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Politecnico di Milano, INDACO departement, Faculty of Design

The Politecnico di Milano is a science and technology university producing engineers, architects and industrial designers through a variety of innovative specialising courses. The Politecnico di Milano has always been based on quality and innovation in teaching and research, resulting in a prolific relationship with the economic and manufacturing worlds through experimental research and the transfer of technology. The LeNS project is coordinated by unit of research Design and Innovation for Sustainability.Milan
Italy
Carlo  Vezzoli carlo.vezzoli@polimi.it
Fabrizio  Ceschin fabrizio.ceschin@polimi.it
Ezio  Manzini ezio.manzini@polimi.it
Sara  Cortesi sara.cortesi@polimi.it
Jun  Zhang zhangjuncoco@gmail.com
www.polimi.it

King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Dept. Industrial Design

KMITL was established with the aims to provide education, to promote research and development in science and technology for the industrial and economic development of Thailand, and to instill a desire to serve society in students. KMITL’s principal aim is to provide education and to develop resources in order to gain academic excellency in science and technology as well as virtue, morality and the conservation of art and culture of the nation. In addition, the statement of the Institute’s visionBangkok
Thailand
Sompit Moi   Fusakul moi.sfusakul@gmail.com
Praorranuj   Siridej praoranuj@yahoo.com
www.kmitl.ac.th/en

Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Department of Design

Established in 2010, the Aalto University is a new university with centuries of experience. The Aalto University was created from the merger of three Finnish universities: The Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and The University of Art and Design Helsinki. The three schools of the Aalto University - the School of Economics, the School of Art and Design and the School of Science and Technology are all leading and renowned institutions in their respective fields and iHelsinki
Finland
Aila Laakso  aila.laakso@taik.fi
Eija   Nieminen eija.nieminen@uiah.fi
Hanna   Karkku hkarkku@uiah.fi
Tiina   Laurila tiina.laurila@uiah.fi
Cindy  Kohtala cindy.kohtala@uiah.fi
Tatu  Marttila tatu.marttila@taik.fi
www.aalto.fi/en

Delft University of Technology

One of the largest university design programmes in the world. The Design for Sustainability (DfS) programme is part of Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), and is a multidisciplinary group of scientific researchers focussed on sustainable products and services.Delft
The Netherlands
Jan   Carel Diehl j.c.diehl@tudelft.nl
Marcel  Crul m.r.m.crul@tudelft.nl
Duygu   Keskin d.keskin@tudelft.nl
www.tudelft.nl

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is one of the seven Institutes of Technology created as centres of excellence for higher training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India. The IITs were always meant to impart training not merely in the fundamentals of science and technology but also in innovative thinking.Delhi
India
Amrit   Srinivasan amritsrinivasan@yahoo.co.in
Geetam   Tewari geetam@civil.iitd.ernet.in
Nitin   Sagar nitin.sagar@hotmail.com
Radhika  Ralhan radhikascorpio@gmail.com
www.iitd.ac.in

Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology

Srishti provides art and design education in an environment of creativity and maximizing individual potential. Regular interaction with design studios, production and distribution centres, community projects and industry forms a vital bridge between Srishti and the world. It is iterfacing with institutions across the world with a vision for and commitment to quality education through new technologies and pedagogies.Bangalore
India
DEEPTA  SATEESH deeps.sat@gmail.com
Mary   Jacob kuruvila45@yahoo.co.in
Swati   Unakar swatiunakar@yahoo.com
www.srishtiblr.org

Tsinghua University, Academy of Arts & Design

Always making a point of fostering the students’ innovation spirit and ability, the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, keeps expanding the students’ horizon to improve their comprehensive quality, while strengthening teaching of fundamental major courses. At present, the Academy comprises three sections: design (textile&fashion, ceramic, industrial, environmental art, graphic), fine arts and arts & history, along with the Research Institute and the School of Adult Education. Beijing
China
Cai   Jun caijun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Liu   Xin xinl@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Liu   Guanzhong systemdesign@263.net
www.tsinghua.edu.cn/eng
  LeNS project funded by the Asia Link Programme, EuropAid, European Commission