Design For Good

1:00pm, the Farmiloe Building, 34 St John Street, London EC1M 4AY

Katie Treggiden, founder of award-winning design blog Confessions of a Design Geek, chairs this discussion about design and how it can be used and inspired by good. Treggiden talks to Thore and Garbers, the architects behind Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, and Mini Moderns who have pioneered a system for recycled paint. They will be joined by Chloe Meineck, creator of the memory box for people with dementia, and Chris Griffin of Pi Global and founder of The Museum of Brands.  ekonglong sofa manufacturer

What's the Future of Social Housing?

4:00pm, The Farmiloe Building, 34 St John Street, London EC1M 4AY

Sam Jacob, co-founder of Fashion Architecture Taste, talks to architect Paul Karakusevic, founder of Love London Council Housing blog, Andrea Klettner, and Alex Morton from The Policy Exchange. Together they will address the future of social housing, and its social and architectural impact.

The Future of Design in Education

10:00am, the Farmiloe Building, 34 St John Street, London EC1M 4AY

Onoffice editor James McLachlan will join Lady Frances Sorrell of the Sorrell Foundation, London Designer Ab Rogers and Richard Green, CEO of the Design and Technology Association. The panel will discuss the future of design in education, which has recently been destabilised by proposed reforms to the curriculum. The talk accompanies The Making Designers exhibition at the SCIN Gallery, exploring the schoolwork of well-known designers, including Nigel Coates, Michael Marriott, Linda Morey-Smith, Matthew Hilton, Tom Lloyd, Simon Pengelly, Ab Rogers and Terence Woodgate.

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