greengaged at the Design Council

The 2008 London Design Festival will see the launch of greengaged at the Design Council - a hub of events, debates, workshops, exhibitions, seminars and masterclasses which will bring together all sectors of the design industry to focus on sustainability issues, exchange ideas and carve out new roles for design. Hosted by the Design Council in Covent Garden, greengaged is set to be one of the highlights of this year’s festival, examining ecological imperatives, political and social drivers, and sustainable design strategies across disciplines from product design to graphics, service design to fashion. greengaged aims to galvanise designers to take up the sustainable challenge and will feature some of the most forward-thinking designers and innovators in their fields to engage the wider design industry in getting involved, becoming informed and sharing expertise and opinions. Speakers will include: Dorothy MacKenzie, Dragon Malcolm Smith, ARUP Nic Marks, New Economic Foundation Lucy Siegle, The Observer Pio Barone Lumaga, LOFT Stockholm Daniel Epstein, Olympic Delivery Authority Dr Kate Fletcher, London College of Fashion Rob Holdway, Giraffe Innovation and presenter of Channel 4’s DUMPED John Wood, Attainable Utopias John Grant, author of The Green Marketing Manifesto, co-founder of St Luke’s agency and LondonUnited.org collective Nat Hunter, co-founder of Airside and Three Trees Don’t Make a Forest greengaged has been developed and organised by [re]design, thomas.matthews and Kingston University with Arup and Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest in association with its host for 2008, the Design Council. http://www.greengaged.com