Nelly Ben Hayoun lead a relay panel discussion on how sports can influence the design industry as part of our Sports Day collaboration with the designer for Virtual Design Festival.
Organised in partnership with Ben Hayoun, the panel welcomed 12 figures from the worlds of sport, design and nightlife.
Participants discussed topics including how sport can inform new practices in design, architecture, nightlife and politics, the similarities between a boxing ring and an art gallery, and what the future holds for the live event industry in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
Introducing the event, Ben Hayoun posed the question: "in pandemic time, sport has been heavily impacted to the point that one might wonder ? is sport even still a collective thing"" Designer Yinka Ilori will take part in a relay panel discussion
"In this energy-induced, power fuel-propelled, 2.5 hour, live, marathon show we will learn what sport has to offer other fields, such as design, nightlife, the space industry and politics," she explained.
First in to bat was London-based designer Yinka Ilori, who is known for his colourful styles that have adorned projects such as the Colour Palace pavilion at the Dulwich Picture Gallery and Happy Street, a renovated railway bridge in Wandsworth, London.
Also joining the panel is creative director of Google's Creative Lab in Sydney Tea Uglow
Stepping into the ring second was author, activist and creative director of Google's Creative ...