FORUM zone
The heart of arena DESIGN project, and the venue for major events. It is a platform for lectures, discussion panels and meetings with prominent personalities from the world of design and architecture. The launch of this event in 2009 proved a great success. Professional design attracted more than 20 thousand visitors to the exhibition.
Special guest arena DESIGN 2010
This year's show will be opened by one of the most creative and appreciated designers of this generation. Karim Rashid, the author of over 3,000 designs in mass production and the winner of over 300 awards has prepared a special presentation for arena DESIGN. It is entitled: "Design changes the world". The design legend will answer the participants' questions directly after the lecture and at a press conference.
Karim Rashid "Design changes the world"
27.05.2010, at 1:00 p.m.
Pavilion 7A, fairgrounds
Speakers 2010
27.05.2010, Thursday
Dorota Koziara
Dorota Koziara Studio, designer, architect, consultant and art director
Milano, Italy
www.dorotakoziara.com
Lecture: "Everyday Avant-garde"
28.05.2010, Friday
Beata Bochińska
president of Institute of Industrial Design
Warsaw, Poland
www.iwp.com.pl
Lecture: "The country post transformation. Strategies for investment in design at= Polish companies - research, case studies, possibilities"
Christer Ericson
Projectmanager, Resident in Falkenberg, SVID (Swedish Industrial Foundation), Falkenberg, Sweden
www.svid.se
Lecture: „Design management as away to gain more profit. How to contribute to regional development by using design"
Darragh Murphy
Researcher, The National Centre for Product Design & Development Research (PDR), University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)
Cardiff, United Kingdom
www.pdronline.co.uk
Lecture: "Consequence of the economic crisis on business design strategies"
29.05.2010, Saturday
Fh-Prof. Di. Gerhard Heufler
Professor, Head of Industrial Design U.A.S. Graz, University of Applied Science, industrial designer and author of books, Graz, Austria
Lecture: "Adapting to the Bologna system on the example of U.A.S. Graz"
Prof. Dr. Rolf Sachsse
Chair in Design History and Design Theory, Saar University of Fine Arts and Design, Saarbrücken, Germany
Lecture: "Always the Wrong Presents: Notes on the Education in Product Design at the Saar University of Fine Arts and Design"
