Abstract

The Design discipline has always been as resilient to the evolutionary processes of society, including the ones related to the idea of Social Inclusion. Although the traditional, and most diffused, idea of designing for Social Inclusion is commonly aligned with the notion of accessibility and/or designing for the human disability, the recent societal instances request designers and researchers to think holistically to new enabling ideas and visions for this design approach. Therefore, a new idea of Design for Social Inclusion must be proposed to be in line with the contemporary idea of inclusive society, as well as to provide designers and researchers a knowledge agenda on which to set the future professional practice.