Talk | Giant Leap: Designing for the Future.

How is it to design for the future? How can creatives, companies and governments deal with the promises and threats of future technical and social developments? How can design get out of the incremental innovation trap and drive radical innovation? Mario Gagliardi will present insights and case studies from his design practice for design futures.

Workshop | Person and Persona: Identity design workshop.

Art and life is being merged like never before. Social media influencers are becoming communication carriers for brands and lifestyles, and content becomes a matter of design. What will happen to the notion of authenticity and what are possible futures for brands and media in this emerging space? In this workshop, we will use innovative idea generation techniques to design experimental identities and narratives. We we will deconstruct and reconstruct personas and narratives and will create a range of speculative concepts to suggest new approaches for social media and branding.