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London: Design In An Age of Crisis full details announced

London Design Biennale and Chatham House have published the Open Call to invite radical design thinking from the world's design community, young people and the public

by Georgina Johnston 12 August 2020

The Open Call will look for innovative design thinking across four critically affected areas; Health, Environment, Society and Work, to consider how to create healthier, greener, equal and prosperous societies. 

The Opportunity 

An exhibition of the most innovative design submissions will be presented online by London Design Biennale and Chatham House in Autumn 2020, with a selection also exhibited at the third edition of London Design Biennale at Somerset House in June 2021. Chatham House further aims to work with a number of selected submissions to help make the design thinking a reality. 

The Briefs 

Design In An Age Of Crisis is open to all to find radical and rapid responses to problems facing humanity, today and tomorrow, in response to the four specified briefs which address the many issues of which the Covid-19 pandemic has either shone a light on or further exacerbated. 

These include the poor health and unhealthy living situations of millions of people across the world; the climate emergency; social and economic inequalities; and the rapid transformations in work and the economy affecting employment and livelihood opportunities. 

The Open Call consists of four briefs created by an international steering group of more than 50 designers, academics, entrepreneurs and business leaders: 

  • Environment; how can we design better places?

  • Health; how can design make it easier to be healthy?

  • Society; how can design promote equality and help empower everyone?

  • Work; how can work be designed to be more meaningful and efficient? 

For more information about the briefs, click here; for young people, there is also a specifically designed brief available.

Submissions can be in any format and any stage of thought, from a simple sketch to a fully developed concept. 

The deadline for submissions is 31 August 2020, and full guidelines and further details are available here


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