october 28th, 2021 from 5:00 to 7:00 Pm CET

Concept

“The pandemic has virulently brought into relief the evidence of existence in its most diminished scale. The invisible, sensorial dominion of the virus has conditioned the way we live physically “in” the world and the way we think about it – the bonds, relations, ties of kinship, feelings of care and empathy for people and the environment, and thus a deeper sense of connection with the universe at large.

Next Design Perspectives, at its third edition, continues to look at creative and practical expressions in design across various sectors in fashion, furniture, food, automotive, hospitality.

With Design in Flux, title of this edition, we look at design in its wonderous explorative potential to enhance human experience, into the sensorial, the emotional and other-than-human – into a form of design agency that moves fluidly, ideologically and is radically collaborative.”

By Beatrice Leanza / Curator

28 OCT

5:10 PM

Beatrice Leanza

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MUSEUM OF ART ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (MAAT), LISBON

PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BEIJING DESIGN WEEK AND CO-FOUNDED THE GLOBAL SCHOOL, THE FIRST INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE FOR DESIGN AND CREATIVE RESEARCH ESTABLISHED IN THE PRC.

Curator

Speakers

28 OCT

5:20 PM

LISA WHITE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, WGSN

A TREND FORECASTER AND FUTURE THINKER WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, LISA WHITE IS AN EXPERT IN DESIGN AND LIFESTYLE TRENDS. LISA WAS HEAD CURATOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN BIENNALE OF SAINT-éTIENNE IN 2019.

28 OCT

5:40 PM

EMANUELE COCCIA

PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER

EMANUELE COCCIA IS MAÎTRE DE CONFÉRENCE AT THE ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES IN PARIS. HE IS SPECIALIZED IN AVERROES AND MEDIEVAL AND MODERN AVERROISM. HE HAS RECENTLY BEEN WORKING ON THE METAPHYSICS OF PLANT LIFE AND THE LIFE OF OBJECTS.

28 OCT

5:40 PM

BRENDAN CORMIER

SENIOR CURATOR OF EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON.

HE HAS CURATED SEVERAL MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING CARS: ACCELERATING THE MODERN WORLD AT THE V&A, A WORLD OF FRAGILE PARTS AT THE 2016 VENICE BIENNALE OF ARCHITECTURE, AND VALUES OF DESIGN AT DESIGN SOCIETY IN SHENZHEN, CHINA.

28 OCT

6:20 PM

YVES BéHAR

FOUNDER AND CEO, FUSEPROJECT

DESIGNER AND ENTREPRENEUR, HE IS THE ONLY DESIGNER TO HAVE RECEIVED THE INDEX AWARD TWICE FOR THE ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD AND SEE BETTER TO LEARN BETTE PROJECTS, WHICH HAS DISTRIBUTED 6 MILLION FREE CORRECTIVE EYEGLASSES TO SCHOOLCHILDREN IN MEXICO FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

28 OCT

FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 PM CET

BEATRICE LEANZA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MUSEUM OF ART ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY (MAAT), LISBON.

PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BEIJING DESIGN WEEK AND CO-FOUNDED THE GLOBAL SCHOOL, THE FIRST INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE FOR DESIGN AND CREATIVE RESEARCH ESTABLISHED IN THE PRC.