HELIX - HET NIEUWE HUIS VOOR DIALOOG & DEBAT
EERSTVOLGENDE EVENT
DESIGN & THE CITY (ENG)
Wednesday June 24 - 20:00
Main Stage, Natlab
Main Stage, Natlab
Moderator: Dymphie Braun
Ticketprijs: Pay What You Can
Ticketprijs: Pay What You Can
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Around the year 2000, design secured a definitive and prominent place in the arts, in education, in the business world, and within government. Building on the traditions of industrial design, product design and graphic design, the field of design expanded to include social design, information design, experience design and interactive design. In 2013, designer Lucas Verwey said: “Everything has become design; design is everywhere; we find ourselves in a design bubble.”
If everything has become design, what exactly is design anymore? Does design need a new focus, a new definition, and maybe also a new mission? During this evening, we will discuss these questions. We will also take stock of how design has developed within Eindhoven following the near-move of the Design Academy Eindhoven to Roermond in 2024. At that time, it became painfully clear that the design ecosystem in Eindhoven is vulnerable. A new organization, Design Development Eindhoven (DDE), has been installed to establish a stronger foundation for design, locally and nationally. Where do we stand two years later? Does Eindhoven have a stronger case now for being the design capital of the Netherlands—and perhaps even of the world? What can this stronger foundation offer Eindhoven-based designers? Are we sufficiently self-critical about our design success? Get your tickets here! 
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Anne LigtenbergAnne runs Social Design Bureau AM. The design studio distinguishes itself through an empathic approach and works primarily in the social domain to improve people's well being. Anne also is project manager of DDE. She will update us about the plans that have been developed by DDE to make Eindhoven a true design capital.
Kiki van EijkKiki’s practice is rooted in a deep appreciation for craftsmanship and the expressive potential of materials. Her work spans a wide range of disciplines, including textiles, furniture, lighting, ceramics, and glass, often merging functional design with a strong narrative dimension. Kiki will go into the progress Eindhoven has made for the position of designers.
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Pete FungPete Fung is a designer, researcher and educator. His practice explores how design can be used to critically engage with the complexities of our interdependence: the languages we use, the aesthetics we subscribe to, the institutions we inhabit as well as the way in which we relate to them. Pete will wrap up with his personal statements.
Silvio LorussoSilvio Lorusso is an Italian writer, artist and designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. He published Entreprecariat in 2019 and What Design Can’t Do - Essays on Design and Disillusion (Set Margins’) in 2023. Lorusso is an assistant professor at Lusófona University in Lisbon and a tutor in the Information Design department at Design Academy Eindhoven. He holds a PhD in Design Sciences from Iuav University of Venice.
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