ReDesign Business Festival

ReDesign Business is a new kind of festival of ideas for navigating the challenges ahead through illuminating talks, idea-generating workshops, challenging panel discussions and wellness sessions.

2020 has evolved into a once-in-a-generation opportunity for a significant rethink, rewire and reset - but it won’t happen with the same tools and the same instruction manual of the past.

ReDesign Business is a new kind of festival of ideas for navigating the challenges ahead and where our experts will explore new ways of road mapping possible futures.

The inaugural virtual programme runs from 14–19 September 2020, and offers a daily schedule of talks, idea-generating workshops, challenging panel discussions, intimate fireside chats with thought-leaders and even a nightly restorative wellness session.

One ticket, six days and six nights of events. 

Curated by Propela and Vanessa Dewey (of Mattel, Adobe and AIGA), made possible by Design Council, Design District, Innovate UK.

Here are just a few of our programme highlights:

1. The School of Critical Design will be tackling two areas of new discourse: 

- How to design for happiness in a complex world with designer J.Paul Neeley. 

- Why we should design with time and ‘fourth-dimensional thinking’ with Ted Hunt and Gemma Jones. 

2. We will collectively imagine new worlds and more-than-human politics with designer and futurist Anab Jain. 

3. We have the world premiere for Rachel Wingfield’s new collaboration with Leo Cosendai SOMA Sleep. This immersive light + sonic experience will screen each evening at 10pm UK time (and on-demand for other timezones) to help you end the day with more restorative mindset. 

4. On Saturday morning Meditate on Time with textile artist Richard McVetis. 

5. One of the most eminent sustainability designers in the world, Sophie Thomas, will share how designers can have more impact. 

6. Experiment hands-on to unleash your creativity with designer and inventor Dominic Wilcox.

7. Learn how to rebuild your brand after COVID in a workshop with the Head of Innovation at VICE, Mark Adams. 

8. Leadership is not just for business leaders, so Gaea108 will lead a workshop to teach us about regenerative practices and how we can all be better leaders of ourselves, our families, our teams and our businesses. 

9. Learn how small changes can help tackle inclusivity with diversity champion Tolu Farinto.  

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Curated by Propela

Founded by Deborah Rey-Burns with the aim of bridging the creative sector and the business world, Propela is a speaking agency representing a diverse, highly select group of maverick thinkers and global change-makers. For nearly 10 years, its roster of artists, designers, futurists and interdisciplinary experts has electrified audiences around the world, providing illuminating, exciting and often surprising talks for major international conferences, Fortune 500 companies and world-leading brands.

propela.co.uk

Made Possible by...

Design Council

Design Council’s mission is to make life better by design. It works with people to create better places, better products and better processes, all of which lead to better performance. It commissions pioneering evidence-based research, develops ground-breaking programmes and delivers influencing and policy work to demonstrate the power of design and how it impacts three key areas of the economy: business innovation, places and public services. Design Council brings together non-designers and designers – from grassroots to government – and shares design expertise to transform the way they work.

designcouncil.org.uk

Design District

At the heart of Greenwich Peninsula, the Design District is London’s first permanent, purpose-built hub for the creative industries. A collection of 16 unique buildings designed by a team of eight leading architects, the District is designed to support an ecosystem of 1,800 creatives, encompassing individual makers, ambitious startups, ground-breaking enterprises and industry leaders.

designdistrict.co.uk

Innovate UK

Part of UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas. It connects businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn ideas into commercially successful products and services and business growth. Innovate UK funds business and research collaborations to accelerate innovation and drive business investment into R&D.  It offers support to businesses across all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions..

innovateuk.ukri.org