This volume contributes to the construction of a multi-voice mosaic on the theme of Nature and the relationship between Man (understood as designer) and Nature by emphasizing the innovative and sustainable proposals coming from the discipline of design, in its many facets and interdisciplinary contributions. Since it isn’t discussed the creative and economic effort that designers, institutions and companies have been leading for years to improve human living conditions, preference will be given to scientific contributions (unpublished or not yet fully known case studies, projects of strategies, products, systems and services, theoretical contributions, communication) that are an expression of a new approach to Nature, seen as our ally and object of an ethics of care. The focus is the design both in its role as innovation driver and interpreter of social evolution, that must be considered within the human-nature relationship. The topics identify some of the most relevant fields of development in which "Design Driven Innovation" can be developed in the respect of perspective of a new relationship with nature.

Table of Contents

• MTHCD Paradigm to Understand Nature
• Design After the Anthropocene
• From Ego to Eco: System Design for Planning According to Nature
• The Involvement of Creativity in Innovative and Sustainable Processes
• The Human Being and Nature: A New Lexicon for Design Practices
• Ettore Sottsass and the Eco-Thought
• Inviting Sustainable Behavior Through the Power of Metaphors in Design
• Eco-Energy of Subtle Design
• Nature and Human Through Food: Towards a Collaborative Design Ecosystem
• Nature-Centered Approach in Product Design: Artifacts for a Sustainable Future
• Ocean and Service Design: Mutual Inspiration
• Yacht Design for Nature: A One-Way Navigation That no One Can Escape Anymore
• Soundscape and Dataviz for Traditional Craft: Innovation by Design
• Design, Handicraft and Made in Italy for Sustainability and Innovation: The Tuscany Case Study
• A.C.Q.U.A.: Advisible Conscious Quality Use from Assisi
• Process Memory in Chinese Handmade Design
• Seeing from the Details: The Cosmopolitanism and View of Nature in Haipai (Shanghai Style) Furniture Design, 1912- 1949
• Stability and Transition. Sustainability Models for the Fashion Industry in Tuscany
• Biomimicry: Nature as a Model for Design
• Designing with Nature. Ancestrality and Collaboration with the Living in Contemporary Times
• Learning from Nature and Plastiglomera1te: A Challenge Between Re-Factory and Re-Setting
• Material Selection to Reinforce Circular Economy Trajectories in Industrial
• Companies: The O.S.M.O.S.I.S. Methodology
• Matter's Life: Speculative Biodesign Practices Toward a New Materialism
• Neomateria: Designing for Endowing Matter with Agentivity
• Material Driven Design vs Crisis: Material Activism for a HaNest Society
• Design and Living Organisms, Grow-Made Processes of Biocompatible Materials
• Bacteriascape: Synergistic Collaborations Between Design and Bacteria
• A New Human-Nature Relationship in the Domestic Environment
• Reparative Design: Bio-Based Textiles for Territorial Circularity
• Hand Printing Practices with a Sustainable Fashion Approach
• Learning by Doing and the Role of the Body in Knitting Tasks: An Integrated
• Approach on Ergonomics and Social Sustainability in Fashion Design
• From Material to Socio-Technical Innovations: A Meta-Scenario Proposition for Footwear Sustainability
• New Sustainable Fashion Design Scenarios: A Designer Journey in Textile Experimentation with Plants
• Nature Based Strategies for Sustainable and Circular Materials in the Textile Sector
• Experimental Analysis of Thermal Properties of Tuff from the Campania Region
• in Italy for the Design and Performance Assessment of Ground Energy Systems
• Regeneration of Urban Open Spaces as a Tool for Integrating Nature and Built Environment
• Nature and Digital Technologies
• New Scenarios for Sustainable Design Toward an Integrated Approach Between
• Bio-Inspired Design, Biomimetic Materials, Generative Parametric Modelling, Additive Manufacturing
• Human-Robot-Human: The Natural Dimension of the Telepresence Robotics Design
• Custodian Communities and Land Care for the Future
• Design, Nature and Digital Technologies: Artificial Intelligence's Ethic for Techno-Social Innovation and (Digital) Sustainability
• Hydro-Symbiotic Morphologies: Generative Design Processes for Hyper Arid Ecosystems
• Hyper-Nature: Slow Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence for a Conscious Fashion System
• Intertwining Fashion Practices Toward Industry 5.0 Through a Design-Driven Approach
• Centring and Decentring the Human: New Alliances with Nature and Technology in Fashion Materials
• Rely on Available Resources: Designing Sustainability Education Technologies for Low Resources Scenarios
• Made in Italy 5.0. Knitwear Design Within the Fifth Industrial Revolution
• A Taxonomy of Design Practices for Sustainability Towards Planetary Health
• Biomimetic Design to Support the Design of Individual Protection Device
• Re-think. Re-design. Re-start: New Tools for a More Sustainable Fashion Design Process
• From More to Less: Carbon Neutral Enabling Technologies
• Environmentally Conscious Digital Interfaces: A Mindful Approach to UX
• Relationship Between Human and Rhythmic Dynamics in the Digital Interactive Experience
• Regenerative Design Approach for Twin Transition in Travel and Tourism Sector
• Design Innovation Strategy for Waterfront Public SeNice Space in Shanghai, China: Lesson from Global Experiences and Expertise
• Design Innovation Strategy for Waterfront Public Service Space in Shanghai, China:
• Lesson from Global Experiences and Expertise
• Design for Movability: A New Design Research Challenge for Sustainable Design Scenarios in Urban Mobility
• Nature and "Fourth Environment"
• Design & Nature on the Moon
• Democracy in Outer Space: Speculative Design for Future Citizenship
• Anthroporobotocene: Non-human Players for Non-terrestrial Habitats
• Cislunar City: The Outpost of Humankind Expansion into Space
• Resilience Envelopes: The "Fourth Environment" as a Source of Inspiration, a Place
• for Speculation and a Territory for Experimenting with New Models of Life
• Space Fashion in Microgravity and on Earth