Social Design Design + Community + Social Impact (English Subtitles)

February 6, 2009

The public forum focused on the meaning and role of social design. Max Schorr and Casey Caplowe, both Co-founders and Directors at GOOD Magazine, which was founded in 2006 and is known for its cutting edge concepts and creativity, and Valerie Casey, Leader of the Digital Design Experience at IDEO and the Founder of The Designers Accord, spoke at the symposium. The Designers Accord is a global coalition of designers, corporate leaders and educational institutions that focuses on integrating sustainability in their work. Japanese speakers, Masaaki Ikeda, Creative Director, Tokyo Changemaker and Eco Plaza, Soichi Ueda, Producer, Spaceport and Kazufumi Nagai, Art Director, HAKUHODO DESIGN introduced cases from Japan. The roundtable was an opportunity for all attendants, including the audience, to discuss design and designers now and into the future.