Studio SHIFT at Placemaking Europe Week 2025: co-creating urban playgrounds in Reggio Emilia

From September 23 to 26, 2025, Reggio Emilia hosted the Placemaking Europe Week, the most important international event dedicated to the future of public spaces and the role of communities in their transformation.

In search of balance: Studio SHIFT at the EMPOWERmental Winter School

EMPOWERmental is an international project supported by the Erasmus+ programme that places the psycho-physical well-being of workers.

Inclusive Design: shaping spaces that change lives

When we talk about inclusive design, we’re not just referring to visually pleasing aesthetics, but above all to a design approach that responds to everyone’s needs — no one excluded.

Studio SHIFT and Service Design for Social Innovation

Service design is a holistic approach to designing useful, usable, and desirable solutions that meet customer expectations and create value for end users. But what makes it so effective? And how can it be adapted to develop services of various kinds? Let’s explore this through some projects realized by Studio SHIFT. Service design is a […]

Design for social (book, I ed).

HEROS Project