Jane Hardjono of The Care Think Tank attended the World Design Forum. She had the great privilege to interview Jay Parkinson, whom they featured in a video some weeks earlier. Read the full post at The Care Think Tank. Or watch the interview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ycilLIOJMyU&
World Design Forum opened with an interview by moderator John Thackara with the Mayor of the City of Eindhoven, Rob van Gijzel. Van Gijzel explained why design is so important to Eindhoven, and in fact to the future of all cities. Why is design so important to Eindhoven? Van Gijzel: “Design has always played a [...]
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On Friday, October 21 the second edition of the World Design Forum was held in Eindhoven, just prior to the Dutch Design Week. It was a successful seminar. With an attentive audience of about 60 selected business and design leaders, four keynote speakers presented their view on the role of design and design thinking in [...]
During WDF Hans Robertus was interviewed by Studio 040. Watch the complete interview with Hans Robertus, director Design Cooperation Brainport, on WDF and Dutch Design Week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pJz-RFLnK7U
Last year, Dutch Design Week was launched with the inaugural World Design Forum, inspired by the format and vision of the World Economic Forum. In this second edition, the WDF launched the 10th anniversary of DDW, and its half-day programme consisted of 3 keynotes and was studded with panel discussions. Its theme was “A Caring [...]
"The time has surely come to regard the bottom of the pyramid as the top when it comes to health care innovation." Grammars for the transformation of health care By John Thackara Alzheimer100 is a project that aims to come up with creative solutions to the challenges presented by dementia. When we started work on [...]
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Today’s healthcare landscape is a challenging arena. Organizations are in search of successful and sustainable innovation strategies differentiate from the competition and create viable solutions that offer improved healthcare experiences for patients and care providers in the short to longer-term. At the same time, the financial system needs to be sustainable. Many challenges in healthcare [...]
Brainport Eindhoven has been declared Intelligent Community of the Year 2011. After an exciting final the delegation led by Mayor of Eindhoven, Rob van Gijzel, and Helmond's Councillor for Economic Affairs, Yvonne van Mierlo, received the award of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). "This is a performance that our region can be proud of. It [...]
