Università Roma Tre

The course includes a significant component of interactive activities in class, external testimonies, presentation of case studies. The lessons consist of the introduction of theoretical concepts and their immediate application through classroom exercises to be completed individually or in groups. Attendance at the course and active participation, in this regard, are strongly recommended. The course program is divided into the following topics:
1) Design basics: overview of the concept of design, main skills and mindset, design thinking process and co-creation process.
2) Sustainability basics: introduction to concepts of materiality, analysis of sustainability impacts and risks, assessment methodologies and analysis of the value chain and how these techniques can lead to "thinking" and rethinking products and services from a sustainability perspective. Topics related to the measurement of sustainability KPIs and the definition of SDG goals will also be covered.
3) Sustainable innovation: planet centered design techniques and tools for sustainable innovation.
4) Design Ethics: relationship between ethics and design, the role of ethics in the design thinking process and evaluation of the long-term impacts of products and services on society and the environment.
5) Sustainable design thinking process: introduction to the main qualitative research techniques, ways of identifying insights and transforming the learning outcomes of the research phase into design opportunities, brainstorming techniques functional to the generation of innovative concepts capable of responding to real needs of the relevant stakeholders, main methods of developing prototypes (fast prototyping) that allow the conceived solution to be tested, feedback collected and iterated.

IDEO The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design, Available at: http://www.designkit.org/resources/1
Brown, T.(2009) - Change by design - how design thinking can transform organizations and inspire innovation. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers. (Brown, 2009)
Kelley, D. and Kelley, T. (2013) - Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us, William Collins
Lidwell W. - Universal principles of design
Kuang, Cliff - User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
Norman, D. (2013) The Design of everyday things
Donella H. M., Wright D, (2015) Thinking in Systems
Knapp J. (2016) - Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Elliott, M.(2019) - Collaboration Design: A step-by-step guide to successful collaboration
Sustainability / Sustainable design
K. Raworth (2017) - Doughnut economics seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist
Andrew S. Winston, Paul Polman (2021) - Net positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
J. Elkington (2020) - Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism
Raz Godelnik (2021) - Rethinking Corporate Sustainability in the Era of Climate Crisis - A Strategic Design Approach
Jan Jonker - Organizing for sustainability
William McDonough, Michael Braungart (2002) - Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things
Rebecca Solnit (2023) - Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility
M. Porter - The Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance (1985)
Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism, WEF (2020)
Background to SGDs indicators (2008)
Social Return on Investment Resources
ESG Material Topics map by MSCI
The Little Book of Design Research Ethics. (2015). 1st ed. [ebook] Ideo Available at: https:// lbodre.ideo.com/download-file/
Cennydd Bowles (2018) - Future Ethics