John Thackara and WDF
After two years of being WDF's moderator, John Thackara now joined the World Design Forum team as creative advisor and...
Isolde Hallensleben and WDF
We are proud to announce this years World Design Forum moderator, Isolde Hallensleben. She will not only moderate this years forum, but will be our creative associate in the future. Isolde Hallensleben is producer and presenter, working primarily in the field of art, culture and science. For NTR Isolde produces and presents, amongst others, Vrw. [...]
Theme: Essential Economy
Can our economy – both on the private and the public side – become more essential than it is at the moment? And what might be the role of design in this process? We will search for the answers at WDF: Design and Essential Economy. We believe this constitutes an urgent question for our times: [...]
Round table on essential economy
The WDF team, represented by Frank Bosboom, Jill Lauret and Maarten Konigs met with Wouter Kesseler (Mastercircle), Lenny van Klink (Rebel), GertJan Fernhout (Rebel), Heleen Herbert (Heijmans), Steven de Waal (Public Space), Mark Hartevelt (Philips Design) and Hans Robertus (Capital D/DDW).