Organised by London Design Festival
THE FUTURE OF PRODUCTION - ATTEND ALL TALKS FOR £30+VAT
FOOD PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, URBAN FARMING, WASTE AND DESIGN
Hochhaser Auditorium
Sackler Centre for Arts Education
2pm-2.50pm
How are designers shaping the future of food production to combat food waste, enable a growth in urban farming and reduce the carbon footprint of the food we eat? Can designers change how we view and produce food?
Ed Ikin, Head of Landscape and Horticulture, Kew Gardens
Carolien Niebling, Food Researcher and Designer of the Sausage of the Future
Fernando La Posse, Designer
Jackson Boxer, Chef, Orasay, Brunswick House and St Leonards
CHAIR: Catherine Flood, Curator, Food: Bigger Than The Plate, V&A
THE PERSONALISATION PROCESS
Sackler Centre for Arts Education
Hochhaser Auditorium
3.20pm-4.10pm
How can design embrace collaboration with consumers to create personalised products at a mass scale? Can digitised design, industrial customisation and automated manufacturing close the gap between the design and its end user?
CHAIR: Daniel Charny, Director, From Now On
Peter Griffith, Vice-President Product and Design, Kano Computers
Natalie Melton, Creative Director, Crafts Council
KEYNOTE: KENGO KUMA - MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS
The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre
4.40pm-5.30pm
As an architect, educator and theorist, Kengo Kuma is constantly in search of new materials and structural forms to replace concrete and steel for post-industrial society. Kuma will discuss the research undertaken for the design of Bamboo (竹) Ring: Weaving into Lightness, which combines bamboo and carbon fibre in an innovative structure, as well as his material explorations of ancient, natural and sustainable materials.
Kengo Kuma, Principal, Kengo Kuma & Associates; Professor, The Kengo Kuma Laboratory, The University of Tokyo
Jintong Zhu, Head of OPPO London Design Centre
Organised by Global Design Forum
Global Design Forum is the London Design Festival’s curated thought leadership programme, celebrating design and the minds shaping its future. Taking place throughout the Festival at the V&A and supported by b as Headline Partner, the Forum features a unique mix of talks, debates, tours and workshops that together reflect the most innovative thinking in the world of design today.
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