Organised by London Design Festival
SUSTAINABILITY: REVOLUTION AND SOLUTION - THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER - ATTEND ALL THREE TALKS FOR £30+VAT
Supported by SAP
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS: RADICAL THINKING TO MEET AN URGENT NEED
Sackler Centre for Arts Education
Hochhaser Auditorium
2pm-2.50pm
Assessing radical solutions that could hold the answers to climate repair, rapid emissions reduction, sustainable energy sources, population growth, material and land use. Could they make a difference to the future of the planet and what role does design have to play?
Elora Hardy, Sustainable Designer
Professor Sir David King, Director, The University of Cambridge Centre for Climate Repair
Doug Parr, Chief Scientist and Policy Director, Greenpeace
Jim Sullivan, Head, Global Sustainability Innovation Accelerator, SAP
SUSTAINABILITY, DESIGN AND BRANDS
Sackler Centre for Arts Education
Hochhaser Auditorium
3.20pm-4.10pm
How can brands and designers can work together to create sustainable products that are desirable and successful? How do brands align with a society that needs to consume less while having a viable commercial model? How can designers and brands better understand potential shifts to policy to work with, rather than against it.
Carole Collet, Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures and Founder of the Design & Living Systems Lab at Central Saint Martins; and Director of Sustainable Innovation at LVMH
Han Fu, Lead CMF Designer of OPPO London Design Centre
Ben Parker, Founder and Director, Made Thought
CHAIR: Hunter Tura, President and CEO, Bruce Mau Design, Founder, We Are Syndicate
KEYNOTE: Sustainability revolution: The role of activism in designing a sustainable future
The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre
4.40pm-5.30pm
Dame Vivienne Westwood has spent many years tirelessly speaking out about the effects of climate change and over-consumption, and has mobilised international attention around ecological crusading working with bodies including Cool Earth, Greenpeace, The UN, British Fashion Council, Friends of the Earth and The Mayor of London. Dame Vivienne will give a rallying cry to designers, charities, NGO’s and individuals on how to join forces, take action and affect real change.
Dame Vivienne Westwood, Designer & Activist
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 OPPO 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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- design
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