Impact x Design Panel: Radical Futures

Sponsored by AIGA Portland and studio b:ask
About the Impact x Design Panel: Radical Futures
Designing with impact in mind (whether we call it design for social impact, social impact design, social design, or whatever) begins with critical questions related to “What, then, does impact mean?”: How does one measure it? How does one design for it? Who gets to have a say?
The Impact x Design Panel: Radical Futures will invite thoughtful consideration into how designers who are making an impact across the social, private, public, and philanthropic sectors address these questions in their practice, projects, and everyday life.
Why “Radical Futures”? We know the future needs to be divergent from where it is now. It will take courage, gumption, resilience, grace, creativity, and a lot of love to get there. Examining the real tensions that come up when we try to implement the imperative to “design with, not for” in various contexts will only allow us to design better. And we use the term futures (plural) because we know there are many possibilities not just for what is yet to come but also for what we’re doing now and HOW we will get there.
This panel event will feature a discussion between social impact designers and design strategists practicing within various contexts, from government to consulting to large-scale philanthropy and more. What is needed to build the future that we want?
What does this require of us and our approach to design? Come join the conversation to find out.
Details:
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 @ Kiln
Doors at 5:30 pm; Panel begins at 6 pm
Learn more and view the full list of panelists at https://www.studiobask.com/radicalfutures

Host or Publisher AIGA Portland