Inmaterial: addressing the Social Implications of Art and Design

The purpose of the contribution is to highlight both the premises and the objectives of "Inmaterial", a scientific journal aimed at researchers, professionals, and teachers who deal with design in its different theoretical and practical aspects. Challenging the traditional interpretation of design as a mere technical, problem-solving activity, we call for a vision of designers as both intellectual and material operators, conscious of the wide range of cultural, social, economic, and political implications of their actions, and therefore capable of asking themselves adequate questions before putting forward possible answers. In a moment in which the very notion of design, its principles and specific objectives are subject to an evident reformulation, this journal also seeks to include the innovations – in epistemological, methodological, terminological terms, and the like – that might concern the discipline.