A design lab in Helsinki to bridge the gap between thinking and doing
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The Helsinki Design Lab (HDL) is a three-day event that will convene a global community of designers and decision makers interested in using design as a strategic tool to more effectively resolve the complex and systemic challenges facing contemporary society..
HDL is organised by Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, as part of its long-term commitment to make design a key driver in building the Finnish society and the innovation system.
“One of HDL’s objectives is to use our collective resources, experience, and perspectives to bridge the gap between thinking and doing. Towards that end, Helsinki Design Lab will offer the community an opportunity to affect change on issues that loom on the horizon for Finland and many nations. As a small, well integrated, forward-looking society, Finland is an ideal place to prototype efforts at systemic change which may be too difficult to initiate elsewhere.”
The 2010 edition (1-3 September) promised to be particularly exciting, as the lab takes on a special place within the Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 preparations.
“Helsinki Design Lab 2010 will be a crucible for strategic design on a global scale,” says Marco Steinberg, SITRA’s director of strategic design, who is also the leader of the initiative.
As a first step towards shaping HDL 2010, the team has created a blog to share ideas and initiate a dialogue. Hot themes are design thinking, embedded design, co-design, sustainability and service design.
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