Thematic Workshop Copenhagen

On the 9^th and 10^th of November 2009, the Danish Design Centre hosted the second SEE project workshop in Copenhagen. Our Danish partner organised a very eventful programme around the theme of Bridging Design, Sustainability and Innovation in Regional Policy.

SEE partners from all eleven partner organisations attended the event and many were accompanied by regional government representatives, which made for lively debate. By inviting policy-makers the ideas and policy proposals generated as part of the workshop session were more aligned with real policy priorities.

The second Steering Committee meeting was held first thing on Monday, where each partner presented two recent achievements and set one goal to achieve by the next project meeting. In the afternoon, we had a lively series of presentations on the theme, the key elements of which were captured in the illustrative summary by Bigger Picture. The first day was concluded with the SEE Network Summit, at which the SEE Policy Booklet (an output of the previous thematic workshop held in Lyon in June 2009) was launched.

On the second day, the SEE partners presented their favourite example of sustainable design thinking. A prize for the best example, as voted by the partners, was awarded to Justin Knecht, our Irish partner, who received a ‘share book’ on ‘green design’. The idea behind the prize is to browse the book, get inspiration and then pass the book on as a gift in order for the book to travel around the world disseminating sustainable design. Justin presented an example of behaviour change and the application of design thinking to achieve sustainability targets. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District provides an ‘Energy Comparison’ on electricity bills so neighbours can gauge how sustainable they are compared with the rest of their community in order to encourage lower consumption.

The workshop continued with the facilitated session on Bridging Design, Sustainability and Innovation in Regional Policy. This entailed a very structured process, which began with a brainstorming session on our ultimate objectives, followed by a mapping exercise identifying the players, programmes and policies relating to sustainability and innovation in the partner regions. Using the information gathered as part of the mapping exercise, the partners and policy-makers were divided into five groups, in which the initial policy ideas were refined into practical policy proposals through a process involving consultation and dialogue between the design partners and policy-makers.

PRESENTATIONS

A political perspective: The interplay between Design, Innovation and Sustainability
Søren Tegen Pedersen, Director, Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority

Design is the Problem - The Future of Design must be Sustainable
Nathan Shedroff, BS in Industrial Design and MBA in sustainable management, California College of Arts

Design as a Solution - The Cradle to Cradle Approach
Serena Borghero, Marketing & External Relations, Steelcase Benelux

Design as a solution - A Tour in the Exhibition “It’s a small world”
Tina Midtgaard, Curator, Danish Design Centre

How Climate Challenges affect Business Strategies
Christian Kampmann, Ass Professor, Ph.D, Copenhagen Business School

The transcription of the two day event is available to download here (400K)

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Andreja Jenko, Government Office for Growth, Slovenia
Anna Whicher, Design Wales, UK
Anne Mette Vestergaard, Danish Design Centre, Denmark
Barbara Bujnowska, Silesian Marshall Office, Poland
Christina Melander, Danish Design Centre, Denmark
Christian Erik Kampmann, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Diana Tamm, Estonia Estonian Design Centre, Estonia
Jenny Martí, Barcelona Design Centre, Spain
Ewa Gołębiowska, Silesian Castle of Art & Enterprise, Poland
Franck Bercegeay, ARDI Rhone-Alps Design Centre, France
Gavin Cawood, Design Wales, UK
Gisele Raulik-Murphy, Design Wales, UK
Gitte Just, Danish Design Association, Denmark
Ingrid Vandenhoudt, Design Flanders, Belgium
Irene Burroni, Consorzio Casa Toscana, Italy
Jaana Hytonen, Designium/TaiK – University of Art Helsinki, Finland
Jesper Andersen, Danish Ministry of Culture, Denmark
Justin Knecht, Centre for Design Innovation, Ireland
Kristiina Sipelgas, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
Liselotte Hohwy Stokholm, Danish Chamber of Commerce, Denmark
Maria Giovanna Tiana, Regional Government of Tuscany, Italy
Mark Goris, !KOON, Belgium
Merete Brunander, Danish Design Centre, Denmark
Michal Stefanowski, Polish Association of Industrial Designers, Poland
Mikkel Buchter, Danish Ministry of Culture, Denmark
Mona Truelsen, Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority, Denmark
Nathan Shedroff, California College of the Arts, USA
Phillip Allen, Welsh Assembly Government, UK
Richard Christie, Invest Northern Ireland, Ireland
Rune Andersen, Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority, Denmark
Ruth-Helene Melioranski, Estonian Design Centre, Estonia
Serena Borghera, Steelcase Benelux, The Netherlands
Špela Šubic, BIO – Architecture Museum of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Stef Stes, !KOON, Belgium
Steinar Valade-Amland, Danish Designers, Denmark
Søren Tegen Pedersen, Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority, Denmark
Tina Midtgaard, Danish Design Centre, Denmark

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