One day to set the agenda for global design
The Global Design Forum is a new one-day event that brings together a star-alliance of design luminaries, organisations and talents to debate the issues and pressure points that are really affecting the design industry.
Are the creative industries inherently risky or the key to our future growth?
How can designers draw our path out of recession?
How is the business of design changing around the world?
Shouldn’t design be rooted at the centre of problem-solving activities?
Where does the digital revolution leave your business?
What are the real innovations shaping the design industry?
How do you convince people to have what they don’t yet know they want?
How can design be best used to secure a competitive advantage?
Why is it important to play and dream?
These are just a handful of the questions that will be raised on the day and everyone can have their say. Our aim is to collectively set the global design agenda and inspire positive new directions for the sector.
Curated and delivered by the London Design Festival, the inaugural Forum takes place on Tuesday 18th September at the spectacular Central Saint Martins campus in King’s Cross, London – itself a seed camp of future design talent.
The Global Design Forum will provide a creative platform for presenting and debating important and controversial ideas, both on and off the stage. The Forum will turn the tables on traditional one-way conference models by giving individual delegates the opportunity to exchange ideas and contribute to the discussions. We will gather these ideas from our speakers and delegates in order to formulate mini manifestos that will inform the themes of future Global Design Forum events.
Over nine days in September, the London Design Festival featured hundreds of events which took place across London, showcasing the city's pivotal role in global design. Save the date: London Design Festival 2013 will take place on the 14th - 22nd September 2013.
A centerpiece of the Festival is our commissions, the Landmark Projects, created with the help of our generous supporters. For the Landmark Projects we commission some of the world's greatest architects and designers to create pieces of work in some of London's best-loved public spaces.
