Designing Sustainable Futures: How to Imagine, Create, and Lead the Transition to a Better World

This decisive decade demands more inspired and informed practitioners who can use positive futures to rebalance the present. This book is a thought-provoking approach to imagine, create, and lead the journey to a more sustainable world.

Professor Manuela Celi holds a Design PhD and is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano. Engaged in the Design PhD Board and Rectors’ delegate for talent development, she navigates diverse sectors by delving into the multifaceted realms of design-related knowledge. Proficient in teaching Product Design, Metadesign and Design Futures, she leads the FUEL4Design.org research project, merging design with humanities and speculative inquiry. Prof. Celi’s insights, showcased in renowned journals like Futures and The Design Journal, manifest her fusion of anticipation with critical design, offering unusual perspectives for envisioning transformative futures.

Joseph Press, PhD, is a Futures Architect at Institute for the Future and Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano. For over 25 years, he advise organizations in imagining, designing and implementing more sustainable practices. He holds a PhD from MIT and prepares the next generation of changemakers teaching at the Politecnico di Milano. At POLI.design, he co-lead the pilot program Designing Sustainable Futures and convened the creative community for the Designing with Emerging Technologies global seminar series. He has co-authored books on digital transformation, futures of working & living, and social entrepreneurialism. As co-founder of MakeOurFuture, he actively assists organizations in the transition to a better world.