Mission

The mission of the Design Center Bologna is to place design at the service of companies, specifically for the spotting and solving of problems as they relate to the product, their communication and to the processes that determine the creation of said product.

The Design Center is a research and development center that manages extensive data-bases, development projects (not only at a local level, but also on a national and international scale), liaisons between institutions, experts in the field of design, and that provides a frame-work of references on a national and global level as well as networks for the presentation of outstanding local services and products to national and international stakeholders. The activities of the Design Center include workshops, conferences, consulting services, pilot projects, trend analysis, collaborative research, concept design and strategic design.

The Design Center’s objective is to streamline the relationship between firms and designers; to supply both with the instruments of communication, manage data of common interest, distribute updates and information on shared topics and to provide an extensive and reciprocal understanding of the workings of each other.