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Design Culture Salon 15: How does design address immobilities in our society?

Not strictly a Social Design Talk, but this event, also supported by the University of Brighton, certainly has overlaps… Friday 13 March 6:30-8:30pm Victoria and Albert Museum Clore 55, British Galleries While Design Culture Salon 10 looked at the concept of … Continue reading

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ProtoPublics

We are take a break from organising Social Design Talks while we pursue other projects. But don’t go away! One of these projects is ProtoPublics. Otherwise called Developing participation in social design: Prototyping projects, programmes and policies, this is a project … Continue reading

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Report: SDT 16, Designing Social Design Toolkits

This social design talk focused on a staple of the social innovation world: the toolkit, and one toolkit in particular: the Development Impact and You (DIY) toolkit. Designed through a collaboration between a European agency (STBY) and an Indian agency … Continue reading

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Report on Social Design Talk 15: Social Design in the Age of Collaborative Media

Speaker:  Professor Bo Reimer, MEDEA lab, Malmo University Respondent:  Professor Gillian Youngs, University of Brighton MEDEA is a design-led research centre at Malmö University in Sweden, whose academics work with companies, institutions and individuals to investigate the role of collaborative … Continue reading

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Social Design Talk 15 — Social Design in the Age of Collaborative Media

Friday 14 March, 1900h. Seminar Room 1:  Sackler Centre Victoria and Albert Museum, London Speaker:  Bo Reimer, Professor of Media and Communication Studies,Malmö University Respondent:  Gillian Youngs, Professor of Digital Economy, University of Brighton Socially motivated design practices depend to … Continue reading

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Social Design Talk 15 — Social Design in the Age of Collaborative Media

Friday 14 March, 1900h. Seminar Room 1:  Sackler Centre Victoria and Albert Museum, London Speaker:  Bo Reimer, Professor of Media and Communication Studies,Malmö University Respondent:  Gillian Youngs, Professor of Digital Economy, University of Brighton Socially motivated design practices depend to … Continue reading

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Social Design Talk 13 — Design Activism as Social Innovation

Download flyer Date & time: Wednesday 20 November, 1830h Venue: The LVMH Lecture Theatre  (E003) Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design King’s Cross Campus Granary Building, 1 Granary Square London, N1C 4AA Speaker: Thomas Markussen, Kolding School of Design, … Continue reading

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Reflections on Rewarding Social Design – INDEX Design to Improve Life

Social Design Talk 12 Friday 20 September, Victoria & Albert Museum Speaker: Liza Chong Respondent:  Jeremy Myerson ‘There are enough white teacups in the world’ is one of INDEX’s mantras. And coming from Denmark — land of clean modernist lines … Continue reading

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Social Design Talk 11 — Evidence-based programme design in international policy contexts

Speaker:  Dr Derek B Miller, The Policy Lab and UNIDIR Respondent:  Zaid Hassan, Reos Partners Chair:  Dr Adam Drazin Thursday 30 May, 1830-2030  The Darryl Forde Seminar Room Department of Anthropology University College London 14 Taviton Street London    WC1H 0BT … Continue reading

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Talk 10 Designing for Sharing: Report and Reflections

Design for sharing is an enormous, but fascinating challenge. A number of start-ups and initiatives have appeared recently that facilitate peer-to-peer exchange systems. These promote swapping, sharing, bartering, trading and renting over individual ownership. They would include Freecycle, Zopa, Ecomodo … Continue reading

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