Dezeen is partnering with Icelandic design festival Design March to host a series of live talks exploring the importance of design in addressing global challenges. The conference will be moderated by Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft and the second part will be streamed live here and on Dezeen at 2:30pm London time, 3 May 2023.
The third session of the day will host a panel featuring landscape architect and co-founder of LOLA Architects, Peter Veenstra, artistic director and founder of design studio ÞYKJÓ, SigrÃður Sunna Reynisdóttir, partner at design studio Design Group Italia, Sigurður Þorsteinsson, and founder of art project Graphic Rewilding, Lee Baker.
This panel will discuss how design can be used to address the social challenges highlighted during the pandemic. Speakers will discuss questions such as how to design for dignity, justice, participation and inclusion, and how we can create more healing environments.
In the last session of the conference, bio-designer and Faber Futures founder, Natsai Audrey Chieza and senior curator of architecture and design at The Museum of Modern Art, Paola Antonelli, will wrap up the themes discussed in previous sessions by exploring what they think the future of design holds.
The pair will also discuss how designers can use the advances in science and technology in recent years, looking at rapidly advancing fields like bio-design.
