Design leadership amidst rapid change

Tues, April 15 | Smart Design's Brooklyn studio

Leading with purpose: Shaping what's next in a transforming world


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Smart Design is hosting an evening with Empathy, Murmur Ring, and the Institute of Design. Join designers and design leaders to explore the intersection of human experience with emerging technology and the global economy. Discuss designers’ responsibilities to lead organizations toward preferred future states and consider the value of embedded and embodied learning. 

Four organizations come together to generate resourceful solutions as designers navigate and lead an era of rapid change: 

  • Smart Design, known for revolutionizing universal design with iconic products within the 35-year-old OXO brand, is an independent design firm investigating what universal design means in the age of AI.

  • Empathy is bridging innovation between Latin America and the rest of the world, providing a lens on what can be learned from improvisational and adaptive human systems in emerging markets. 

  • Murmur Ring is an “antidote to the digital everything,” and specializes in immersive learning to discover new meaning and deeper connections to our livelihoods, communities, and the natural world. 

  • The Institute of Design (ID), known for pioneering human-centered design and systems design, is an international resource for designers, leaders, and changemakers who want to do better and face the future with a plan.

These themes will also be explored in two upcoming immersions hosted by Murmur Ring: the Shapeshift Global Summit Day 1 Immersion and the Reclaiming Value: Sacred Valley Design Immersion.

Agenda

5:30 PM: Doors open
6:00 — 7:00 PM: Panel discussion
7:00 — 7:30 PM: Networking

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Meet our speakers

Richard Whitehall Follow me on LinkedIn

Partner and Designer
Smart Design

Anijo Mathew Follow me on LinkedIn

Dean and Professor
Institute of Design
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Getting to our studio

The closest entrances to our studio are the Cumberland St. and Sands St. entrance. 

Please have your event confirmation email with you to show to the guard attendant to gain entry and let them know that you are here for a Smart Design event.