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Design Culture Salon 3 – Design Activism: how does it change things?

Tuesday 26 February 1900h-2030h Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre, V&A Panelists: Jody Boehnert (EcoLabs) Jonathan Chapman (University of Brighton) Noel Douglas (Occupy Design) Paul Micklethwaite (Kingston University) Climate change, resource scarcity, economic crisis and struggles for social justice have given rise … Continue reading

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Reflections on Design Culture Salon 2 — Is ‘making stuff’ back on the agenda?

With UK manufacturing have shrunk by two-thirds over the last 30 years, it seems almost anachronistic to be talking about resurgence of making. But the Tuesday 29 January Salon opened the concept up in a range of ways that underlined … Continue reading

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Design Culture Salon 2 – Is ‘making stuff’ back on the agenda?

Next Salon Tuesday 29 January, 1900h-2030h Is ‘making stuff’ back on the agenda? Panelists: Glenn Adamson (V&A) Jocelyn Bailey (Policy Connect) Daniel Charny (From Now On) Nick Gant (Inheritable Futures Laboratory/University of Brighton) Katie Hill (Sheffield Hallam University) After decades … Continue reading

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Design Culture Salon 1

Tuesday 27 November, 1900-2030. What can museums do with contemporary design? Panelists:  Jan Boelen (Kunstcentrum Z33) Liz Farrelly (University of Brighton) Stephen Feber (social enterprise developer) Jane Pavitt (Royal College of Art) Louise Shannon (V&A) Contemporary design culture is finding … Continue reading

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