Please Design Responsibly: Redefining the Role of the Designer

> Does the role of the designer need to be redefined and reconsidered to reflect the environmental, social and technological developments and challenges of our time? > Knowing your worth: what is the real world impact of creativity and design and how can this be quantified, valued and enhanced? >What role do designers have in convincing policy makers, clients and communities to make informed choices? >How can designers break down barriers to inclusion and accessibility within and outside of the industry and its institutions? Speakers: Rama Gheerawo, Director, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art Liang-Jung Chen, Industrial Designer and Artist Shawn Adams, Co-founder, POoR Collective Danah Abdulla, Reader in Anti/Post/Decolonial Histories Theories Practices and Praxes, Decolonising the Arts Institute, UAL Chair: Priya Khanchandani, Curator and Writer Free to attend tickets must be booked in advance using the booking link above