Commons is an interdisciplinary workshop that brings together students from different disciplinary backgrounds to explore shared resources and the practices that sustain them. The workshop uses design tools as a collective inquiry method to map, discuss, and reflect on how common resources are accessed, used, and governed in everyday contexts.

The first part of the workshop focuses on the analysis of real cases of shared resources and how we access them. Working in interdisciplinary groups, participants use a mapping framework to observe relationships and responsibilities followed by a collective discussion to compare perspectives and insights.

The second part of the workshop shifts toward a foresight and envisioning phase. Building on the initial analysis, participants are invited to imagine how the same resources could work differently and how they might be strengthened as commons. Through rapid design exercises, students explore alternative scenarios and possibilities, using design as a critical and collaborative process rather than as a problem-solving tool.

The workshop encourages participants to reflect on shared resources as relational and collective practices, and to use design methods to support dialogue, exploration, and shared understanding across disciplines.

About our Workshop Facilitators

Visual designer with a background in Industrial design and Visual design, currently a PhD student in Design for Social Change at ISIA Rome. Her research focuses on design for the commons and care-centered design as tools to support cooperation, self-governance, and more equitable collective systems. She combines visual communication, UI/UX, and strategic design, drawing on international experience in interdisciplinary and socially oriented projects.

Visual Designer and PhD candidate in Design for Social Change at ISIA Roma Design. His work investigates the creative misuse of technology as a catalyst for social connection and empowerment. Within the Intorno Design cooperative, he develops brand and motion design projects, employing a speculative methodology to merge the worlds of research and professional design

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