common goods
and collaborative services
a virtuous circle for a resilient sustainable city
(and what design can do to promote it)
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, UAL London, Politecnico di Milano
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Ezio Manzini Commons and Collaborative Services
1. common goods
and collaborative services
a virtuous circle for a resilient sustainable city
(and what design can do to promote it)
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, UAL London, Politecnico di Milano
Bologna, 6 November 2015
4. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
collaborative
services
5. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
collaborative
servicesservices
in which
involved
actors
collaborate
in achieving
a result
6. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
collaborative
services services
in which
involved
actors
collaborate
in getting
a result
12. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
collaborative
services
they produce
relational
goods
they solve
complex
problems
18. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
relational
goods
social
values
individual
values
social
commons
24. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
social
commons
collaborative
attitude
social
values
collaborative
services
29. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
out-scaling
up-scaling
spreading
as replicating
spreading
as growing
global scale
community scale
30. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
up-scaling
spreading
as growing
global scale
out-scaling
spreading
as replicating
community scale
distributed
systems
31. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
human interactions
effectiveness
to enable
human
relationships
to increase
accessibility
32. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
social
invention
social
innovation
new socio-
technical
systems
33. cohousing, collaborative housing,
couch surfing, circles of care, elderly
mutual-help, micro-nurseries, time
banks, local currencies, car pooling,
car sharing, food coops, farmers
markets, zero-miles food, community-
supported agriculture, neighbourhood
care, street festivals, community
gardens, community-based tourism,
social enterprises, co-working, fair
trade organisations, social incubators
social
invention
social
innovation
new socio-
technical
systems
innovation
trajectory
how does the balance between
accessibility and human relationships
change?
how does this evolution change
the production of the commons?
49. different strategies for different users
different blends between effectiveness
and quality of interaction
different contributions to
social commons building
different ways of commoning
different relational goods
64. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
inclusiveness can be produced
by living together
what does this
example tell us?
social commons
as a side product of
a collaborative service
65. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
what does this
example tell us?
collaborative living can be
realized and sustained in time
by a digital platform, plus
a constellation of supporting
services.
to create the
pre-condition for
collaborative living
66. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
what does this
example tell us?
collaborative living can be
realized and sustained in time
by a digital platform, plus
a constellation of supporting
services.
to make collaborative
living easier and safer
75. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
what does this
example tell us?
inclusiveness can be produced
by working together
social commons as side
product of a collaborative
system of production-
consumption
76. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
what does this
example tell us?
collaborative working (bike up-
grading) and its outcomes (mobility
for migrants) are driven by energy of
the makers movement
the migrant issue becomes part
of an existing social movement
91. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
inclusiveness can be produced
by sharing broad visions
what does this
example tell us?
social commons
as a side product of
resilience improvement
programs
92. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
communities and places can be
restarted by appropriate
enabling systems
what does this
example tell us?
a mix of
local projects and
framework programs
93. 18.11.2013
piccolo, locale,
aperto, connesso
uno scenario emergente
Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network, Politecnico di Milano
what does this
example tell us?
migrants can act as agents of
change and produce social
commons
migrant as
commons catalysts