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  • Title
    Off-Grid 17
    Date
    16-21 February 2017
    Description

    Off Grid is a boutique design conference, where through a series of curated happenings – provocations from the speakers and informal gatherings – you can explore the meaning of experiential design and ways to connect people to place.

    For more information click HERE

  • Title
    Bryan Edmondson Talk
    Date
    15 February 2017, 6pm - 8pm
    Location
    Northern Design Centre, Hawks Road, Gateshead, NE8 3DF
    Description

    Bryan Edmondson is a British graphic designer and founder of the renowned design consultancy SEA

    Bryan will be discussing the development of SEA over the last twenty years and sharing insights on a range of their work.

    Bryan is passionate about identity and typography which lead to the proud undertaking of an immense rebrand for the global type giants Monotype. This longstanding creative collaboration with them has helped launch the Pencil to Pixel installations in both London and New York, the Johnston 100 typeface and their London HQ with Ben Adams Architects in 2016.

    This event is part of the design events Spring Design Talk’s. For more information click HERE

  • Title
    Surface Design Show
    Date
    7-9 February 2017
    Location
    Business Design Centre, London
    Description

    Surface Design Show is the place to find new and innovative surface solutions, materials and products. The show features the latest materials and products from over 130 exhibitors.

    For more information click HERE

  • Title
    In Conversation with Michael Fisher and Karl Tuyls
    Date
    04 February 2017
    Location
    Tate, Liverpool
    Description

    Join Professor Michael Fisher and Professor Karl Tuyls from the University of Liverpool’s Centre for Autonomous Systems Technology who will discuss the future of human and machine collaboration in the company of Cécile B. Evans.

    Click HERE for more information

  • Title
    The Clothes Show
    Date
    2-6 February 2017
    Location
    NEC, Birmingham
    Description

    The Clothes Show, in association with Alcatel, is a one stop destination for all things fashion & beauty, with a line-up of brands, fashion experts, catwalks & live performances.

    Your ticket gives you all day access to 350+ pop-up fashion & beauty boutiques, inside trend reports, exclusive style advice & non-stop runway shows.

  • Title
    The future for the UK’s patent framework
    Date
    02 February 2017
    Location
    London
    Description

    This conference will provide a timely opportunity to consider the future for the UK’s patent framework.

    It is being scheduled to bring out discussion on the long-term impact of the EU referendum on UK patent law – most notably in relation to the UK’s future involvement and interaction with the Unified Patent system and Unified Patent Court (UPC).

    Delegates will discuss key challenges and opportunities for UK patent policy post-Brexit, looking at next steps for developing the UK’s future attractiveness as a jurisdiction for cross-border disputes; options ahead for rights holders in seeking pan-European and international patent protection; as well as the future impact of the European Patent Convention on UK litigation, including the governance of standard essential patents.

    For more information click HERE

  • Title
    The Measured Summit: Measuring the Impact of Design on Health
    Date
    24 January 2017, 8am - 4pm
    Location
    School of Visual Arts’ Beatrice Theater, New York City
    Description

    The MFA Design for Social Innovation program at the School of Visual Arts in New York, in collaboration with Design Ignites Change, will investigate the quantifiable impact of social design programs at “Measured Summit: Measuring the Impact of Design on Health.”. This event will bring together leaders and practitioners in philanthropy, business, the social sector, healthcare, technology, research, and design to begin to understand, document, and analyse the measured impact of social design on human health outcomes.

  • Title
    Industrial Strategy Green Paper
    Date
    23 January 2017
    Description

    The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy wants to build an industrial strategy that addresses the long-term challenges facing the UK economy. Their aim is to improve living standards and economic growth by increasing productivity and driving growth across the UK.

    The Department has issued a Green Paper identifying 10 pillars that they believe to be important in driving forward an industrial strategy across the entire UK economy:

    1. Investing in science, research and innovation
    2. Developing skills
    3. Upgrading infrastructure
    4. Supporting businesses to start and grow
    5. Improving procurement
    6. Encouraging trade and inward investment
    7. Delivering affordable energy and clean growth
    8. Cultivating world-leading sectors
    9. Driving growth across the whole country
    10. Creating the right institutions to bring together sectors and places

    The Green Paper gives the design profession an opportunity to contribute to its success. It is important that the voice of design is heard. Please take a few minutes to read through the proposals and join in the discussion.

    Furthermore CSD have created a short survey for you to share your comments on each pillar of the Green Paper, we plan to collate these responses and present them to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. To complete our Industrial Strategy Green Paper Survey, click HERE.

  • Title
    Design for Manufacturing Summit #19
    Date
    12 January 2017
    Location
    Notting Hill, London
    Description

    DFM Summits bring together product developers, industrial designers, engineers, makers and manufacturers for a more decentralized, leaner manufacturing ecosystem

    Click HERE for more information and tickets

  • Title
    ADAPTr Events – Practitioners in Conversation
    Date
    16 December 2016, 6.30 -8.30pm
    Location
    Ambika P3
    35 Marylebone Road
    London
    NW1 5LS
    Description

    This edition of ‘Practitioners in Conversation’ launches the book ‘Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies’ by Heike Rahmann and Jillian Wallis and is followed by presentations and a discussion round with participants of featuring architecture and landscape architecture offices, including Neil Porter and Mary Bowman from Gustafson Porter, Enriqueta Llabres and Eduardo Rico from Relational Urbanism and Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero from EcoLogic Studio.

    Click HERE for more information and to register for this free event