Design has rapidly risen to the forefront of innovation as a driver for improved standards of living, increased productivity, and increased economic prosperity. Through good design, we can create concepts and solutions to meet the challenges of today and the future.
Designers are finding ways to solve the problems we face with resource management, healthcare, poverty and environmental issues. They are inventing communication platforms and entertainment modalities that are connecting people in new ways, and improving the aesthetic nature of our world. Communities that are aware of good design will drive reform by insisting on the development of better products and services.
Self-organising, decentralised, collective action. A powerful way to effect change!
Since 2007, Kelo has been a regular delegate to TED Conferences. She was a TED Fellow at TEDGlobal 2007 and she is the organizer of TEDxSoweto and TEDxJohannesburg. She is also TEDxAmbassador for Africa and a member of the Mandela Poster Project Collective.
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Design that saves lives.
Australian artist and designer, Leah Heiss, who practices close collaborative design to create intimate, life saving jewelry and human centric projects, explains the results of her methods that have lead to a new way of thinking when it comes to the product, practice and most importantly, the patient. Putting empathy and lifestyle first.
Design and the human experience.
A founding member of the cutting-edge industrial design studio Smart Design, Dan Formosa has found ways, simply through design to increase fuel efficiency in automobiles, improve drug compliance & health, and make our day-to-day lives just a little easier; all good reasons why his work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
John Bielenburg
John Bielenberg delights in helping people find the courage and sense of humour to bring their stories, ideas and ingenuity out into the world—the wilder and crazier, the better.
David Berman
David Berman is an infectiously enthusiastic motivator who assists people in organisations to align their personal and business values, equips them with strategic skills, and challenges them to apply their professional strengths to help create a more sustainable and just world.
Design Seeds
Design Seeds aims to encourage children to reflect on the everyday role of design and how they might use it to improve their lives and the lives of others. Design awareness can greatly enhance the general knowledge and understanding of all children, not just those who will become our future designers. The workshop encourages collaboration, sharing of resources and celebrates collective creativity.