In this first double issue of the magazine, entitled Social Design. Design and the "common good", edited by Marinella Ferrara, Francesco E. Guida, Mario Piazza, Paola Proverbio and Raimonda Riccini, almost as a challenge, an attempt was made to break the orthodoxy of a linear approach to history.
In this orientation, which tends to bring historical themes closer to us, Social Design offers itself in a fitting way for its being a contemporary and complex question, broad, ambiguous and controversial, even if only for the different synonymous expressions with where it presents itself: ethical design, humanitarian design, design for the community, design of public utility, design for extended users, design for sustainability, ...

This issue has been awarded the honourable mention at the XXVII Compasso d'Oro (June 2022) and has been selected for the ADI Design Index 2021 (held by ADI, Associazione per il Disegno Industriale), section "Ricerca teorica, storica, critica e progetti editoriali" ("Theoretical, historical, critical research and editorial projects"). Since November 15, 2023, it is listed among the Lombardy Excellences by the Lombardy Region within the selected products and projects of the ADI Design Index 2021.