Can design tackle the really big problems facing the world" Or is design helping to cause these problems" Join Dezeen and Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven on 21 and 22 October, where these questions will be addressed in a series of free discussions.
Created as part of our Good Design for a Bad World collaboration with Dutch Design Week, each of the five talks will involve a high-profile group of speakers and will address a different global crisis.
The discussions will be moderated by Dezeen founder and Dutch Design Week international ambassador Marcus Fairs, and will also be live streamed on Dezeen.
All the talks are free to attend and will take place at the People's Pavilion at KetelHuisplein 1 in the Strijp-S district of Eindhoven.

Climate change
12:00-13:00, Saturday 21 October
Climate change is perhaps the biggest threat to mankind. What can designers do to tackle this issue" Or would it be better for them to start exploring ways to protect society from rising sea levels and temperature increases"
The speakers are: Richard van der Lacken, co-founder of design conference What Design Can Do and initiator of the Climate Action Challenge; Lonny van Ryswyk, designer and co-founder of Atelier NL; and Babette Porcelijn, industrial designer and author of the book De Verborgen Impact, which gives an insight into the impact people have on the planet.
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Refugees

14.30-15.30, Saturday 21 October
How can design, archit...