The present study is an investigation into the potential of Design to promote diversity, gains and possibilities of old age and began from the observation that although plural, the elderly are treated, in general, homogeneously and associated with products and services that highlight negative aspects of aging, such as canes and nursing homes. The approach on the theme occurred with literature research and participant observation with elderly people and had as main conductors Simone de Beauvoir – author of Old Age, book that depicts the condition of the elderly from historical, biological and social perspectives –, Mirian Goldenberg – author of The Beautiful Age – and Celso Sá – who deals with the Social Representation Theory: basis for the elaboration of a projetual exercise that checks how the elderly are socially represented through products and services. The research about the potential of Design to contribute to new ways of seeing and living the old age was based on collecting examples of design actions on behalf of seniors, accomplished through the creation of interest groups with researchers from the Center for Research and Study of Aging and from the International Longevity Center-Brazil, students of Science social and Design, among others. The examples collected were organized into categories, based on the study by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on how people construct meaning in their familiar environments through artifacts, and prospects of Emotional Design identified by studies conducted in the lab Design Memory and Emotion. It was observed the existence of two major groups: (1) the things of old people, focusing on the limitations and losses of old age and treat the elderly as a homogeneous group and (2) the things of new old people that meet varied demands through various forms also. Finally, it is concluded that the construction of the new old age is intrinsically linked to the vision of those who design products and services and actions intended to encourage: to dance, to date, to work, to travel, to live...