BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cities of Design Network - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://designcities.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cities of Design Network REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:+08 DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210526 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210601T124421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T124421Z UID:8040-1621900800-1621987199@designcities.net SUMMARY:2021 TUMI Global Conference DESCRIPTION:The 2021 TUMI Global Conference focused on “Solutions in urban mobility leading to a Green Recovery from the COVID pandemic”. The conference sought to host leaders across political\, funding\, implementation and NGO sectors to share learnings and strategies in an interactive manner on how to realise this vision. Bold solutions were hosted via the dynamic ‘future of conference’ interactive digital platform\, Journee. \nTUMI is the leading global initiative on transformative urban mobility\, formed through a partnership between 11 organisations including The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)\, GIZ and UN Habitat. This year’s conference included speakers addressing climate change in the transport sector\, gender equality in urban transformation\, and innovative funding solutions to underpin a recovery within mobility sectors that looks ahead to sustainability and a more climate focused acceleration of innovation. \nOpen Streets Cape Town (OSCT) presented work on street transformation in Cape Town\, and the migration of temporary design interventions into permanent city solutions. Design success at a city-scale is rarely “Instagramable”. The designed process of creating and moving local scale solutions into local government policy directives was outlined by Open Streets Cape Town Managing Director\, Kirsten Wilkins during this session. OSCT introduced the notion of experience as temporary infrastructure\, using it’s award winning #SafeOnGreen project with the Greater Tygerberg Partnership as an example. Co-hosting the session was the team from GIZ India\, outlining their nation-wide roll out of tactical urbanism interventions. \nThe design of shared spaces and the way in which user-centric solutions become policy directives is most challenging in the mobility sector. Placemaking as a body of work\, and the transformation of public space has provided an excellent solution base for this conversation. The challenge for street transformation organisations remains advocating for the required shift in technocratic street engineering mechanisms to acknowledge and respond to people\, not in terms of algorithmically calculated flow dynamics\, but as vulnerable\, interactive and fleshy humans. \nLooking forward to August 2021\, Open Streets Cape Town is hosting the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI)\, Designing Streets for Kids training session\, where the organisation plans to address this necessary shift from technocratic to user-centric design. To accelerate the uptake of the design solutions set out in their publication of the same name\, 12 cities were selected globally to receive the training support from GDCI that looks at how to practically change street design to accommodate the most vulnerable in a way that is positive and creates value in a local context. Open Streets Cape Town is looking forward to hosting this series design training session and ushering in user-centric\, child focused street transformation. \n\nC O N T A C T \ninfo@openstreets.co.za\n  \nF U R T H E R   I N F O R M A T I O N \nOpen Streets Cape Town \nVisit: https://openstreets.org.za/ URL:https://designcities.net/events/2021-tumi-global-conference/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TUMI-Conference-Credit-Sphiwe-Romeo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210521 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210522 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210518T181124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T063509Z UID:8014-1621555200-1621641599@designcities.net SUMMARY:- Online Vernissage - The Architecture of Relationships DESCRIPTION:The DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority are co-commissioning the Singapore presentation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale which will run from 22 May to 21 November 2021. This year’s pavilion is curated by the National University of Singapore. \nOn behalf of the Commissioners\, Mr Mark Wee\, Executive Director of the DesignSingapore Council and Ms Yap Lay Bee\, Group Director\, Architecture & Urban Design Excellence of the Urban Redevelopment Authority\, and the Curators\, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Online Launch of the Singapore Pavilion which will be held on Friday\, 21 May 2021\, at 6.00pm (Singapore Time)\, 12.00noon (CET). \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION\nregister here\n\n  \nSingapore’s presentation\, titled to gather: The Architecture of Relationships\, will showcase 16 insightful installations that examine the different ways in which local residents\, citizens and communities share spaces in Singapore. A mix of architecture\, art and design\, these projects represent the cross-section of Singapore’s cosmopolitan culture and urban society. \nIn this online vernissage\, we will introduce the Singapore Pavilion which responds to the theme\, How Will We Live Together?\, set by the Curator of Biennale Architettura 2021\, Hashim Sarkis. \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/online-vernissage-the-architecture-of-relationships/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bildschirmfoto-2021-05-18-um-20.10.44.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210520 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210521 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210518T175447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T063533Z UID:8003-1621468800-1621555199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Online Events - Eyes On the Netherlands- Studio Dumbar DESCRIPTION:Online Event – Studio Dumbar \n\n\nThursday\, May 20 2021\, 5.00 – 5.45 P.M. \n\n\n Liza Enebeis\, the Creative Director of Studio Dumbar will introduce this Online Event by presenting the studio and its vision of Dutch design. Merijn van Velsen\, the Lead Visual Designer\, will follow by telling more about the NL Branding project\, the new visual identity of the Netherlands\, which the studio created in 2020 with the aim of representing the nation as a forward-looking country of entrepreneurs and innovators. Stan Haanappel\, the Studio’s Senior Designer will also talk about DEMO Festival\, the project that started from the desire to celebrate the best of motion design in a public space. \n\n\n event link: click here URL:https://designcities.net/events/online-events-eyes-on-the-netherlands-studio-dumbar/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Graphic-Days_EOTN_square1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210520 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210518T175327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T063551Z UID:8001-1621382400-1621468799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Online Events - Eyes On the Netherlands- High on Type DESCRIPTION:Online Event – High on Type \n\n\nWednesday\, May 19 2021\, 5.00 – 5.45 P.M. \n\n\n Hans\, Vincent and Guido are going to do a live online drawing session where they will ‘use’ High on Type as their collaborative playground. The collective shares passion for letterforms\, and during this event\, the attendees will be guided through the playful calligraphic games that the Dutch artists create with brushes and ink. \n\n\n event link: click here URL:https://designcities.net/events/online-events-eyes-on-the-netherlands-high-on-type/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Graphic-Days_EOTN_square1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20210518T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20210518T170000 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210518T180112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T063608Z UID:8012-1621324800-1621357200@designcities.net SUMMARY:Online Events - Eyes On the Netherlands - Matteo Bruno\, Slim Dogs DESCRIPTION:Online Event – Matteo Bruno\, Slim Dogs \n\n\nFriday\, May 28 2021\, 3.30 – 4.20 P.M. \n\n\n Matteo Bruno\, head of the Photography and videomaking department of Sim Dogs\, will present the fundamentals of direction and the grammar of storytelling starting from the analysis of the video made in quarantine of his imaginary journey through the continents. What if instead of being in his apartment\, this video could have been shot for real? What equipment would it take to be slim but qualitatively impeccable? \n\n\n In collaboration with Sony. \n\n\n event link: click here \n\n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/online-events-eyes-on-the-netherlands-matteo-bruno-slim-dogs/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Graphic-Days_EOTN_square1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20210518T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20210518T170000 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210518T175604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T063633Z UID:8005-1621324800-1621357200@designcities.net SUMMARY:Online Events - Eyes On the Netherlands-Karin Langeveld\, Trapped in Suburbia DESCRIPTION:Online Event – Karin Langeveld\, Trapped in Suburbia \n\n\nFriday\, May 21 2021\, 5.00 – 5.45 P.M. \n\n\n Karin Langeveld\, the co-founder of the studio\, will talk about how the Flags of Peace projectwas born\, starting with the ambitious goal of collecting the contributions of well-known and talented young designers to create a visual dialogue around the concept of peace and its symbolism. \n\n\n event link: click here URL:https://designcities.net/events/online-events-eyes-on-the-netherlands-karin-langeveld-trapped-in-suburbia/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Graphic-Days_EOTN_square1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210521 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210329T101035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T172630Z UID:7831-1621296000-1621555199@designcities.net SUMMARY:GLOBAL INNOVATION SUMMIT DESCRIPTION:The Global Innovation Summit with its focus on Green Transition\, Digital Transformation and Post COVID developments provides an international meeting place for businesses\, innovators\, researchers and funding experts to network\, share knowledge and develop new business ideas. You can also learn about world-wide business collaboration and funding opportunities in Eureka and Horizon Europe. \nIt includes a colorful programme full of variety. In addition to keynotes and workshops\, there will be exciting networking opportunities and more. \n  \nParticipation is free! Registration is mandatory for participation. \n  \nRegister here\n  \nM A I N   T O P I C S \nGreen Transition \nThe Green Deal as an economic\, ecological and social transformation process is one of the centre pieces of political discourse at both international and national levels. One objective of the summit is to support the innovative developments towards green transition and the associated importance of the role of research and innovation programmes. \nPost COVID \nThe reconstruction of the economy and international cooperation after the Corona crisis will play an important role in 2021. The summit’s goal is to take stock of the situation one year after the outbreak of the Corona crisis and to reflect on the resulting consequences for the European and international economic and RTI system. \nDigital Transformation \nDigital Transformation and its impact is another priority of this year’s summit. Here we seek to promote networking among innovative international SMEs and global companies from the Eureka network during a structured exchange of innovative ideas with regard to digital and sustainable development goals. \n  \nE U R E K A   N E T W O R K \n  \nCurrently under Austrian Chairmanship\, Eureka is the world’s biggest public network for international cooperation in R&D and innovation\, present in over 45 countries. Since 1985\, we have funded and supported the R&D and innovation of thousands of breakthrough commercialised products\, processes or services that have positively impacted society and helped economies grow. \nwww.eurekanetwork.org \n  \nS P E A K E R  &  S E S S I O N S \n  \nTop Keynoter: Bertrand Piccard \nIt is in Bertrand Piccard’s DNA to go beyond the obvious and achieve the impossible. From a legendary lineage of explorers who conquered the stratosphere and the abysses\, he made history by accomplishing two aeronautical firsts\, around the world non-stop in a balloon\, and more recently in a solar plane without fuel. A pioneer in his way to consider ecology through the lens of profitability\, he began working in the early 2000s to promote renewable energies and clean technologies. SolarImpulse was born to carry this message around the world. \nSpeaker: Gabriel Felbermayr \nProf. Gabriel Felbermayr is President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He concurrently holds a chair in Economics and Economic Policy at Kiel University. His research and advisory activities focus on questions of economic global governance\, European economic integration and German economic policy. He has published a large number of papers in international scientific journals\, in policy briefs and newspapers. His research has been recognised with various awards. \nSpeaker: Sabine Herlitschka \nSabine Herlitschka’s professional career includes industrial biotechnology research\, international cooperation and financing in technology and innovation\, internships at leading organisations in the USA\, periods as Fulbright Scholar at George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University\, as well as her role of founding Vice-Rector for Research Management and International Cooperation at the Medical University of Graz/Austria. Before joining Infineon Technologies Austria\, Herlitschka was Director of European & International Programmes in the Austrian Research Promotion Agency. For almost 25 years she has been frequently involved in European research as an advisor\, project coordinator\, evaluator and Chairperson in strategic European and international expert groups. Currently\, she is Governing Board Chairperson of the €5bn European Public Private Partnership ECSEL-Electronics Components and Systems for Electronic Leadership. \nSpeaker: Dorothee Ritz \nAs General Manager of Microsoft Austria\, Dorothee Ritz is committed to helping shape the digital transformation in Austria. She has been part of the company since 2004 occupying different leading positions\, including heading the “Microsoft International Business Strategy” for the President of Microsoft International. One of her greatest achievements at Microsoft is the implementation of a mobile first\, cloud first – strategy. Ritz is also a board member of the non-profit children’s aid organisation Plan International Germany. \nAfternoon Sessions \nA variety of speakers from interesting fields of expertise will hold lectures in the afternoons. Those after sessions build a bridge between the main topics and the B2B-networking all participants are strongly encouraged to explore. \n  \n  \nV E N U E  &  D E S T I N A T I O N  \n  \nGraz – Austria’s second largest city is a young and academic one and it is a meeting place of innovation\, culture\, art and history. Known as the “gateway to the south-east” this European Capital of Culture\, UNESCO World Heritage Site and City of Design offers more than you might expect… \nIn the fields of renewable energy and recycling or technological innovation and research – ideas are born and raised in green Styria and their success can be witnessed in both local entrepreneurship and the flourishing start-up scene. \n  \nB 2 B  \n  \nB2B meetings during #GIS2021 provide the ideal setting to interact and find the right contacts. They are a great chance to have a private 15-minute web meeting with another participant to discuss joint projects\, ideas and plans. They allow for a personal networking experience in a virtual event setting! \nB2B meetings during #GIS2021 can also be a quick and easy way to meet potential cooperation partners in virtual face-2-face talks. \n  \nB u s I n e s s \, r e s e a r c h  o r  c o o p e r a t i o n  p r o f i l e  a n d   \nM a r k e t p l a c e  O p p o r t u n i t i e s  \n  \nThis is an opportunity to introduce oneself and the company/research institution by publishing a clear profile with detailed information. The more detail (such as organisation background\, business offers\, research project ideas and interests) one provides\, the more one will benefit from the B2B meetings. \n#GIS2021 B2B meetings are brought to you by Enterprise Europe Network. This means wherever you are from\, there will be an Enterprise Europe Network hub near you that will support you in preparing for your meetings and following up on the outcomes of those meetings after the event. \n  \n\n#GIS2021 \nBE PART OF GAME CHANGING AND INNOVATION \n  \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION \nwww.gis2021.com URL:https://designcities.net/events/global-innovation-summit/ CATEGORIES:Conference,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Unbenannt.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210516 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210518T175155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T063715Z UID:7998-1621036800-1621123199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Online Events - Eyes On the Netherlands- Dennis Elbers\, Graphic Matters DESCRIPTION:Online Event – Dennis Elbers\, Graphic Matters \nSaturday\, May 15 2021\, 11.30 – 12.15 A.M. \n\n\n  \n\n\nDennis Elbers\, founder and director ofGraphic Matters – the biennial festival in Breda – will talk about how graphic design is an attitude\, a way of thinking and approaching topics. His experience in the field has led him to understand how self initiated projects serve to build a professional practice. Dennis will also talk about what it means to design and create graphic design projects in the public space. \n\n\n  \n\n\nevent link: click here URL:https://designcities.net/events/online-events-eyes-on-the-netherlands-dennis-elbers-graphic-matters/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Graphic-Days_EOTN_square1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210531 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210407T113429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T172304Z UID:7837-1620950400-1622419199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Eyes On the Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Graphic Days® presents Eyes On the Netherlands: Torino (IT) hosts a selection of the best Dutch and European visual design projects. \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom May 14th to 30th\, Graphic Days® will launch an international event in collaboration with Graphic Matters and The Embassy and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Italy to present the best Dutch and European visual design projects. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince almost six years\, thanks to Graphic Days®\, Turin has become the Italian capital of graphic design. Promoted by Print Club Torino\, Graphic Days® is a cultural project that enhances the dynamic aspects of visual design through a wide program of events\, open calls and a widespread autumn edition of the international festival at Toolbox Coworking. \nThis year\, in addition to the annual festival\, the organization is launching an event entirely dedicated to the Dutch visual design scene: Eyes On the Netherlands. Starting May 14th\, a program of exhibitions\, workshops and online events will highlight the Dutch visual communication and the contaminations among European trends and influences in this field. Toolbox Coworking\, main partner since the beginning\, will be the location of the event. \nSince the first edition of the Graphic Days® festival\, a guest country was chosen yearly\, and the Eyes On project was born. The project aims at presenting the excellence of the visual culture of the selected countries through exhibitions and artworks made by some of the most relevant professionals of the chosen nation. After Spain\, Poland and Romania\, this year The Netherlands will be the protagonist of the event\, where the organizers and the contributors will present the artistic soul of the Country. Graphic Matters – the festival of Breda – and The Embassy and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Italy are the main partners of this initiative. The collaboration for Eyes On the Netherlands follows cultural and artistic partnership started during the 2020 edition of the Graphic Days® festival for the double residency project involving Print Club Torino and the Blind Walls Gallery of Breda. \nThis unique collaboration will present for the first time the Palace of Typographic Masonry exhibition. The Palace is an imaginary museum of graphic design focusing on the value and diversity of the craft. It is curated by the Dutch graphic designer Richard Niessen\, who will be present during the event. This utopian palace brings together \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNiessen’s graphic design experiments and his research that together create an interdisciplinary cultural history and new theory of typography. \nIn the last five years\, the project collected more than 750 visual artifacts and described these on index cards. The exhibition itinerary will consist in a tour of an imaginary institution organized as a progression through nine stages: the departments of Sign\, Symbol\, Ornament\, Construction\, Poetics\, Game\, Order\, Craft and Practice. \nAn installation of 26 pop-up drawers shines its light on all kinds of aspects of the creative profession. The issues they explore range from the diversity of writing systems to the ways of constructing narratives\, and from the involving aspect of play in design to the endless possibilities of an ornamental system. \nVarious designers created posters\, books\, videos\, installations\, lectures and an interactive tool to represent parts of the museum. During the event the museum will be no longer imaginary\, but for the first time people will be able to visit it. \nBesides this project\, which is curated by Richard Niessen himself in collaboration with Dennis Elbers (Graphic Matters)\, Graphic Days® will present indoor and outdoor exhibitions with a selection of artworks by Dutch artists and designers that already take part in the festival’s network\, such as Studio Dumbar\, Trapped in Suburbia\, High on Type\, Studio Thonik and Daan Rietbergen. \nEyes On the Netherlands presents also a calendar of digital events and insights dedicated to the Dutch visual communication and the contamination between the European trends and influences in this sector. The programme of online events includes the contributions of the Dutch guests involved in the activities. Each guest will talk about the contents presented in the event\, from exhibitions to performances. The live streams and special contents will be published for free on Graphic Days® Facebook profile and YouTube channel.\nThe opening of the event will take place on May\, 14th at 6 P.M. \nGraphic design\, by definition\, has a global vocation – says Fabio Guida\, Artistic Coordinator of the Graphic Days® project together with the Director of Print Club Torino Ilaria Reposo. Visual language has always transcended national borders\, bringing influences and peculiarities combining in international exchange and in the contamination between disciplines. In a historical moment marked by forced immobility\, our aim is to bring to Turin a lively and eclectic selection of artifacts and visual artworks that come from a country that have historically signed the stages of graphics and that even today continue to inspire the international panorama through a constant renewal of forms and contents. \nThe official Eyes On The Netherlands program is available on the official website  \nThe initiative is promoted by the Municipality of Turin and included in the programme of “Torino Design of the City”. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n © Richard Niessen\n \n \n \n \n \n © Richard Niessen\n \n \n \n \n \n © Richard Niessen\n \n \n \n \n \n © Richard Niessen\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFURTHER INFORMATION \nGraphic Days®\nGraphic Days® is a cultural project dedicated to international visual design. From famous icons of history to contemporary innovative professionals\, it describes all the aspects of visual communication\, including its contaminations with other disciplines. Every year\, Graphic Days® involves the most relevant artists\, professionals and agencies of the international scene in a widespread festival. The project aims at supporting the cultural value of visual communication\, presenting new inspiring tools and promoting exchange with the audience through debates\, exhibitions and installations. \nSince its first edition in 2016\, Graphic Days® has cooperated with an international network and has become an observatory on visual design\, thanks to its research on possible connections between this discipline and today’s global issues. It combines social commitment and environmental sustainability. Its main focus is the responsibility of the visual designer in the narration of the relation between different systems and their implications. \nWEBSITE  \nINSTAGRAM \nFACEBOOK \nPrint Club Torino\nGraphic Days® is mainly promoted by Print Club Torino\, a cultural and multi-project based center that combines social innovation design and visual culture with a wide programme of activities\, events\, collaborations and projects that deal with social inclusion and accessibility.\nThe association combines visual communication and social innovation\, representing an informal agency operating in the field of sustainable design. Print Club Torino aims at having a positive impact on society: co-design\, permanent research laboratories\, collaborations with local museums and cultural entities are the main activities of its strategic approach\, as well as projects of civic innovation and culture in collaboration with schools and institutions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/eyes-on-the-netherlands/ CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Graphic-Days_EOTN_square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210515 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210518T174844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T174951Z UID:7995-1620950400-1621036799@designcities.net SUMMARY:Online Events - Eyes On the Netherlands- Opening Talk DESCRIPTION:Online Event – Opening Talk \nFriday\, May 14 2021\, 6.00 – 7.15 P.M. \n\n\n Eyes On the Netherlandsopens with a talk dedicated to the main themes of the event. Dennis Elbers (Graphic Matters) and Richard Niessen (author of “The Palace of Typographic Masonry”) will tell their experience within their respective projects\, while Désirée Bonis– Ambassador ad interim of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Rome– will talk about the involvement of the Dutch institution in the project\, describing the collaboration with Graphic Days® and its support in the graphic design field. \n\n\n Ilaria Reposo – Director of Print Club Torino – and Fabio Guida – Artistic Coordinator of Graphic Days® – will welcome guests and the online audience to officially kick off the event. \n\n\n event link –> click here URL:https://designcities.net/events/online-events-eyes-on-the-netherlands-opening-talk/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Graphic-Days_EOTN_square1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210511 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210512 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210503T124149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T172244Z UID:7942-1620691200-1620777599@designcities.net SUMMARY:REDESIGN THE FUTURE – DAY 2 DESCRIPTION:“Redesign the future” is the title of the Designmonat Graz online symposium that is held by FH JOANNEUM and Creative Industries Styria in cooperation with the Green Tech Cluster. In three panels\, international speakers present solutions and best practice examples for the major project of the future – its’ very own rescue. Design will take a significant role in it. \nTechnically\, the future had already been planned. We knew the problems as well as their solutions. The implementation was next. And then everything changed in an instant. “Today is tomorrow’s yesterday” as we like to say. Back to Square One then. It’s all about rethinking and redesigning the future\, today more than ever. And here we have the online symposium’s topic which approaches the future in different ways. This also calls for a philosophical and spiritual base/foundation\, as described in Stuart Walker’s latest book “Design And Spirituality”. He will open the symposium with a keynote\, followed by 3 panels dealing with the following topics: the future of design education\, the complex topic of climate in public space and design that puts people center stage even more. \nLiveStream: \n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\n\n  \nChat: \n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\n  \n  \nDAY 2\nTUESDAY\, MAY 12\, 2021\,14:30 CET\n\n\n  \nProgram\n14:30 CET: Opening Statement\, Begrüßung by Eberhard Schrempf and Karl Stocker \n\n_Panel 2: Changing Urban Climate \n\nSpeaker 1: Karlheinz Boiger\, Breathe Earth Collective\nTitel: Can future cities perform like a forest?\nSpeaker 2: Aglaée Degros\, TU Graz\, Institut für Städtebau\nTitel: Urban Climate Surfaces\nSpeaker 3: Daria Mayskaya\, Energie Steiermark Kunden GmbH \nTitle: Future Energy Communities\n\n  \n_Panel 3: Designing for People \n\nSpeaker 1: Mariana González de la Rosa | Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla\nTitel: Alternative economies\, another way to rethink design practices for the people\nSpeaker 2: Emanuel Barbosa | Arte Matosinhos Porto\, ESAD – College of Art and Design\, Matosinhos Porto\nTitel: What can we do?\nSpeaker 3: Angus Campbell | Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland\nTitel: Designing with & beyond People\n\n17:00 CET: Closing \n\n\nPANEL 2\nCHANGING URBAN CLIMATE\n\n\n\n\n  \nModeration: Bernhard Puttinger\nhosted by Green Tech Cluster \nThe second panel deals with climate with a focus on particular challenges in urban space. Nowadays already 80 percent of the world’s population work in cities and large agglomerations\, particularly in Asia and Latin America. It has a serious impact on the cities which face a threatening climatic collapse if drastic countermeasures aren’t taken. This calls for ideas\, political and urban development willingness as well as appropriate infrastructure that enables the production\, accumulation and consumption of energy on a local scale. And: “It needs precisely thought out solutions\, so people can drive forward climate transformation in an active and financially effective way” says Bernhard Puttinger\, CEO of the Green Tech Cluster who is the symposium’s cooperation partner. The key question in this context is: how can technology go hand in hand with humans? Answers are provided by Karlheinz Boiger of Breathe Earth Collective (see also page 14 in this magazine) and architect and city planner Aglaée Degros of Technical University Graz. \n  \n_SPEAKER 1: KARLHEINZ BOIGER\, BREATHE EARTH COLLECTIVE\nThe Breathe Earth Collective\, a transdisciplinary network of designers\, architects\, landscape designers\, urbanists and artists working on of the most important social\, environmental and technological challenge of our time: air and climate within cities.\nwww.breatheearth.net \n  \nKarlheinz Boiger \n\n  \nAbstract\nTitel: Can future cities perform like a forest?\nUrban agglomerations\, cities\, will continue to grow in the future. As early as 2020\, urbanization will enable more than 80% of the world’s population to live and work in cities and urban areas. Strategies for dealing with climate change therefore play a crucial role in the future of cities both globally and locally. New ways of cooling\, air-conditioning and improving the air quality of existing and built cities in order to reduce the „urban heat islands effect“ in the long term must be developed to ensure a quality of life in our cities. If we understand the city as an organism\, we also have to think and design the city of the future as an ecological systemic body that can actively contribute to the climate and the environment. This approach changes the notion of architecture itself. Architecture is no longer merely a passive shell that protects us from the climate\, but it itself becomes part of this living organism in the naturally networked system\, becoming itself an active part of the complex. \n  \n_SPEAKER 2: AGLAÉE DEGROS | TU GRAZ\, INSTITUT FÜR STÄDTEBAU​\nAglaée Degros is professor and chair of the Institute of Urbanism at Graz University of Technology and Science Fellow at the Free University of Brussels. In 2001\, she cofounded with Stefan Bendiks Artgineering\, an office dedicated to improve the relation between landscape\, city and infrastrutcure.\nwww.tugraz.at \n  \nAglaée Degros \n  \nAbstract\nTitel: Urban Climate Surfaces\nUsing a number of examples\, the lecture deals with the transformation of traffic space into public space and the potential of this conversion to improve the climate. Redesigning traffic space not only influences the modal split of a city\, but also enables the reactivation of ecosystems\, as surfaces can be unsealed\, resulting in a public realm with more green and less asphalt. It also makes it possible to better integrate public space into metabolic cycles and ideally improve them. This refers not only to improving air quality and reducing the impact of the urban heat island through planting\, but also to water\, soil\, material\, waste and energy cycles. \n  \n_SPEAKER 3: DARIA MAYSKAYA\, ENERGIE STEIERMARK KUNDEN GMBH\nAbstract\nTitel: Future Energy Communities \nmore infos will follow shortly \n\nPANEL 3\nDESIGNING FOR PEOPLE\n\n\n\n\n\nModeration: Sigrid Bürstmayr\nhosted by FH JOANNEUM\n \nWith all the various tasks of design\, one thing remains the same: design is made for human beings therefore human beings are design’s main focus. The symposium’s third panel shows that not everything is always equally suitable and useful at the same time. “Design always depends on the cultural\, geographic and socio-economical background it was created in” says Sigrid Bürstmayr\, designer and tutor at Department for Design and Communication at FH JOANNEUM. Equally diverse are this panel‘s speakers. Mariana González de la Rosa of Universidad Puebla in Mexico talks about how social and solidarity-based economies in the design area can be pushed forward\, particularly against the background of partly difficult economic conditions. Further contributions come from Angus Campbell of Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland/New Zealand as well as designer and design intermediary Emanuel Barbosa of Design College ESAD in Porto. \n  \n\n_SPEAKER 1: MARIANA GONZÁLEZ DE LA ROSA\, COORDINATOR OF THE BA DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN\, UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA PUEBLA\nShe is industrial designer\, CONACYT fellow in the Industrial Design Postgraduate UNAM\, Diploma in Social Economy and Cooperative Entrepreneurship. Manager and facilitator of Saberes y Sabores de Puebla project associated with the UNESCO Design Cities Network. Some publications: “Augmented Reality as a tool to build identity and appropriation of public spaces” and “Geo Referenced Map for Participatory Design.” \n  \nMariana de la Rosa© Luz De la Rosa \nAbstract\nTitel: Alternative economies\, another way to rethink design practices for the people\nIf the world is transforming through ecological\, political\, economic and social movements\, why does industrial design in Mexico continue a strong tradition towards aesthetic objects? As coordinator of an industrial design program\, I face a market disconnected from sustainable practices and the power of design to transform our social realities. The root becomes deeper being a peripheral country where the term economic development is another colonizing form to determine the designer practices. Design for people should be focused on our pluriverse realities; In that sense\, understanding design from the south perpective show us other alternatives to train us and insert ourselves into models of social and solidarity economy\, a figure that seeks to respond to the needs of our context. \n  \n_SPEAKER 2: EMANUEL BARBOSA | DESIGNER\, DESIGN EDUCATOR AND CURATOR\, ESAD – COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN\, MATOSINHOS PORTO\n\n  \nEmanuel Barbosa is a designer\, educator and researcher from Porto\, Portugal. Since 1998 teaches Design at ESAD Matosinhos. From 2012 to 2016 was creative director of Casa International magazine (Beijing). Founder and member of FDTG – From Denim to Green\, Founder and President of ACPT – Portuguese Cultural Association. International coordinator of ESAD. Curator and promotor of design and creativity events in Porto\, Matosinhos\, Águeda\, Lisbon\, Berlin\, London\, Ludwigsbourg\, Beijing\, Macau and Zhuhai. His texts have been published in Baseline (UK)\, Pli (PT)\, Lookvision (PT)\, Slanted (DE)\, DeForma (ES)\, Package Design (CN)\, Identity (RU) and Casa International (CN). \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmanuel Barbosa© Joao Pádua \nAbstract\nTitel: What can we do?\n\n\n\n\nThe growth in textile production and consumption has brought environmental consequences\, including deforestation\, contamination of rivers\, greenhouse effect and a constant threat to species.Unlike the impact of petroleum industry and all its derivatives\, few of us are aware of how polluting the fashion industry is and how many natural resources are consumed in its production.In Portugal\, a small group of people created an awareness network to alert society to the environmental impact of the textile industry and to seek to create a collection network for used clothing and textile waste to make new environmentally friendly solutions and products. \n  \n\n\n_SPEAKER 3: ANGUS CAMPBELL | DESIGN PROGRAMME LEAD AND SENIOR LECTURER\, ELAM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND\n\nAngus Donald Campbell is the Design Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer in the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. He has a Doctorate in Development Studies and a Master’s in Industrial Design with 18 years of university lecturing\, practice-based research and freelance design experience. Most of his work is passionately focused on local and sustainable innovation at the complex nexus of social\, technological and ecological systems.\nwww.angusdonaldcampbell.com \n  \nAngus Campbell© Marie Aoun \n\nAbstract\nTitle: Designing with & beyond people\nMost designers want to “change the world” and although design processes have become more participatory\, when working in contexts with extreme inequality and within communities that are not one’s own\, it is difficult to manage bias. Most of my design work in South Africa has been passionately focused on local and sustainable innovation at the nexus of complex social and technological systems. Using a conscious decolonial method\, I have found that identifying local lay design innovation and then using my design expertise to amplify existing grassroots passion and creativity can lead to far more authentic and sustainable outcomes. However\, with expanding environmental crises\, designers need to situate themselves not only in human contexts but also bridge into broader ecological systems. URL:https://designcities.net/events/redesign-the-future-day-2/ CATEGORIES:Design Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bildschirmfoto-2021-05-03-um-14.27.46.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210512 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210423T072221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T172224Z UID:7896-1620604800-1620777599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Symposium "REDESIGN THE FUTURE" // Design Month Graz DESCRIPTION:“Redesign the future” is the title of the Designmonat Graz online symposium that is held by FH JOANNEUM and Creative Industries Styria in cooperation with the Green Tech Cluster. In three panels\, international speakers present solutions and best practice examples for the major project of the future – its’ very own rescue. Design will take a significant role in it. \nTechnically\, the future had already been planned. We knew the problems as well as their solutions. The implementation was next. And then everything changed in an instant. “Today is tomorrow’s yesterday” as we like to say. Back to Square One then. It’s all about rethinking and redesigning the future\, today more than ever. And here we have the online symposium’s topic which approaches the future in different ways. This also calls for a philosophical and spiritual base/foundation\, as described in Stuart Walker’s latest book “Design And Spirituality”. He will open the symposium with a keynote\, followed by 3 panels dealing with the following topics: the future of design education\, the complex topic of climate in public space and design that puts people center stage even more. \n  \n \n\nDAY 1\n MAY 10\, 2021\n  \nKEYNOTE: Stuart Walker \nwww.stuartwalker.org.uk \nProfessor Stuart Walker is Chair of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University\, UK where he co-founded the ImaginationLancaster Design Research Lab. He is also Visiting Professor of Sustainable Design at Kingston University\, London and Emeritus Professor\, University of Calgary\, Canada. His research explores environmental\, social and spiritual aspects of sustainability. His conceptual design work has been exhibited internationally and his numerous books include Sustainable by Design; Design for Life and Design Realities. \n  \nStuart Walker© magination Lancaster \n  \nAbstract\n D e s i g n   a f t e r  a   p a n d e m i c \nThe magnitude of COVID-19’s impact means that the need for action on a global level offers unique opportunities to reimagine societies\, with far greater emphasis on environmental care and social justice so as to ensure a more positive and hopeful future for all. However\, we must be careful not to simply frame the path to recovery in the same language and with the same thinking that has brought us to our current state of precariousness. A crucial part of this will be to reject the progress-entrenched thinking that has been causing so much harm for so long. This talk explores how design can contribute to this recovery. It means rejecting forms of design that yield innovation for its own sake and endless superficial novelty. Instead\, it requires new forms of context-appropriate design whose outputs are not only environmentally responsible but also manifestations of ethical behaviour and meaningful contributions to human culture. \n  \n  \nPanel 1: THE FUTURE OF DESIGN EDUCATION\nhosted by FH JOANNEUM\, Karl Stocker\nModeration: Karl Stocker \nDesign has accompanied the development of humankind from the beginning and especially in the last 150 years was actively involved in the development of modern industrial society. This results in a great/high social responsibility for the future which reflects in the curricula of traditional universities as well as universities of applied sciences. “In design education worldwide\, design is being described as an improvement of the status quo as well as an innovation” says Karl Stocker\, symposium curator and Head of Department for Design and Communication at FH JOANNEUM. A contradiction to the common perception of design that merely aims for aesthetic styling. It is rather the question of a wholistic perspective which also takes ethical aspects into account. Therefore\, a modern design education is also an investment into shaping the future. In their lectures\, Kerstin Scheuch of CENTRO University in Mexico City\, Lorenzo Imbesi of Sapienza University Rome and Luisa Bocchietto of Citta del Arte in Biella will speak on these topics. \n\nF o r   a   d e t a i l e d   v i e w   o f   t h e   p r o g r a m   o f   d a y   1   p l e a s e   c l i c k \nH E R E. \n\n  \nMODERATION: Karl Stocker \nwww.fh-joanneum.at \nKarl Stocker is a historian and the head of the Institute of Design & Communication at the FH JOANNEUM – University of Applied Sciences in Graz\, Austria. In 1999 he founded the exhibition design agency BISDATO\, which produces concepts\, content and spatial design for cultural-historical exhibitions and museums. His professional and academic interests include design & theory\, design & society\, exhibition design and socio design. He has presented the results of his research at several conferences\, symposia and universities around the world. Karl Stocker is the author and publisher of numerous publications; his most recent project was Socio-Design. Relevant Projects – Designed for Society (Birkhäuser 2017) and Designing Sustainable Cities(DeGruyter 2020). \n  \nKarl Stocker© Silke Traunfellner \n  \n\nDAY 2\nMAY 11\, 2021\n  \n  \nPanel 2: URBAN CHANGING CLIMATE\nhosted by Green Tech Cluster\nModeration: Bernhard Puttinger \nThe second panel deals with climate with a focus on particular challenges in urban space. Nowadays already 80 percent of the world’s population work in cities and large agglomerations\, particularly in Asia and Latin America. It has a serious impact on the cities which face a threatening climatic collapse if drastic countermeasures aren’t taken. This calls for ideas\, political and urban development willingness as well as appropriate infrastructure that enables the production\, accumulation and consumption of energy on a local scale. And: “It needs precisely thought out solutions\, so people can drive forward climate transformation in an active and financially effective way” says Bernhard Puttinger\, CEO of the Green Tech Cluster who is the symposium’s cooperation partner. The key question in this context is: how can technology go hand in hand with humans? Answers are provided by Karlheinz Boiger of Breathe Earth Collective (see also page 14 in this magazine)\, architect and city planner Aglaée Degros of Technical University Graz. \n  \nMODERATION: Bernhard Puttinger  \nwww.greentech.at \nBernhard Puttinger has 25 years of experience in the field of green innovation in various positions in research and business. He is a trained engineer in energy and building technologies and as well as Executive MBA. Since 2007 he is the general manager of the Green Tech Cluster Styria and initiates innovation projects with 200 companies in the field of green energy\, green building and green resources. The region around Graz/Austria is known as the Green Tech Valley\, where companies with an average annual growth rate of 10 % grow faster than the world markets. The Green Tech Cluster leads as global No. 1 the rankings of cleantech clusters by US venture networks and the ranking on “Cluster Management Excellence” by ESCA. \n  \nBernhard Puttinger© Green Tech Cluster \n  \nPanel 3: Designing for People\nhosted by FH JOANNEUM \nModeration: Sigrid Bürstmayer \nWith all the various tasks of design\, one thing remains the same: design is made for human beings therefore human beings are design’s main focus. The symposium’s third panel shows that not everything is always equally suitable and useful at the same time. “Design always depends on the cultural\, geographic and socio-economical background it was created in” says Sigrid Bürstmayr\, designer and tutor at Department for Design and Communication at FH JOANNEUM. Equally diverse are this panel‘s speakers. Mariana González de la Rosa of Universidad Puebla in Mexico talks about how social and solidarity-based economies in the design area can be pushed forward\, particularly against the background of partly difficult economic conditions. Further contributions come from Angus Campbell of Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland/New Zealand as well as designer and design intermediary Emanuel Barbosa of Design College ESAD in Porto. \n  \n\nF o r   a   d e t a i l e d   v i e w   o f   t h e   p r o g r a m   o f   d a y   2   p l e a s e   c l i c k \n H E R E . \n\n  \n  \nMODERATION: Sigrid Bürstmayer \nwww.fh-joanneum.at \nSigrid Bürstmayr is exhibition designer by study\, design activist from the heart. She works at FH JOANNEUM – University of Applied Sciences\, Graz. She presented her research results on conferences\, recently in Mexico City\, Istanbul and at a TEDx Talk. Meetings with people around the world keeps her quite optimistic. Sigrid believes that design is able to shape whole environments and to change the society for a better world. She also ist co-editor of the book Designing Sustainable Cities. \nSigrid Bürstmayer© Ron Sandmayr \n  \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION: \nclick here \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/lectures-redesign-the-future-design-month-graz/ CATEGORIES:Design Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/symposium_allgemein.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210511 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210503T122546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T090853Z UID:7934-1620604800-1620691199@designcities.net SUMMARY:REDESIGN THE FUTURE – DAY 1 DESCRIPTION:“Redesign the future” is the title of the Designmonat Graz online symposium that is held by FH JOANNEUM and Creative Industries Styria in cooperation with the Green Tech Cluster. In three panels\, international speakers present solutions and best practice examples for the major project of the future – its’ very own rescue. Design will take a significant role in it. \nTechnically\, the future had already been planned. We knew the problems as well as their solutions. The implementation was next. And then everything changed in an instant. “Today is tomorrow’s yesterday” as we like to say. Back to Square One then. It’s all about rethinking and redesigning the future\, today more than ever. And here we have the online symposium’s topic which approaches the future in different ways. This also calls for a philosophical and spiritual base/foundation\, as described in Stuart Walker’s latest book “Design And Spirituality”. He will open the symposium with a keynote\, followed by 3 panels dealing with the following topics: the future of design education\, the complex topic of climate in public space and design that puts people center stage even more. \nLiveStream: \n\n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\n\n  \nChat: \n\n\nYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content\, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. \n Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content \n More Information \n\nDAY 1\nMONDAY 10\, 2021\,\n15:00 CET\n\n\nProgram\n15:00 CET: Opening and Welcoming by Eberhard Schrempf and Karl Stocker \n_Keynote Stuart Walker: Design after a pandemic_ \n_Panel 1: The Future of Design Education \n\nSpeaker 1: Luisa Bocchietto | independent professional architect and designer and Former president of World Design Organization\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker 2: Kerstin Scheuch | Centro Mexico \n\n\nSpeaker 3: Lorenzo Imbesi | Sapienza University Rome \n\n\n16:45 CET : Closing \n  \n\nPANEL 1\nTHE FUTURE OF DESIGN EDUCATION\n\n  \nModeration: Karl Stocker\nhosted by FH JOANNEUM\, Karl Stocker \nDesign has accompanied the development of humankind from the beginning and especially in the last 150 years was actively involved in the development of modern industrial society. This results in a great/high social responsibility for the future which reflects in the curricula of traditional universities as well as universities of applied sciences. “In design education worldwide\, design is being described as an improvement of the status quo as well as an innovation” says Karl Stocker\, symposium curator and Head of Department for Design and Communication at FH JOANNEUM. A contradiction to the common perception of design that merely aims for aesthetic styling. It is rather the question of a wholistic perspective which also takes ethical aspects into account. Therefore\, a modern design education is also an investment into shaping the future. In their lectures\, Kerstin Scheuch of CENTRO University in Mexico City\, Lorenzo Imbesi of Sapienza University Rome and Luisa Bocchietto of Citta del Arte in Biella will speak on these topics. \n_SPEAKER 1: LUISA BOCCHIETTO | WORLD DESIGN ORGANIZATION\n\nArchitect and designer\, graduated from the Milan Polytechnic\, she works with her own studio in Biella. She has carried out urban recovery\, building renovation and urban planning projects\, worked as an art director for companies in the furniture sector and as a visiting professor for many design schools. She has written architecture and design texts and held conferences in Italy and abroad. She participates in international juries and design promotion events around the world. \nLuisa Bocchietto \n\nAbstract\nTitle: Design from products to solutions\nAfter the industrial revolution\, a period following which design was born\, we are today in another revolution\, the digital one.The dematerialization process that this revolution has introduced also affects design\, which no longer deals only with material products\, but also with processes and services.\nToday we use the same methodology developed in the last 100 years\, to create aesthetic and functional products (form and function) produced industrially\, to develop also more intangible processes and services for the community.If previously at the center of our interest there was man\, with his needs\, including in this the application of ergonomics\, the development of attention for design for all\, up to the satisfaction of his dreams\, now we must change the paradigm and focus on respect for the planet. Man must take a step back and\, humbly\, start thinking not only about his own desires\, but about the common good.\nIt is an urgent need that we have all become more aware of. The period of the pandemic we are experiencing has made us touch the imbalances that we have introduced with our thirst for conquest\, production and consumption. We must combine the theme of aesthetics with that of ethics. There can be no more beauty without taking responsibility. There can be no more innovation without sustainability.\nThis does not mean stopping producing\, growing and innovating\, but we will have to know how to do it in a smarter way\, reducing waste and optimizing non-renewable resources. Perhaps we will have to give up designing goods in favor of solutions and services that allow us to live better together. This paradigm shift opens up new scenarios that offer great research opportunities for young designers. They will be asked for a multidisciplinary approach\, an ability to listen to the needs of larger groups of interlocutors and an ability to synthesize form\, function and sustainability. I see sustainability as a third element that is inseparable from the first two\, those aspects that we have already learned to manage over time; now they will have to integrate with this new criterion. I am thinking of sustainability not only as an environmental component\, but also as an economic and social component. This is why we understand the path as a design growth that moves from the product to the entire production process\, to ensure a conscious approach from the very beginning of the work. Design can influence production methods\, reducing the consumption of materials and the production of waste\, as well as being able to contribute to reducing pollution\, social and gender imbalances\, favoring accessibility to services and basic goods in the direction of supporting the achievement of 20/30 United Nations goals (UNsd Goals). \n\n_SPEAKER 2: KERSTIN SCHEUCH | CENTRO MEXICO​\nKerstin Scheuch is founding member of CENTRO and Director general since its opening in 2004. She is an expert in strategy\, innovation and education\, and is featured in the book: \nWomen of Design: Influence and Inspiration.  \nCENTRO\, an institution for higher education in design\, architecture\, digital media and film in Mexico City.\nwww.3.centro.edu.mx \n  \n© José Jasso \nAbstract\nTitle: Reflections on the future of education\nIn 2017 CENTRO organized an international conference on artificial intelligence and creativity with leading experts. I asked them about future priorities in higher education\, and they coincided: data and ethics. What seemed visionary then\, during the pandemic and recent crises across industries\, politics and citizenship has become imminent: Higher education on all levels and independent of segment\, subject matter or format has to be rebuilt on these two foundations. \nIn my participation I would like to highlight the paradigm shift in educational processes\, structures\, environments\, technologies and particularly objectives\, that has been taking place for more than two decades. I will argue that a desirable future within the context of systemic complexity\, inequality and acceleration is only possible through the participation of all stakeholders and a creative and collaborative re-invention of the entire educational system. \n_Speaker 3: Lorenzo Imbesi | Sapienza University Rome\n\nLorenzo Imbesi is an Architect\, PhD and Full Professor at Sapienza University of Rome\, where he is Director of SDR Sapienza Design Research Interdepartmental Centre and Chair of the Design Unit of the PhD Program. \n\nHe is a member of the Cumulus Association Executive Board\, a member of the Executive Committee of EAD European Academy of Design\, a member of the Board of SID Italian Society of Design\, and he has been visiting Professor in many international Universities. Also\, he is the author of many papers in journals and books.\nwww.uniroma1.it \n  \n \n\nAbstract\nTitel: Design Education in the Post-Industrial Age\nThe historical epistemological shift from the fordist-taylorist paradigm of mass production into the post-industrial development draws a new economic and productive geography: as the industry of the chain assembly leaves space to new forms of labour and production along the so-called knowledge society and the rise of new technologies\, design education focuses the new scenarios rising for the creative professions and the chances for the experimentation of new critical keys beside market. URL:https://designcities.net/events/redesign-the-future-day-1/ CATEGORIES:Design Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bildschirmfoto-2021-05-03-um-14.09.40.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210607 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20190827T130219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T090822Z UID:6565-1620432000-1623023999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Design Month Graz 2021 DESCRIPTION:Design Month Graz gives insights into various creative disciplines and points of contact to the most diverse designers. Events such as exhibitions\, workshops or lectures invite you to network in the UNESCO City of Design Graz. \nDesign Month Graz bundles and condenses the energy of the local creative industries within one month\, makes it visible to the outside world and thus makes a central contribution to anchoring the creative industries in people’s consciousness. It provides a space for innovative projects – be it experimental or commercial – and thus heightens the perception of the meaning of design: it is not about purely decorative behaviors (design as styling)\, but about the economic relevance (design as development and value added process) as well as the transformational power of design in economy and society. \nNumerous local partners are also involved in Design Month Graz. The term “design month” acts as an umbrella brand and assembles the individual activities under one uniform appearance\, without jeopardizing their independence. The Creative Industries Styria coordinates and organises the Designmonat Graz and spans a substantive and programmatic range from a variety of individual initiatives from designers to the large local design training institutions\, thereby enabling synergies and cooperation between the creative industries and “classic” companies. \nFrom May 8 to June 6\, 2021\, a dense and diverse program will be presented in the Austrian UNESCO City of Design. Exhibitions\, lectures\, workshops\, presentations and guided tours bring the value and meaning of design to the public. It puts the city in a state of exception in which design can be perceived everywhere. \nDesign Month Graz 2021 focuses its program on the topic “Better Future”. \n  \nwww.designmonat.at \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/design-month-graz-2020/ LOCATION:Graz\, Graz\, 8010\, Austria CATEGORIES:Design Month,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DMG-Better-Future-Artikelbild-2021.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210428 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210429 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210413T072657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T122940Z UID:7867-1619568000-1619654399@designcities.net SUMMARY:Mobility of the future - Automotive Workshop // 28 April 2021 DESCRIPTION:Cité du design Saint-Etienne has the pleasure to invite you to participate in Mobility of the future\, a virtual workshop on the Automotive theme\, organized in collaboration with 6 others UNESCO Creative Cities of Design (Detroit\, Geelong\, Graz\, Kortrijk\, Puebla\, Torino) on April 27 and April 28\, 2021. Over the past year\, these cities have been acting as experts in the field of the automotive industry and have come together to share their experience\, projects and vision of tomorrow’s mobility. \n  \n\n\n\nPART 1 April 28\n[10am – 12am CET]\n\n10h-12h\n\n“The automobile is in question\, it’s no longer a personal property.\nSo\, which bifurcation shall we take?” (object scale\, human scale\, urban scale) \n\nGroup 1: HUMAN SCALE workshop (on registration)\nLet us work together on a concrete project in Saint-Etienne and Torino!\n\n  \n\nGroup 2: URBAN SCALE workshop (on registration)\nLet us work together on a concrete project in Kortrijk and Graz!\n\n  \nPART 2 – April 28\n[12am-14:30pm CET]\n  \n\n12-12h30 Virtual Tour Around Autofiction\n\n  \n12h30-13h Break➔ Surprise guest! \n  \n\n13h-14h30 Final share and lessons learned moment and general conclusion URL:https://designcities.net/events/mobility-of-the-future-automotive-workshop-28-april-2021/ CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Bildschirmfoto-2021-04-13-um-08.45.49.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210428 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210413T064714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T075152Z UID:7862-1619481600-1619567999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Mobility of the future - Automotive Workshop // 27 April 2021 DESCRIPTION:Cité du design Saint-Etienne has the pleasure to invite you to participate in Mobility of the future\, a virtual workshop on the Automotive theme\, organized in collaboration with 6 others UNESCO Creative Cities of Design (Detroit\, Geelong\, Graz\, Kortrijk\, Puebla\, Torino) on April 27 and April 28\, 2021. Over the past year\, these cities have been acting as experts in the field of the automotive industry and have come together to share their experience\, projects and vision of tomorrow’s mobility. \n\n\n\nPART 1 April 27\n[12am – 14:30pm CET]\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n12-12h30 Virtual Tour Around Autofiction\n12h30-13h Introduction\n\n–  Saint-Etienne 10 years as UNESCO Creative City of Design \n–  Keynote speaker on the Automotive topics \n\n13h-14h15 Vision of future mobility apprehended at 3 scales\n\nBrief presentation à la Pecha Kucha ! \n  \n\nA.) Human scale: users’ point of view\n\nFacilitate accessibility\, engage people\, create social links \n– SAINT-ETIENNE Jean-Marc Boucheret/IVECO for the Crealis project \n– DETROIT Dexter Sullivan/The Michigan Mobility Institute \n  \n\nB.) Product scale: means of transportation updated\n\nRethink the car object with the eCar\, from construction to materials all the way to its Operation and infrastructure \n– KORTRIJK Inge Defour/Howest College for The Collective/Volkswagen project \n– GRAZ Daniel Huber/Moodley industrial design for One for all project \n  \n\nC.) City scale: our streets requalified\n\nTransform/adapt urban space\, with the imperatives of sustainable integration \n– TORINO Isabella Calvagna/ City of Torino for the Sustainable mobility lab project \n– PUEBLA Pitch bus [TBD] \n– GEELONG Geelong Clever and Creative Corridor [TBD] \n  \n14h15 – 14h 30 Break  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPART 2 April 27\n[14:30 pm – 15:30pm CET]\n\n\n14h30-15h30\n\n“The automobile is in question\, it’s no longer a personal property.\nSo\, which bifurcation shall we take?” (object scale\, human scale\, urban scale) \n\nOBJECT SCALE workshop (on registration)\n\nLet’s work together on a concrete project in Detroit and Puebla! \n\n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/mobility-of-the-future-automotive-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Bildschirmfoto-2021-04-13-um-08.45.49.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210423 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210419T075518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210430T123021Z UID:7880-1618531200-1619135999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Public Vote for Shanghai's Best Designs Starts DESCRIPTION:The Shanghai government is inviting citizens to vote for the best Shanghai designs of the year\, covering fashion\, health\, architecture\, technology and industry. \nThe Shanghai Design 100+ activity\, which will showcase the winning designs\, has been launched by the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization with 287 designs selected from 1\,541 items to be put to the vote. \n“The Shanghai government lays particular stress on Shanghai design and hopes the public can actively participate in the voting to decide the 100 most liked designs\,” said Chen Jianlin\, a commission official. \nAfter the public vote\, the government will invite professionals from various trades to vote and then industry authorities. The public vote accounts for 30 percent in deciding the 100 most liked Shanghai designs of the year. \nAlmost every well-known Shanghai enterprise has submitted their latest designs. Among them\, Manloulan with a Shanghai-style qipao\, United Imaging\, which is famous for medical diagnosis equipment\, and car manufacturer SAIC Motor. \n  \n“One design is a skipping rope\, which doesn’t have a rope. This enables people locked indoors to keep doing exercise. By looking at these designs\, you can feel the influence of the COVID-19 on the society\,” Chen said. \n  \nthe public can vote for their favorites through the link： \nhttp://design100.creativecity.sh.cn/shsj-show-web/m-vote-upgrade \n\n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n \n \n \n © Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization\n \n \n\n\nCONTACT \nGet in contact via email – info@creativecity-sh.cn \nTel: +86 21 62470109 \nFURTHER INFORMATION \nclick here \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/public-vote-for-shanghais-best-designs-starts/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Interactive-Exhibition.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210329 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210304T092618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210407T111709Z UID:7792-1616025600-1616975999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Geelong Design Week 2021 DESCRIPTION:With more than 60 events\, Geelong Design Week 2021 will showcase the creativity that has earned our recognition as Australia’s first and only UNESCO Creative City of Design. \n  \n\nImagine a more resilient\, more sustainable\, more creative future for our community\nDiscover how design can turn obstacles into building blocks\nExplore exhibitions\, open studios\, performance\, public art\, talks\, tours\, workshops and more.\n\n\nCONTACT \nclick here \nFURTHER INFORMATION \nwww.geelongdesignweek.com.au \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/geelong-design-week-2021/ CATEGORIES:Design Week ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GDW-2021_SOCIAL_2021-Theme_square_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220401 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20210409T092116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220427T112730Z UID:7853-1614556800-1648771199@designcities.net SUMMARY:NEXT21 Trade Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The annual NEXT21Trade Exhibition is an export development initiative of the Craft and Design Institute (CDI). It is a showcase that reveals the latest furniture\, lighting\, textiles\, fashion accessories and homeware from 23 top South African design talents. \n\n\n For 2021\, NEXT has been re-strategised to give it increased longevity and a wider global reach. For the first time\, NEXT takes the form of an innovative online platform that can be accessed by buyers\, members of the trade and the public from across the globe. The year-long digital exhibition is made possible with support from the City of Cape Town (local municipality) and the exhibition is free to access. \n\n\nNEXT21 constitutes the first-ever digital expo for the CDI and provides a dynamic video walkthrough for viewers. The online exhibition showcases a wide variety of export-ready designers who are launching brand-new\, ready-to-order ranges on the platform. The participating businesses represent the best of South African craft and design. \n\n \n \n \n \n © NEXT21\n \n \n \n \n \n © NEXT21\n \n \n \n \n \n © NEXT21\n \n \n \n \n \n © NEXT21\n \n \n \n \n \n © NEXT21\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nCONTACT \nCDI Communications\nFran Stewart\, Market Development Programme Manager\nT +27 (0)21 461 1488 \nfran.stewart@thecdi.org.za \n  \nFURTHER INFORMATION \nclick here \n  \nLATEST NEWS \nclick here URL:https://designcities.net/events/next21-trade-exhibition/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/NEXT-2021-March-FINAL-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210205 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20200924T080319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210208T092344Z UID:7536-1612396800-1612483199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Design Education Summit DESCRIPTION:The 2nd edition of the Design Education Summit is a one-day virtual Summit to be held on 4 February 2021\, organised by the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) in partnership with the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre. \n  \nThe Summit will provide participants with the opportunity to get up to date on the best practices in design education. You will be able to meet and collaborate with other educators and industry professionals\, as well as pick up creative ideas and expand your network which can serve to benefit and empower our future generation. \n  \nThe Summit will feature a diverse range of speakers who are involved in design and design education in various ways\, with industry leaders like Pann Lim and Hong Khai Seng as well as local and overseaseducation leaders like Tang Soo Ying\, Monica de Silva-Lim\, Madhu Verma as well as Kim Saxe (US) and Pihla Meskanen (Finland). There will also be workshops to dive deeper into some of the hot button issues of the day and draw reference from successful implementation models and case studies. \n  \nThrough presentations from industry and educational experts\, panel sessions\, flash talks by fellow educators and interactive workshops\, the Summit will provide collaborative virtual opportunities for educators to co-develop strategies to cater to evolving design education needs and work on topics related to integrating design in education\, preparing future ready-students and learning about various innovations in design education. \n\nRegistrations start NOW!\n\n  \n\n \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION \nwww.designeducationsummit.designsingapore.org \nCONTACT \nFor all enquiries regarding the call for stories\, please write to: DEST_organizers@sutd.edu.sg URL:https://designcities.net/events/design-education-summit-2/ CATEGORIES:Education,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ohne-Titel-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201127 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20201027T112213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T113119Z UID:7652-1605744000-1606435199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Bilbao Bizkaia Design Week 2020 // EmpathyRE. Redesigning a changing world DESCRIPTION:Bilbao Bizkaia Design Week (BBDW) is an event organized by the Bilbao Bizkaia Design Council (BiDC)\, an initiative of Bilbao City Council and the Biscay Provincial Council to promote the creative industries as a factor of economic development and national and international projection of Biscay. This event includes a number of activities which will take place in different spaces around the city\, both physically both virtually. These are scheduled by the leading stakeholders of the Bilbao-Bizkaia design ecosystem. \nThe theme of the sixth edition consists on redesigning a changing world. The main challenges include bringing awareness of the changes that are taking place globally\, increased by the pandemic and the socioeconomic crisis\, to try to provide solutions from the different cultural and creative sectors. \nTherefore\, for this BBDW20 we propose EmpathyRE as the main theme. Empathy as an attitude to REbuild a fairer and more sustainable world. Empathy as the principle that helps us to REdefine the ways we relate; to REdesign the devices\, interfaces and tools with which we interact\, as well as the products and services that we produce; to REthink our value systems\, care\, health\, education\, mobility\, production and inhabitation ways. In short\, our forms of coexistence\, culture\, consumption and leisure. \nIt will be a Design Week of recognition\, meeting and working in common between the different leading figures of all these processes of transition and change: business professionals\, institutions and social entities\, as the citizenship or the training centers\, and in relationship with the industrial fabric. A perfect occasion for considering alternatives and coming up with ideas and concrete proposals for the construction and rebuilding of a more empathetic and sustainable society. URL:https://designcities.net/events/bilbao-bizkaia-design-week-2020-empathyre-redesigning-a-changing-world/ CATEGORIES:Design Week ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ohne-Titel-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201119 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20201116T092049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T121359Z UID:7685-1605657600-1605743999@designcities.net SUMMARY:Design Ethics – Superpower of Designers DESCRIPTION:SDD Singapore x SDD Berlin – Lunch in Berlin\, Drinks in Singapore \nThis event is an experiment\, a prototype\, to bring design communities of two thriving cities\, Singapore and Berlin together. SDD Singapore and SDD Berlin have collaborated to put this together. We welcome you wholeheartedly to join in this meaningful and consequential discussion on design and design ethics. \nSpeakers: \nJoin two formidable design leaders – Randy Hunt (Head of Design\, Grab) and Clive K. Lavery (Experience Design Lead\, Moccu – Digitalagentur) for a virtual fireside chat as they discuss about how ethics in design can shape the behaviours of people and influence the world we live in. \n  \nThis event is organised by Ideactio Pte Ltd and supported by DesignSingapore Council. \n\nCONTACT \ntouch@ideactio.com \nFURTHER INFORMATION \nclick here \n  URL:https://designcities.net/events/design-ethics-superpower-of-designers/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Design-Ethics.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210221 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20200824T111407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T102203Z UID:7467-1605571200-1613865599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Styrian Products – The Exhibition 2020 DESCRIPTION:Styrian Products assembles outstanding products with high standards of design from Styrian companies in a unique collection. The items were chosen according to three main principles: “created in Styria – produced in Styria – sold worldwide”. \nThe exhibition shows a selection of the collection which ranges from Andy Wolf Eyewear to fashion designed by Lena Hoschek to industrial design products. \n  \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION  \nclick here URL:https://designcities.net/events/styrian-products-the-exhibition-2020/ LOCATION:Graz\, Graz\, 8010\, Austria CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/styrian-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201113 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20201105T092016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T121451Z UID:7675-1605139200-1605225599@designcities.net SUMMARY:Making\, Measuring\, Moving: Designing During Uncertainty DESCRIPTION:About the Event \nWhat do we do as designers when things aren’t going so well? The events of 2020 have hit us all in different ways\, whether as organisations or individuals\, and this panel explores the role of design in society through three projects which have come to life during this period. \nLearn more about these inspiring projects which examine how we can still remain connected to the community while remaining physically apart\, as well as how they have adapted to changing challenges and needs. \nSpeakers: \n\nDanielle Ng\, Founder\, Making Meaning\nBerny Tan\, Archivist\, @tape_measures on Instagram\nJudea Faith Cheong and Azelia Ng\, Creative facilitators\, Fieldwork: Redhill\n\n  \nThis event is co-presented by the DSG Associates Network and DesignSingapore Council\, and supported by the National Design Centre. \n  \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION \nclick –> here \nCONTACT \ninfo@designsingapore.org URL:https://designcities.net/events/making-measuring-moving-designing-during-uncertainty-2/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ohne-Titel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201107 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20200713T081809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T121507Z UID:7330-1604275200-1604707199@designcities.net SUMMARY:2020 Virtual Summit: Les Entretiens Jacques Cartier (EJC) DESCRIPTION:Montréal and Saint Etienne will both participate to the EJC Virtual Summit\, a space of dialogue between the actors of the university\, economic\, institutional\, scientific\, associative and citizen groups from Quebec and France. The mission of the EJCs is to exchange on innovation and its implementation between Franco-Quebec collaboration\, thus creating values and opportunities. \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION  \nclick –>  here (Website in french) \nCONTACT  \nSaint-Etienne UNESCO City of Design \nCité du design \n+33 (0)4 77 49 74 70 \ninfo@citedudesign.com \nMontréal UNESCO City of Design \nBureau du design\, Ville de Montréal \n+1 514 872-8076 \ndesignmontreal@montreal.ca URL:https://designcities.net/events/2020-virtual-summit-les-entretiens-jacques-cartier-ejc/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EJC2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201102 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20200930T082402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T084702Z UID:7580-1604188800-1604275199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Wuhan Design Day 2020 DESCRIPTION:The year of 2020 witnesses the heroic spirit carried forward by Wuhan design industry which played a pivotal role in both fighting the Covid-19 and resuming the economy. They rose to the occasion and shouldered the responsibility\, providing strong creative support in the battle. They continue to take a leading position to ensure a high-quality development of the city\, opening up new opportunities in crises and blaze new roads in changing situation. \nThis year\, Wuhan UNESCO City of Design is pleased to embrace its second edition of Wuhan Design Day on November 1st 2020 at China Architecture Science and Technology Museum. Themed around “ New Ideas ·New Patterns”\, multiple activities will be organized to show to the world a fresh new Wuhan during the one-day event including Anti-pandemic Theme Exhibition\, Wuhan Creative Design Contest\, Wuhan Design Release and Wuhan Innovative Forum. Revolving around the core agenda of the city’s urban development\, the objective of this celebration is to further unleash the creativity of the design communities and transform their heroic spirit aroused in battling the pandemic into the impetus of high quality development of the city. It is hoped that creativity and design can be better leveraged to drive innovation in technology and manufacturing\, to boost social potentiality and dynamism and to build a City of Design with Wuhan characteristics. \nIt is our tradition to invite Cities of Design to attend our annual design event. However\, due to Covid-19 this year\, we are unable to invite the representatives to come physically  and yet we sincerely hope they can be part of our celebration in a new interesting way! Therefore\, we invite  cities to record a short video message of congratulations in their local languages that we can show to our audience on the opening ceremony to let people see how vibrant and connected our network is! \n  \n© Wuhan Design Industry Promotion Centre \n\nC O N T A C T \nCindy Lee\, \nCoordinator\, Wuhan Design Industry Promotion Centre \nEmail: wuhan_design@yeah.net \nPhone: +86 (27) 85799940 URL:https://designcities.net/events/wuhan-design-day-2020/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-Wuhan-Design-Day-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201101 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20200924T072513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T084722Z UID:7517-1603756800-1604188799@designcities.net SUMMARY:“RISE AFRIKA RISE“ – Open Design Afrika Virtual Festival DESCRIPTION:small is MASSIVE! Open Design Afrika calls on Afrikans and the world to action small seeds of change everywhere! \n Given vast changes in everyday life\, Open Design Afrika (ODA) is stepping up to the challenge through presenting its 8th annual\, and first fully virtual festival. The anticipated event which is themed “Rise Afrika Rise” will run from 27 – 31 October\, and is recommitting to its mission to use the power of humanity\, creativity and design to create change\, and increase Afrikan pride and value\, effect systemic change and ignite and unlock new Afrikan potential\, ideas\, solutions and aspirations for a thriving Afrika. \nDespite being a digital offering\, the ODA 2020 programme which is sponsored by the  National Department of Sports\, Arts and Culture and the V&A Waterfront will be as robust as in previous years. The 5-day festival will live stream daily from different locations at the V&A Waterfront\, and include activities and events focused around key themed days\, namely: Afrika is Rising Day\, Global Inspiration Day\, Future-ready Skills with Heads\, Hands and Hearts Day\, Afrikan Stories Day and Family Makers Day. \nGeneral access tickets are free; however\, registration is compulsory to gain access to the livestream portal. WIFI will also be made available at selected venues to create further accessibility to marginalised communities. These venue details will be made available closer to the time. \nGeared towards ODA’s “pledge to design a better world” the 2020 festival promises attendees and participants workshops\, demonstrations and critical discussions about the present\, the future\, and the disruption\, hacking\, skills and resources required to bridge them. \nThe programme and list of contributors and inspirators will be available in early October. Follow Open Design Afrika on Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter for festival updates and registration details. \nJoin ODA 2020 in celebrating Afrika‘s change-makers #AfrikaisRising #ODA2020 #OpenDesignAfrika #smallisMASSIVE #ProudlyAfrikan #AfrikanPride #unsdgs #futurereadyAfrika #futurereadyworld #futureworld #justworld #prosperousworld #inclusiveworld #RiseAfrikaRise #LetsGoAfrica  \n\nFURTHER INFORMATION \nWebsite: www.opendesignafrika.org \nFacebook: @OpenDesignAfrika \nInstagram: @opendesignafrika \nTwitter: @opendesignaf \nYouTube: Open Design Afrika \nCONTACT \nE: info@opendesignafrika.org \nADDITIONAL INFO \nThe festival programme\, contributors\, inspirators and the registration will be announced early October. URL:https://designcities.net/events/rise-afrika-rise-open-design-afrika-virtual-festival/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ODA_Generic_Website_Banner_1920X1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20200511T102532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T084547Z UID:7027-1603324800-1603929599@designcities.net SUMMARY:The Floor is Yours DESCRIPTION:THE FLOOR IS YOURS MADE TO MEASURE FOR YOUNG DESIGNERS\, SCHOOLS & START-UPS. Young designers\, emerging talent\, independent start-up brands and design schools will once again come together at The Floor is Yours. This designated area of the Biennale INTERIEUR 2020\, serves as a platform for new products and new brands. The platform is made to measure for the young and creative. Choose the amount of square meters you want and book now. \nThe upcoming Biennale INTERIEUR 2020 gathers international brands and young talent\, looking for meaningful answers in the world of design and interieur\, work and leisure.\nINTERIEUR 2020 will take place from 22 until 26 October\, turning Kortrijk into a bustling\, inspiring place where activity and creativity take centre stage. Interested in taking part? Don’t hesitate to get in touch! \nTAKE PART URL:https://designcities.net/events/the-floor-is-yours/ CATEGORIES:Biennale,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/home_2020_3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201023 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20201006T104926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T084456Z UID:7604-1603324800-1603411199@designcities.net SUMMARY:Design IdeasWorthDoing Series DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the late Dr. Milton Tan\, Founding Executive Director of DesignSingapore Council (Dsg)\, join us for a series of two panel discussions that explore where ideas come from\, how do we generate more and how to build culture and creative cities. Internationally-renowned speakers and local next-gen emerging designers will share their knowledge and perspectives\, and exchange ideas and challenges experienced across generations and design disciplines. The exciting speaker line-up includes Eames Demetrios (grandson of design legends Charles and Ray Eames)\, Mark Wee (Dsg)\, Ryan Tan (OuterEdit)\, Tiffany Loy (textile artist)\, Paul Bennett (IDEO)\, Richard Hassell (WOHA)\, Ziqq Rafit (Design Says Hello) and Dave Lim (TEDxSingapore). \n\nCONTACT \ninfo@designsingapore.org \nFURTHER INFORMATION \nclick here URL:https://designcities.net/events/design-ideasworthdoing-series/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ted.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201108 DTSTAMP:20260617T223209 CREATED:20200824T113321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T121528Z UID:7480-1603152000-1604793599@designcities.net SUMMARY:CNCentury // The Future of Design in Robotic Manufacturing DESCRIPTION:Local production\, wood as a proven resource material and innovative manufacturing with a CNC milling robot are the focus points of the CNCentury exhibition. We look into how versatile wood can be used\, which possibilities the production with a modern milling robot can offer and how this can be utilized for innovative products. \nThe project is a cooperation of mutamo – platform for design and designers\, FH Joanneum – University Of Applied Sciences\, Hechenblaickner Holzhandelsgesellschaft\, dem Holzcluster Steiermark\, Holzinnovationszentrum Zeltweg and Creative Industries Styria. URL:https://designcities.net/events/cncentury-the-future-of-design-in-robotic-manufacturing/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sujet_sketch_fräser-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR