September 6–7 Designboost presents DesignBoost - Made in [Arnhem] in Arnhem, Holland through a variety of integrated BoostChat (workshops) and BoostTalk (lectures). Designboost will invite Boosters from Holland and all over the world which represent the true frontline within design in its broadest context. All are authorities in their field of expertise and our selection reflects the principle that design is multidisciplinary reaching way beyond the obvious. Our carefully selected Boosters will interact on the theme ”Design for Life” over two days with companies, organisations and institutions.

BoostChat is for invited only while the BoostTalk is open for public as well.

When it comes to sustainable life there are probably many things that needs to be questioned, left could very well be right. The objective of DesignBoost - Made in [Arnhem] is to make everybody question, reach awareness and think in new paths when it comes to creating better lives for lots of people. This is after all the ultimate goal for all design.

DesignBoost - Made in [Arnhem] is a collaboration between Designboost, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten, Premsela and City of Arnhem.

The knowledge company Designboost is announcing today that Ross Lovegrove will attend and talk at DesignBoost February 12 at Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm. Also Henrik Otto, design manager at Electrolux and Jens Fager, the new hope for Swedish Design, will come and share their visions about how we create design for a better life.

The complete list of speakers and panelists look like this: Karim Rashid, Ross Lovegrove, Stephen Burks, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard Hutten, Bjarke Ingels, Henrik Otto, Gert Wingårdh, Thomas Sandell, Satyendra Pakhale, Ilse Crawford, Monica Förster and Jens Fager.

It’s free entrance to the BoostTalk on February 12, but you must register at mija(at)designboost(dot)se no later than February 8. Designboost says it is important that everyone should be able to be inspired by creative talks about design regardless of thickness of wallet…

-Ross Lovegrove in one of the leading Design icons and we are of course very happy that he has chosen to participate at DesignBoost. On  the other hand Jens Fager is just in the beginning of his career. I am sure that we will here a lot about him in the future, says David Carlson, from Designboost.

-The theme for DesignBoost at Arkitekturmuseet is “Design for Life”. It’s important to look at sustainable design with a holistic view. At DesignBoost we will discuss how companies and organizations can use design as a competitive advantage. It will be interesting to listen to Henrik Otto, how he is working with design thinking as chief designer at Electrolux, says Peer Eriksson, from Designboost.

As reported earlier DesignBoost will take place at Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm February 11-12. The overall theme is “Design for Life”. As earlier years Designboost has invited speakers from all over the world which represent the true frontline within design.

Today Designboost reveals four new speakers for the BoostTalk (lectures) on February 12th.

Karim Rashid – one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries…

Ilse Crawford – a creative director and designer who crosses the worlds of brand creation, interiors and design.

Satyendra Pakhale – A cultural nomad born in India and now working from Amsterdam.

Monica Förster - One of the leading young designers from Sweden.

Last week Designboost revealed the name of the first nine speakers: Stephen Burks, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard Hutten, Bjarke Ingels, Gert Wingårdh and Thomas Sandell.

The theme of this autumn’s DesignBoost in Malmö was Design for Life. Now the question is once again being posed, how to make design economical, ecological and fair when DesignBoost collaborates with Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm.

At this DesignBoost people of worldwide reputation such as Stephen Burkes, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard Hutten, Bjarke Ingels, Gert Wingårdh and Thomas Sandell will participate. Additional participants will be announced.

Design for Life is about how we shall shape our way of life. How we plan, produce, deliver and consume everything from cities, transportation and infrastructure as well as food, entertainment, products and brands. Over the years design unfortunately has developed more and more into an exceedingly contributing source of pollution and over consumption. Therefore some of the biggest names in the world of design will once again meet, to show how design and architecture may be used to create better conditions for people as well as for the environment.

One of the speakers is Stephen Burks, known among other things for his border breaking collaborations with artisans in South Africa and Peru.

We need to redefine design and focus on people’s needs, rather than just surface. When design is put in a humanistic perspective one understands the tremendous ability it has to make change happen, socially as well as economically and ecologically. With knowledge of design, we can solve and improve everyday life of people both in Sweden and globally, says Peer Eriksson.

DesignBoost at Arkitekturmuseeum in Stockholm will take place on the 11-12th of February with around seventy especially invited participants. During two days BoostChats (workshops) and BoostTalks (lectures) on the theme Design for Life will be held. BoostChat on the 11th is exclusively open to those especially invited guests while the talks on the 12th will be open to the public.

As a part of this a BoostShow (exhibition) with examples of holistic sustainable design will be open until the 7th of March.

DesignBoost invites the most pioneering thinkers. Stephen Burks is established as one of the worlds greatest designers but other brilliant talents will also attend, such as Bjarke Ingels, architect and maker of Denmark’s pavilion on the world exhibition in Shanghai later this year, David Carlson tells us. He, along with Peer Eriksson is the initiative behind DesignBoost.

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The conclusions from the BoostChat (workshops) at DesignBoost 2009 - Design for Life has been published. In total it was 40 unique BoostChat all concerning the overall theme ‘Design for Life’. The questions touched subjects like “How can design understand our cultures?”, “How can we make real change?”, “How to design for urban life?” and “Who has the responsibility?”. Among the people involved in the BoostChat were designers Ineke Hans, Richard Hutten, Ilse Crawford and Katrin Olina to mention a few. Representatives from the industry included companies like Electrolux, Audi, E.ON, Iittala, Skanska and SAS.

Below are a couple of images as well.

Here follows a couple of snapshots from the BoostShow at DesignBoost 2009 - ‘Design for Life’ in Malmö. It will be up and running until November 14. The address is Beijerskajen 8 and opening hours are Thursday/Friday 11am to 6pm and Saturday/Sunday 12am to 4pm.

We are planning to take the exhibition on tour. Do you know any organization, museum etc that could be interested in showing ‘Design for Life’? Drop Designboost a mail at info(at)designboost(dot)se. The exhibition is a mix of interesting best practice examples of design for life combined with several interactive quiz and numerous films and interviews (Ross Lovegrove, Tom Dixon, Konstantin Grcic, Patricia Urquiola, Ilse Crawford, Bouroullec brothers and many more). There is also a small shop with carefully selected items attached to the exhibition.

Here follows some snapshots from the BoostTalk at DesignBoost 2009 in Malmö. The speaker list included Ken Yeang, Ilse Crawford, Richard Hutten, Eero Koivisto, Max Fraser, Colin Drummond, Ineke Hans, Ary Perez, Katarina Graffman and Kristina Börjesson, Magnus Lindqvist, Roy Antink, Mathias Eriksson, Brent Richards and Philip Allsopp, Behrang Miri, Rapper, Filipe Balestra, Jonas Pinzke - Harry MacNeil, Katja Gry Carlsen and Johan Berhin.

Ken Yeang, Architect at Llewelyn Davies Yeang

Ilse Crawford, Creative director and Designer at Studio Ilse

Richard Hutten, Designer

Ineke Hans, Industrial designer

Katrin Olina, Illustrator and designer

Colin Drummond, Director of Cultural & Business Insights at Crispin Porter + Bogusky

Eero Koivisto, Architect and designer

Jonas Pinzke, Innovator for the greater good at The Good Guys

More to come from DesignBoost 2009 in Malmö. Stay tuned!

Designboost presents the complete Speaker list for the BoostTalk (lectures) on October 15th:

Ken Yeang, Architect at Llewelyn Davies Yeang
Ilse Crawford, Creative director and Designer at Studio Ilse
Richard Hutten, Designer
Colin Drummond, Director of Cultural & Business Insights at Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Ineke Hans, Designer
Eero Koivisto, Architect and designer
Ary Perez, Engineer and artist.
Katrin Olina, Illustrator and designer
Fernando Gabeira, Politician
Roy Antink, Development Manager, Green Construction at Skanska
Magnus Lindqvist, Futurologist at Pattern Recognition
Jonas Pinzke and Harry MacNeil, Innovators for the greater good at The Good Guys
Mathias Eriksson, Copywriter and founder of Brikulör.
Max Fraser, Director at Spotlight Press
Behrang Miri, Rapper, Actor and Teacher
Katarina Graffman and Kristina Börjesson, Anthropologist respectively Researcher sustainable design
Brent Richards and Philip Allsopp, Founders of Transpolis Global
Filipe Balestra, Architect

WHEN:
BoostTalk (lectures) on October 15th between 9am and 6pm.

WHERE:
Beijerskajen 8 in Malmö, Sweden (former K3 school).

TICKETS:
Tickets for the BoostTalk (lectures) at DesignBoost 2009 on Thursday October 15th are now released. Follow this link for tickets and registration: http://shop.textalk.se/shop.php?id=12396

The price for a ticket is SEK 1900, coffee and lunch included. You will also get an exclusive preview of the DesignBoost 2009 BoostShow (exhibition).

WHY:
It´s time to rethink design. To create long time value instead of short time profit. To build the future on generosity instead of greed. We need optimism, new spirit and change! We need Design for Life.

Design for Life is all about how we can create better lives for the many. How we plan, produce, deliver and consume everything from cities, transportation and infrastructure to food, entertainment, products and brands. Together we have a joint responsibility. We can all make a difference

Design is always about humans - about satisfying needs, solving problems and attracting us towards new experiences. This implies that great design often is founded on a social and cultural perspective. Unfortunately design has partly turned into a major source of pollution. Just look at everything modish and the hunt for newness. I big part of the industry are focusing on more when we actually need better.

Design for Life is about care and cooperation. It´s about taking steps forward regardless of length. Doing anything is always better than nothing.

The goal is that DesignBoost 2009 will be characterised by new insights, new thoughts, new friends and preferably laughter, or as Designboost puts it; right, ah, haha!

PARTNERS:

DesignBoost 2009 - ´Design for Life´ is a junction for curious minds, commercial and industrial life, organisations and institutions. The BoostPartners 2009 include: Electrolux, IKEA, Audi, Iittala, Arena, Skanska, Thule, E.ON, Swedish EU presidency, City of Malmö and Region Skåne.

Further info: www.designboost.se

DesignBoost 2009 will take place in Malmö Sweden between October 14 and November 15 under the theme “Design for Life”.

Today Designboost reveals the twelve first Boosters (speakers) at the BoostTalk (lectures) on October 15. As earlier years Designboost has invited Boosters from all over the world which represent the true frontline within design in its broadest context:

Ken Yeang, Architect at Llewelyn Davies Yeang
Ilse Crawford, Creative director and Designer at Studio Ilse
Richard Hutten, Designer
Max Fraser, Director at Spotlight Press
Colin Drummond, Director of Cultural & Business Insights at Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Ineke Hans, Designer
Katarina Graffman and Kristina Börjesson, Anthropologist respectively Researcher sustainable design
Magnus Lindqvist, Futurologist at Pattern Recognition
Behrang Miri, Rapper, Actor and Teacher
Jonas Pinzke and Harry MacNeil, Innovators for the greater good at The Good Guys

Ten more Boosters for the BoostTalk on October 15 will be revealed week 39.

Tickets are available here.