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Daniel Charny is a creative director, curator and design educator. He is director of From Now On, where clients include the British Council, Design Museum, Heatherwick Studio, Cathedral Group and William Grant & Sons. Charny was founding curator of the Aram Gallery before going on to curate major shows for the Design Museum. His exhibition…
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For our third edition we are delighted to invite back Mat Hunter (Chief Design Office at Design Council), as our event host for BIG 2014. Mat will be chairng the keynote plenary sessions and Q&A’s whilst adding his own insights and perspectives on the themes of the day. Here in full is Mat’s keynote presentation from 2012.
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Our keynote speaker for BIG 2014 is Christopher Sanderson, co-founder of The Future Laboratory. He is responsible for delivering the company’s extensive global roster of conferences, media events and LS:N Global Trend Briefings, which he co-presents with the team in London, New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Stockholm and Helsinki.
The Future Laboratory is one of the worlds most renowned and respected futures consultancies. Since 2001, The Future Laboratory have pioneered strategic processes that have been used by a wide range of clients, including BMW, Cadillac, Condé Nast Media, Unilever, Marks & Spencer, HSBC, American Express, DFS Group, Louis Vuitton, Innocent, Boots, Chanel, The Body Shop, Estée Lauder, Sony, Pandora, Selfridges and Woolworths South Africa – to make their future happen. In this film Chris and his team explain their methodology and approach.
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Wayne Hemingway is one of Britain’s most acclaimed designers. With his wife and partner Gerardine, Wayne built Red or Dead into a label that received global acclaim resulting in winning the prestigious British Fashion Council’s Streetstyle Designer of the Year Award for an unprecedented 3 consecutive years in 1996-1998. In 1999, having sold Red or Dead…
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Rachel Cooper OBE is Professor of Design Management at Lancaster University, where she is Chair of the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and Director of ImaginationLancaster, an open and exploratory design-led research lab. Her research interests cover design management; design policy; new product development; design in the built environment; design against crime and socially…
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Phil Jones is Managing Director of Brother UK, an Information, Communication and Technology business supplying products and services to hundreds of thousands of UK enterprises. A high profile business leader in the region, Phil was awarded the Manchester and North West Director of the Year accolade (Institute of Directors) in 2011 and was shortlisted for…
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