Talks

How can design keep you safe, show you the way, break down prejudices and make a traumatic time just a little bit brighter? Three short and sharp pitches exploring transformative design ideas with wide reaching impact on the world we live in.

Want to understand how is future thinking technology changing the discourse of graphic design?

In a shifting creative landscape, what is the secret to designing graphics that engage online, in print and in the real world? As audiences continue to assert their own creativity, do designers need to adapt to start a new dialogue with the communities they design for?

Marina Willer, Partner at Pentagram, and Kate Moross, discuss their professional journeys to date.

How can design teams and organisations apply agile design methodologies to navigate the uncertainty inherent in building unprecedented products, services and lines of business? ETHAN IMBODEN VP Creative and Head of Venture Design, frog

Four pioneering ideas that are opening up design from the inside out. 1. Petra Janssen, Founder, Social Label 2. Leon Lakowski, industrial designer and creator of ALL IN 3. Kara Pecknold, Creative Director, Collective Action Toolkit 4. Chair: Grace Gould, Founder, School of Digital Age

How can material use and production be reimagined to become genuinely sustainable and what role can designers play in changing attitudes towards sustainability and consumption both in and outside of the industry.

Where are the boundaries between art, branding and design and does it matter? How can partnerships between brands, artists and designers be creatively and commercially fruitful? How can a full service design approach enhance the creative process?

How can designers respond to the crucial challenges of environmental and social sustainability while also delivering delight?

How can designers create subconscious comfort and immersive experiences by focusing on the aspects of design that cannot be seen and designing for all senses? Three leading innovators in the diverse fields of culinary art, new musical formats and sensual aesthetics explore the possibilities.

Can designers better understand the communities and individuals they design for by employing scientific research? What impact could this have on design outcomes and processes? By understanding the psychology behind human interactions and perceptions can designers provide a more sensorily experience?

Ilse Crawford is a designer, academic and creative director with a simple mission to put human needs and desires at the centre of all that she does. She recently worked with Massimo Bottura on his Food for Soul project which recognises the importance of well-designed environments to social cohesion.

How can designers equip themselves to meet the changing expectations placed on them, secure their place in conversations that matter, not be pigeonholed and communicate their value to clients, and the public? Architect Sadie Morgan and Robert Brunner, Apple, discuss design advocacy.

What happens when one of the world's largest software companies engages UK citizens and challenges its team and global clients to find solutions to plastic pollution and waste? London Design Festival provides the first public platform for this ground-breaking design-led technology project.

Grafton Architects will discuss the ideas behind their theme and manifesto of Freespace as presented at La Biennale di Venezia and the values that shape their work.