Laura Martelloni

Politecnico di Milano | Polimi · Department of Design

Theory of Change was created as a logic planning model to explore and represent a potential change in a way that reflects a complex and systemic understanding of development. Even though it is a familiar tool in the context of community initiatives and philanthropic projects, Theory of Change is under‐applied in design as a problem‐solving practice...

The aim of this white paper is twofold: recapping the main learnings and experiences delivered in the OD&M project during the last 3 years, as well as presenting a different set of guidelines that can help bridging maker culture with Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) at European level. To this extent, the paper presents a 7 point-structure sta...

The aim of this white paper v2.0 is to outline how the learnings and experiences of project members and accelerated makers during the OPENMAKER program can inform local, regional, national and European policy making. The paper aims to highlight concrete opportunities for Europe to capitalize on the skills, expertise and innovation present within th...

The aim of this white paper v1.0 is to offer a comprehensive vision of two paradigms of outmost importance for the future of European Manufacturing; Industry 4.0 and maker movement. These two trends might be disparate but at the same time as we show in this document, there are clear synergies between them that can help to meet the challenges that t...

The present Report contains the results of an action-research developed in the context of the OD&M Project (A Knowledge Alliance between Higher Education Institutions, Makers and Manufacturers to boost Open Design & Manufacturing in Europe), funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme, Knowledge Alliances strand. The main objecti...

The present document represents an attempt to provide European institutions and stakeholders with a contribution aimed at developing an ambitious agenda for the collaborative economy in Europe. The overall position and proposals contained in this paper have been built on the ground of a stakeholder consultation realized during summer 2017, which i...