Dezeen promotion: What Design and style Can Do, a conference that aims to encourage the part of design as a device for social adjust, is launching its very first occasion in São Paulo with a nature-themed series of talks.
Founded in 2011, What Design Can Do (WDCD) was produced to bring together designers from all disciplines to showcase and debate the electrical power of “aesthetics with substance” in society.
The occasion is held yearly in Amsterdam, but the organisation is now set to stage its initial satellite edition in São Paulo, Brazil, from 7 to eight December 2015.
“We want to display what design and style can do,” WDCD founder Richard van der Laken told Dezeen. “Absolutely nothing must stop us, designers, from improving human dignity in any way we can.”
The São Paulo conference will take area at the city’s Faap Theatre and focus on 3 themes: WDCD for Urban Troubles, WDCD for Cultural Consciousness and WDCD with Nature.
WDCD with Nature will partly concentrate on the possibilities provided by Brazil’s massive biodiversity and will also supply an opportunity to discuss ways in which designers can push the boundaries of what is achievable with all-natural processes and substances.
Related story: Synthetic creatures could “save nature” says Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
“Folks have constantly taken nature as the basis for their actions,” explained the organisers. “But a new generation of designers is going even a step even more exploring how new tactics from the organic sciences and biotechnology might be valuable as style equipment.”
“They question the idea of nature, and consider of progressive and sustainable solutions for all kinds of difficulties in society,” they continued.
What Layout Can Do speaker Daisy Ginsberg
The nature theme will feature talks by synthetic biology designer Daisy Ginsberg and Dutch food designer Marije Vogelzang, who was just lately appointed head of the new food division at Design Academy Eindhoven.
“There is so a lot going on in the planet of foods that we need to have designers to start doing work on this in a critical way,” Vogelzang informed Dezeen. “It is the most wealthy and critical materials in the globe.”
E.chromi scatalog by Daisy Ginsberg
Other speakers contain Koert van Mensvoort, founder of Dutch research lab Following Nature Network, and smell designer Sissel Tolaas.
Single day tickets are priced at R\$ 400 (around £68), although a two-day ticket is R\$ 690 (roughly £118), and are offered to acquire from the event internet site.
What Style Can Do’s Amsterdam conference took location earlier this yr at the Stadsschouwburg theatre in Amsterdam.
What Layout Can Do speaker Marije Vogelzang
Amongst the particular guests and speakers have been architect Ole Scheeren, the Campana Brothers and Tolaas, who designed a scent set up made with Mickaël Wiesengrün.
Dezeen and Dezeen Jobs are media partners for the occasion that takes spot from the 7 to 8 December 2015. Find out more about the conference on the website, and study on for a lot more info from the organisers.
WDCD with nature
Brazil is a massive country with a vast volume of genuine and nonetheless unspoiled nature. It is one of the greatest places on earth to draw inspiration from nature in all its glory, efficiency and beauty. Prime chef Alex Atala advised at WDCD 2015 in Amsterdam what this can imply, demonstrating how nature, indigenous culture and present day city life can benefit from a careful and complaisant exchange.
Set up at Meals Cultures exhibition curated by Marije Vogelzang
Folks have constantly taken nature as the basis for their actions. But a new generation of designers is going even a stage additional exploring how new methods from the normal sciences and biotechnology may possibly be helpful as design tools. They query the idea of nature, and consider of innovative and sustainable answers for all kinds of issues in society.
At WDCD 2013 Suzanne Lee presented her idea of bacteria grown garments, while Daisy Ginsberg in 2014 shared her visions on ‘living architecture’, buildings that could for instance bind carbon dioxide.
What Layout Can Do speaker Rohan Shivkumar
Speakers within this theme include Alex Atala, Daisy Ginsberg, Sissel Tolaas and Marije Vogelzang.
www.whatdesigncando.com/event/brazil-2015/brazil/
