The World Design Summit has extended its First Call for Papers for the summit to be held in Montréal, Canada from October 16 to 25, 2017. The deadline for submissions is October 17, 2016.
The World Design Summit Montréal 2017 is an international event during which practitioners, academics and other players from the design scene will get together to address a broad spectrum of issues related to the various disciplines of design. The sessions will be constructed to foster crossovers and the exchange of knowledge between disciplines.
What are the innovative design ideas and actions that could bring about better futures" How can design in all its facets respond to issues as a transformational agent that supports cultural, political, economic, environmental and everyday societal needs" These are the key and essential questions that will drive discussions at the World Design Summit. The Call for Proposals is open to scholars, practitioners and concerned parties from all spectrums of the design disciplines, including: architecture, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and interstitial or hybrid practices. The committee is looking for presentations and papers that provoke paradigm shifts, and that propose how we might rethink challenging world issues through design processes and their applications. The committee encourages the coming together of the design disciplines to explore issues of importance to all discip...