The value of design in the emergency-driven scenarios. Crafting Ecosystems with data.

During the Covid-19 emergency of 2020, the Information system, governed by data- flows, generations, and representations, proved to be one of the most overwhelming and uncontrolled phenomena. In this scenario, the essay presents a critical analysis, highlighting urgencies and opportunities for the design discipline to define its substantial and meaningful role in the Information Age. The research encourages the design culture to go beyond the dichotomy between materiality and virtuality by depicting reference's paths and practices, trying "to craft" new hybrid ecosystems. To inspire new design challenges, the experimental project Crafting Ecosystems is a proposal of a new design-led scenario for the Information. The goal is to offer a different kind of public Information based on empathy and awareness, focused on the restoration of a balance between natural and artificial, translated into tangible actions, replies to emergency circumstances. The final designed project is an interactive invitation to observe reality in an integrated way and realize how data and emergencies inevitably depend on the interconnected balance between all living beings.