Design Talks
Design Miami/ Basel invites the public to participate in a series of stimulating dialogues with some of today’s most interesting and influential design luminaries.
This year, Design Miami/ Basel explores Process and Performance in contemporary and historic design. Engaging leading figures in the international design community, these conversations address the current state of design culture and the multifaceted effects of the recent design boom.
Please join us every day 12 – 16 June 2007 at 15.00h as leading figures in the design community discuss process and performance as it relates to historical developments in design, architectural projects from around the globe, and contemporary limited edition design.
Doors open daily free of charge from 15.00h – 16.00h
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Design Talks Calendar
Tuesday June 12/ 3pm
The Process Behind Limited
Edition Design
Julie Lasky, Editor-In-Chief of I.D. Magazine, moderates a conversation with Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman of Vitra, Didier Krzentowski, founder of Galérie Kreo, and the designers Greg Lynn, Hella Jongerius, Konstantin Grcic and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. This panel examines the creative and
commercial environments that drive experimentation, prototyping and limited edition design.
Wednesday June 13/ 3pm
One Laptop Per Child:
$100 Computers for the World’s Children
Alice Rawsthorn, Design Critic for the International Herald Tribune, talks with industrial designer Yves Béhar
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about his visionary new project with Nicholas Negroponte and OLPC, underscoring the potential for design to make the world a better place.
Thursday June 14/ 3pm
Design as Performance
Marcus Fairs, editor of online design magazine dezeen.com and author of Twenty-First Century Design, moderates a discussion with Vito Acconci, legendary performance-artist-turned-architect, Fernando and Humberto Campana, extraordinary design duo from Brazil, and Maarten Baas, superstar young designer who uses performative processes to create his work.
Friday June 15/ 3pm
Front: Designer of the Future 2007
Li Edelkoort, Chairwoman of Design Academy Eindoven and design trend
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forecaster, interviews Front, Swedish design collective and Design Miami/ Basel Designer of the Future 2007. |
