Ricerc@Sapienza

In such a historical dramatic period for the future of our planet and their inhabitants, the role of design appears increasingly as a transversal device that connects different knowledges. The assumption of this article is the awareness of the transition from the Holocene era to what the scientists call the Anthropocene, a revolutionary new phase of earth history, that has been unleashed by human action with bad prospects for the planet and the mass of humanity.

In addition to making dangerously overwhelmed health systems, the spread of COVID19 has transformed the social balances, the daily
lifestyle and work, the way of doing didactics
and conferences, the way of relating with friends
and loved ones, the way of using public and
family services and transport, enjoying holidays
and free time etc.; at the same time it has given
rise to oppressive repercussions on the economic
and productive systems, leading to the adoption
of unexpected intervention measures and the use