Global Design Forum

Leading creative leaders of the global design community will gather at Global Design Forum to share latest perspectives on how design can be at the forefront of change.

Conferences and study days

  • Saturday, 16 September 2023 – Thursday, 21 September 2023 at V&A South Kensington

  • V&A South Kensington

  • Past event

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

  • Free event

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Global Design Forum is London Design Festival’s curated thought leadership programme, celebrating design and the minds shaping its future at the V&A. Creative leaders from all corners of the global design community will share new perspectives on how design can be more accessible, inclusive, sustainable and at the forefront of change.

The programme for 2023 includes some of the most challenging and exciting topics that designers currently face from speculative re-imaginings; transdisciplinary design; designing for community; diversifying design; new material showcase; material sustainability; system redesign; design intelligence; harnessing the possibilities of AI; using design to adapt to extreme change.

Speakers include: Nelly Ben Hayoun; Caroline Till, Franklin Till; Gideon Berger; Joycelyn Longdon, Climate in Colour; Shawn Anderson, POoR Collective; Simone Brewster; Yinka Ilori; Yuri Suzuki, Pentagram; Yves Behar, Fuse Project.

Global Design Forum is supported by Headline Partner SAP and programme partners Pearlfisher, Istituto Europeo di Design and UAL.

For the full programme and to book your tickets visit: globaldesignforum.com

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