Category Archives: Services

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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Event: Social Design Futures – HEI Research and the AHRC

Wednesday 9th July, 4.00 – 5.30pm Room 55, British Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL Since November 2013 we have been undertaking a review of social design research and practice to help AHRC plan its future … 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 14: Shaping Technology with Design

Social Design Talk 14: Shaping Technology with Design- Digital Experiences for Global Complexity In Collaboration with Contemporary Architecture, Design and Digital, the Victoria & Albert Museum. Date and Time: Thursday 30 Jan 2014, 7pm Venue: Hochauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre, V&A … Continue reading

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REPORT: Social Design Talk 13: Thomas Markussen: Design Activism for Social Innovation

Social Design Talk 13 was organized by the UAL (University of Arts London) DESIS Lab. Thomas Markussen’s talk explored the practices of design activism, the specific ways it differs from other forms of activism (art activism, political activism), and how it … 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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