17th September: The power of design

How far can we and/or design contribute to the green agenda? How can we overcome the blocks to innovation? How can we redefine the boundaries of our profession to adapt to the changing needs of society

2-4.30pm Workshop: How far can we go green? All the way: is there another option?
Tim ‘Mac’ Macartney and Toni Spencer of Embercombe offer a provocation and a call to action:

Do you have the depth of curiosity to stand full-on and face the unpredictability of these times? This workshop invites you to live an unusual life. We believe that when aligned with our true potential there are no blocks to creativity and innovation. This session will explore the emergent reality, creative tensions and limitless possibilities of an inconvenient truth. www.embercombe.co.uk
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6.30-8.30pm Workshop: Designer as agent of change
Starts with a 45 minute hands-on workshop that will rock your left and right brain! Pio Barone Lumaga editor-in-chief of LOFT The Nordic BOOKAZINE challenges common sense assumptions and shares an indispensable tool to unlock our creative potential to design sustainable changes: the role of emotions in the science-art of innovation.

The workshop is followed by an intriguing conversation between Pio Barone Lumaga, and Tyler Moorehead, Director of GreenUnlimited and former publisher of The Ecologist magazine: ‘Are designers the mutants that can show us how to survive amidst new living conditions? How sustainable is culture? Session concludes with a Q&A session.

Followed by drinks, including East Green carbon neutral beer, provided by Adnams.
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