Transience as a design challenge: Italian radical narratives about the role of design processes in/for the incorporeal transformations of cities (1969-1974)

The capacity of design culture to interpret changes and mediate different fields research action by integrating material, immaterial values experiences, is becoming increasingly relevant, considering the deep transformations generated contemporary crisis, wars migrations. concept transience therefore appears be only condition dimension we can design, influence, shape, test, experiment consume, but also use narrate not-linear relationship between ‒ as a doing, producing, mediating, building relations, anticipating – in cities societies.
 This paper intends propose transverse inclusive interpretation mediated examining narratives design-centred approaches Italy, performative temporary expressions designed artefacts, with an influence on development urban spaces, where spontaneous initiatives have been expression latent processes creativity culture. period under examination primarily covers decades 1960s 1970s, which search for overlapping disciplinary boundaries, aggression overall vision project proposes circularity scales climate protest movements activism, brought them need change. Moreover, crisis sustainability was transversal theme that led cultures weave collaboration forms knowledge explore methods.
 discourse around continues fueled new instances triple transition pervading European landscape, process continuous refinement methods practices introduces tools, eye digital technologies, cross-fertilised variety disciplines, because forces conditioning change future societies are many sometimes unexpected.