Current Issue
Within the culture of design, it is possible to find, from the earliest stages of 19th century technological development, the presence of two directions: the first is synergetic with the industrial production model, the second is more critical of the imbalances this has caused. The awareness that production processes modified environmental conditions dates back to the classical age, but the effectiveness of the search for solutions was not constant in the different historical moments.
During the 20th century, the two visions (that of collaborative problem-solving and that of opposition), developed theories and projects that fuelled, within the disciplines of design, a debate that has not yet been historicised. Just as that broad movement of ideas, supported by bottom-up communication projects, which, by influencing the economic-political culture through public opinion, has promoted the emergence of legislative constraints that have also become guiding elements for the development of industrial products, does not yet appear historicised.
