Dezeen promotion: designers whose work spans design and technology, including Daan Roosegaarde, Carlo Ratti and Moritz Waldemeyer, will be among those taking part in the first EDIT festival in Toronto this month.
Dezeen is media partner for EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation and Technology, which will run from 28 September to 8 October 2017 at the Canadian city's East Harbour venue ? formerly the Unilever soap factory.
Organised by Toronto's Design Exchange museum, the programme will encompass talks, immersive exhibits and interactive workshops.
EDIT will take place over 10 days at Toronto's East Harbour venue
"The 10-day biennial, in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will celebrate and recognise high-profile international visionaries for the significant impact they have made to propel humanity towards EDIT's overarching theme, Prosperity For All," said the organisers. Among participants will be Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde, who will showcase a model of his Smog Vacuum, which uses ionisation to suck pollution out of the air and turns the particles into jewellery.
As one of the speakers for EDIT's Making Change series, former Wired editor-in-chief Scott Dadich will discuss his Netflix documentary series Abstract: The Art of Design and the power of storytelling.
Participants will include Daan Roosegaarde, who will present a model of his Smog Vacuum
Dadich is also one of Design Exchange's 2017 ChangeMaker Award winners, along with Ian...