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Organisation Strategy & Design Seminar Series

4th December - Craft Design & Developing Economies

7:00pm - 9:00pm



When it comes to designers and crafts people working closely
with people from developing countries to create opportunities and links with international markets, there are many stories of great courage
and determination, and stories of failure despite the best and
most noble of intentions.

The seminar will bring together designers, artists and craftspeople, economists, development experts and anthropologists - all of whom have been involved in such projects to tell their stories, learn from failures and successes.

This seminar is being conducted in conjunction with the Crafts Magazine.

The cases include projects in Thailand, Afghanistan, South Africa and Algeria.

The guests include Prof Tom Barker (RCA), Ashley Hall (designer), Tom Dixon (designer), Kate Blee (designer), Joanna Gibbons (Architect), Simon Fraser (Central St Martins), Prof Jo Beall (DESTIN, LSE), Garrick Jones (LSE), Caroline Roux (Editor Craft Magazine).



Arts & Ecology

11th December - Arts & Ecology - Taking on the Design Challenge of the Stern Report: A Practical Designshop for Pragmatic People


George Monbiot has responded to the Stern Review in the Guardian with a ten point plan for implementing the recommendations.
Gerge Monbiot article

John Thackera takes the plan further, by outlining the Design Challenge and the role of Designers in implementing such a plan.
John Thackera's design challenges

We will be hosting a probono event during the Arts & Ecology Conference being held at the LSE No Way Back? which we've decided to call Taking on the Design Challenge of the Stern Report: A practical designshop for pragmatic people in response.

No Way Back? Conference

It will be a two hour designshop. If anybody would like to volunteer to be on the Design Team please let Garrick know.

Organisation Strategy & Design Seminar Series

20th November - Exploring Graphic Facilitation and Visualisation Tools

7:00pm - 9:00pm



Graphic facilitation is a set of techniques and skills that are increasingly being used by large groups to understand complex situations and to chart their positions within the context of ideas both present and in the future.

Graphic facilitators respond directly to large group conversations. They create models, illustrations, maps, relationships and visual metaphors that enable groups to make sense of complex discussions and situations. The skill of their craft allows complex ideas to be simply rendered. Their work is often used to communicate ideas beyond the decision-making group.

This seminar will be both an exploration of these techniques, led by skilled practitioners, as well as an opportunity for all participants to hone their abilities.

limited places RSVP