To launch Dezeen's new collaboration with Philips TV & Sound, the brand's chief design officer Rod White, architect Mary Arnold Forster and Mormedi founder and CEO Jaime Moreno discussed European design in a live talk.
The talk is titled What is European Design, and is the first in a series of four talks by Dezeen and Philips TV & Sound inviting designers from different disciplines to explore the cutting edge of product design.
The panellists interrogated the meaning of the term "European design," investigated the principles that define it, and discussed how those principles feature in their work.
They also explored how Brexit has affected European designers, as well as the implications that the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis have for the future of European design. Rod White, chief design officer at Philips TV & Sound
In his role at Philips TV & Sound, an arm of the electronics brand Philips which designs and produces television and audio products, White is responsible for the company's design strategy and direction and leads its design studios in Amsterdam, Taipei and Shenzhen.
Last year, White spoke to Dezeen about the brand's collection of portable audio accessories with Georg Jensen in a talk as part of Virtual Design Festival.
Mary Arnold-Forster, founder of Mary Arnold-Forster Architects
Arnold-Forster is an architect specialising in creating sustainable homes in remote locations across Scotland.
She set up her own practice in 20...