Promotion: designers Richard Hutten and Ross Lovegrove will be among the speakers discussing how design can be a force for good at this year's Business of Design Week in Hong Kong.
The 20th edition of the annual event, which will take place from 28 November until 3 December 2022, gathers more than 90 designers, both in-person and virtually, from the UK, France, Thailand, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands.
This year is the 20th anniversary of the annual event. Image by Richard Hutten. Above image: floating Community in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photo provided by Koen Olthuis
Taking place at Hong Kong's M+ Grand Stair Museum the programme includes forums, exhibitions and lectures curated around the theme: Design for Change.
The theme is broken down into five main pillars, including Brand Transformation, Culture and the City, Metaverse and Metaliving, New Urban Models and Social Design Innovation. The event will discuss how design can be a force for good. Image by Nikki Gonnissen
"After the pandemic, enterprises, large and small, and diverse ecosystem actors are driven by a new sense of purpose and urgency to address the rapid changes and enormous challenges of our time," said the Business of Design Week's organisers.
"Design empowers a shift to practices that are more socially and environmentally responsible and more resilient amid global challenges."
The theme includes five themes. Image by Koen Olthuis
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