Ramping
up to the DDS Pre-Summit, set to take
place in Saint-Étienne on 3-5 April 2019, two more international projects are
launched today. Responding to the “Call
to Action” from the historic Montréal
Design Declaration, the Design Declaration
Summit (DDS) Steering Committee is initiating the DDS Government Design Policy Project and the DDS Design Research and Education Project. These are accompanied by a third initiative,
the DDS Metrics Project, launched earlier this month.
All
three Projects will be featured in dedicated sessions in Saint-Étienne. Twenty-nine
(29) international and national entities have already confirmed participation
in the event.
Unleashing the Potential of Design Policy
The
DDS
Government Design Policy Project is a global collaborative effort to catalyse design policy
that targets “Design for People”, and
will source and showcase various best
practices in government design policy.
The DDS Government Design Policy Project
session will feature presentations from expert contributors profiling public, private and civil
society perspectives on design policy followed by
opportunities for panel and roundtable discussions amongst participants.
The Project is being developed by a Project Management Committee (PMC) and is enriched by the contribution of experts from both within
and outside of the design world.
The Project Management Committee is Co-Chaired by:
- Mr. Flemming Borreskov, Past President, International
Federation for Housing and Planning,
- Ms. Eija Salmi, Secrtary General, Cumulus International Association of
Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
With expertise from:
- Mr. Jeffrey Soule, Steering Committee member, World Urban Campaign
- Mr. Thomas Vonier, President, International
Union of Architects
- Mr. Sune Knudsen, Chief Operating Officer, Danish
Design Center
- Ms. Päivi Tahkokallio, Vice President, Bureau of European Design Associations
- along with insights on policies at various scales
from local to global
When asked to elaborate on the
significance of policies focused on “Design for People”, Mr. Flemming Borreskov
states, “It is only in this way that
design can change the world. We need committed, inclusive, adaptive and nimble
leaders within business, government and civil society to become aware of the potential
than can be unleashed through good government design policy.” He adds, “Design for People” is meant to benefit the
common good, but for this we need “People for Design”. We need more than
policy, we need leaders who will champion the power of design.”
But competent
leadership and good governance and policy requires capacity building on “both
sides of the table”. Co-Chair Ms. Eija Salmi, reflects “The research and education community can play a pivotal role in
developing good design policies and educating future leaders with the design
world. This is what the DDS Government Design Policy Project is seeking to do:
bring together both those within the design world and those beyond to innovate
and implement design policy.”
Synergies & Circularities in Design Education & Research
The DDS Design Education and Research Project is an international
coalition seeking to advance the
recognition of design education and research on a global level, as a key
long-term strategy for achieving United Nations Sustanable Development Goals
(UN SDGs), and on a local level, embedding greater consideration for design in
the day to day, both within the private and public sectors, at work and at
home.
In the words of IxDA; “Within
our practice there is a rich debate about what fundamentals a designer should
be equipped with as an outcome of their education. Increasingly, these skills
are being recognized in business and beyond, so that design literacy is
becoming a core skill of many professions. Moreover, as the world around
us and the context for designing changes and adapts, we understand that
education is a lifelong learning process.”
The DDS Design Education and Research
Project will explore the scope of design education and research for the benefit
of practitioners, students and those who seek to leverage design skills
and processes to succeed in creating a world that is environmentally sustainable,
economically viable, socially equitable, and culturally diverse.
The session on
Design Education & Research is a gathering of various facets, approaches
and models of design education and research:
The Project Management Committee is
Co-Chaired by:
- Mr. Alok Nandi, President,
Interaction Design Association
- Mr. Christian Guellerin, Past President, Cumulus International
Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
With expertise from:
- Ms. Rozina Spinnoy, Founder, BIDs Belgium
- Mr. Mariano Alesandro, Head of Future Thinking & Technology, INDEX: Design to Improve Life
- Ms. Charlotte Høeg Andersen, Education Director, INDEX: Design to Improve Life
- along with leading voices on the interface between industry with design education and research
For more details, please contact:
Jovana Milović
Programme Manager
jmilovic@designdeclaration.org
