This is a new series of Social Design Talks, jointly organised by the Young Foundation, the University of Brighton, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Policy Connect in England. The first was held in March 2012.
Goals of the Social Design Talks:
- To reflect critically on the spread of socially-motivated design practice and the use of ‘design thinking’ with social innovation and public policy
- To bring together people working in adjacent areas, including project managers in public policy, social enterprise and innovation, and civic society, policy-makers, elected representatives, researchers, activists and designers
Speakers so far: Cameron Tonkinwise (Parsons The New School for Design NY) on A Typology of Social Design, Carrie Bishop (Futuregov) on Public Sector Design, Mariana Amatullo(Designmatters/Art Center College of Design, California) on Design Education for Social Impact. Future speakers include Cat Macaulay (Jordanstone College of Art and Design), Diana Gerald (Young Foundation, London) and Ezio Manzini (Politecnico Milan/DESIS Network).
Further information: http://socialdesigntalks.org/about/