The group’s objective is to study, research, and experiment, and thus guide the complex phenomenon of writing (“writings”) and scientific publication (scientific production) of design, from a cultural, institutional, interdisciplinary, and technological perspective. Due to digital transformation and the establishment of the open access paradigm, as well as the plurality of research forms and expected impacts, the scenario of scientific production is undergoing a radical re-evaluation, with various attempts to revise and change its methods and processes. The very concept of contemporary “scientific publication” includes, in addition to traditional forms (articles), emerging types of non-textual research products (dynamic and collaborative digital ecosystems of augmented content, updatable and reusable over time) qualitatively accredited.
The group promotes investigation in the following areas:

• innovative forms, formats, and processes of publication;
• responsible models for evaluating quality and impact;
• plurality in the publication of design.