Design Responsibly: Designing A Better Future in the Metaverse

Exploring how design can not only address social, environmental, economic issues, but also contribute positively to societal aspirations beyond consumer demands and commercial needs, breakdown barriers and create a more equitable and tolerant world for all. • How can the Metaverse extend design’s capacity to impact social justice and positive human behaviour? • How can the design of digital technology support better understanding of our mental wellbeing? • Public space, ownership and the digital world: what does an ever increasing move to digitalised public space, in our physical spaces and the metaverse, mean for design? • What does digital public space mean for our notions of identity and self-perception? • What does a hybrid between ecology and technology look like and what are its implications for designers? • How can NFTS and Web 3 impact and benefit the digital world, design and its connection to the public?