Marius Conti

Marius Conti is a strategic designer and innovation educator at EPFL, where he leads the Blaze Accelerator, AI Track, and PDM in your Startup programs. He supports early-stage ventures through design-driven methods, with a focus on human-centered design. With over a decade of experience in digital and social innovation, including work for Siemens, Deloitte Global, NAGRA, WWF, and the Red Cross. Marius also co-founded Novertur - a business intelligence platform for SMEs (now business-monitor.ch) Teaching & PhD Courses Creativity and participatory design HUM-378 The course brings together EPFL and UNIL students to leverage interdisciplinary, creativity and participatory design to imagine new ways of living, working and living together through the creation of a prototype of object, service or experience. Design for sustainability I HUM-397 This course explores and practices some of the fundamental tools of designing for sustainability with a focus on the sustainability, desirability, and economic viability of solutions.