Another wonderful discussion point from Jennifer Leonard on Design21 last week, titled Activist Design has really got me thinking. The post describes Leonard’s experience, whilst speaking at New York and Los Angeles based event The Creator Series [June 8-17], where she was asked “…about the nuances of social design and how it figured into a vision for our sustainable future.”

The question was asked: Continue Reading »

A. Using Ideaplay, an idea generation kit for students, developed by design consultancy Engine and The Design Council.

Ideaplay is an interactive workshop which is easily integrated into any enterprise course and is adaptable for any age, level or specific subject area. It trains budding entrepreneurs to observe everyday situations, find problems and solutions, assess their ideas collectively, and it builds team working skills. Continue Reading »

Taking a look on our cities it seems a bit as if nothing serious had changed since the days Haussmann designed the modern Paris on the drawing table. Public Design still consists of the same elements: park benches, tram stops, trash cans, trees and city greens, playgrounds, water dispensers and many more. Ok… maybe telephone boxes had come later – but these are about to disappear as mobile phones will soon make it obsolete. Anyhow, nothing striking innovative here.

What has increased is the noise of traffic and the bang of blow-ups and citylights (or other forms of advertising). Moreover Continue Reading »