Hasta La Ideas

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pemOn Wednesday, February 24th 2010, the first ever German Town Hall Meeting was held in Berlin with over 120 guests. It was an evening intended to introduce the Designers Accord, share projects, and discuss initiatives. Thanks to writers Philipp Z#252;llich Christine-Maria Kittner for the recap and Saskia Nagel for providing the photos./em/p

pa href=”http://www.idz.de”The International Design Center Berlin/a was an ideal venue for the Town Hall. It’s a non-profit organization that was founded more than 40 years ago, in the back then divided city. It has long since emphasized topical issues and social questions in design./p

pCornelia Horsch, Director of the IDZ, welcomed the guests to an evening that brought together “many unknown ingredients,” and suggested that the outcome would be “a tasty dish.” Philipp Z#252;llich followed with a Designers Accord introduction. /p

pFlorian Sametinger, a Munich-based interaction designer and Ronen Kadushin, Israeli-born designer and Berliner-by-choice who adopted the Designers Accord guidelines, gave lectures on their approach to sustainability. Stephan Bohle, managing partner of a href=”http://www.futurestrategy.de”futurestrategy/a, a sustainable marketing and brand management firm, kicked off the lectures that night by provocatively claiming that “designers are guilty of killing our planet.” His lecture titled “There is a pig in every designer!” offered insight to how designers fuel mass consumption by supporting various industries that throw millions of products into the market every year. 90% of them are taken off the market again within one year because products either go out of style or are not profitable enough. Bohle claimed that designers should mediate between humans and nature to achieve as much as they can with as little complexity as possible. Naturally, Bohle had best-practice examples up his sleeve illustrating how designers can do better. He introduced a href=”http://www.betterplace.com”Better Place/a, an Israeli company working to redefine the way people consider and use personal transportation. He also explained Pee Poo, a throw-away toilet in the shape of a bag that offers a solution for 2.6 billion people globally who currently live without access to toilets. Lastly, Bohle mentioned “a href=”http://www.makeitrightnola.org”Make it Right/a,” a project initiated by Hollywood-Star Brad Pitt helping to rebuild New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward using state-of-the-art sustainable architecture. /pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/designers_accord_berlin_town_hall_reflections_and_photographs_16074.asp”(more…)/a
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