The concept of design today no longer concerns just the product but also services, strategies, and systems, increasingly intertwining the themes of environmental sustainability.
At the Polytechnic University of Turin, a culture of systemic design has emerged and is present, now expressed as a study path in the Master’s Degree in Ecodesign and in the future in Systemic Design. Unique in its kind, the course will be dedicated, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his passing, to Aurelio Peccei, a precursor in the study of sustainable development models and founder of the Club of Rome, an international association promoting these themes worldwide.

The following will speak at the naming ceremony:
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
– Marco Gilli, Rector of the Polytechnic University of Turin
– Piero Fassino, Mayor of Turin
– Rocco Curto, Director of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Polytechnic University of Turin
– Pier Paolo Peruccio, Professor of Design History at the Polytechnic University of Turin
– Roberto Peccei, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, President of the Aurelio Peccei Foundation, and Vice-President of the Club of Rome
– Luigi Bistagnino, Coordinator of the Design College at the Polytechnic University of Turin and author of the book “Systemic Design” (Slow Food Editore, 2011)
– Anders Wijkman, former Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the Club of Rome, and co-author of the book “Bankrupting Nature” (Edizioni Ambiente, 2014).

Video message from Dennis Meadows, Professor Emeritus of System Management and co-author of “The Limits to Growth” (Universe Books, 1972).

Following in the afternoon:
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Lectio Magistralis by Anders Wijkman
Bankrupting Nature: Denying our Planetary Boundaries