Empathy Revisited - Mariana Pestana, Sumitra Upham, Billie Muraben activism As movie houses close and

As movie houses close and corporations dominate

only occasionally travelling further afield to the beaches of Rimini on the Adriatic or the Swiss Lakes

downloads and streams is now taken for granted

” (Francesca Sorrenti)

Charles Henri Ford

Empathy Revisited - Mariana Pestana, Sumitra Upham, Billie Muraben activism As movie houses close andIdeas, utopian propositions and practical solutions for reinterpreting and reconnecting empathically with the world around us. This book brings together ideas and projects that seek to define a new role for design based on empathy. As a mediator of emotions and feelings, design is presented here as a practice that takes care as its main purpose. Designers adopt sensitive, diplomatic, sometimes therapeutic functions, with the aim of connecting us with