Implementation Democratic Design Day

I organised and curated the Democratic Design Day for IKEA ( Switzerland ) AG from 2015 to 2019. The four symposia explored the question of the societal and social impact of good design.


Client:
IKEA (Switzerland) AG, Aurel Hosennen
2015–2019

Services:
Curation
Conception
Planning
Overall coordination
Realisation
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The event was designed as a platform for dialogue and was attended by around 500 guests each time – and followed online by thousands of viewers thanks to the media partnership with designboom.com.

Globally recognised designers and opinion leaders from business and culture, including the philosopher Alain de Botton, the co-founder of Frog Design, Patricia Roller, and the Venezuelan scientist and expert on technology and socio-economic development, Carlota Pérez, reflected on the IKEA concept. Their critical contributions have strengthened the credibility of this approach in the long term. And democratically.

Film with Carlota Pérez about the Democratic Design Day 2018: The event focused on "Circular Design" as a response to the urgent issues of climate change.

Left: Leif Huff, Partner and Executive Design Director, IDEO New York. Right: Simon Widmer, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

Democratic Design Day 2018 at the LAC in Lugano: more than 600 guests attended the symposium.

The philosopher, author and founder of the "School of Life", Alain de Botton at the Democratic Design Day in Zurich, 2016.

Right: The young Kenyan entrepreneur Leroy Mwasaru. On the left: Volkshaus Basel, venue of the last Democratic Design Day (2019).

Journalist and presenter Henrietta Thompson in conversation with Dr Adina Rom, Professor of Development Economics at ETH Zurich.

Opinion leaders: Visitors to the Democratic Design Day 2019 in Basel.

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