Add to ORKGThe competition between territories, the goal to attract people and investments, the capacity to prefigure local sustainable development represent new opportunities to reflect about design theories and practices. Defining a "portrait" of an area, visualizing the specific features, enhancing the different levels of territorial resources are actions related to the refinement of design methods and practices. These activities are developed through a discussion and a synergy with other disciplines and also through the ability to build relationships and coordinating actions between different local stakeholders. The design for territories also represents an integrated approach into the design discipline: strategic design and services design to b...