Day 04. Activating Inclusive Futures
Layers: Weaving Narratives & Design to Construct Futures
Thursday June 25, 2:30pm EDT
✍️ Workshop, 3 hour session
In this workshop we will dive into the relationship between the designer and the (designed) object, peeling into the constituent layers that reveal the evident and hidden narrative strands and structures that shape up our reality - and inclusivity.
Join us as we take apart that which surrounds us, challenging the preconceived ideas hidden in the context through aesthetics and association. The framework we use will make a case for the future mindful inclusive designer.
Giuliana Mazzetta
Business Designer, Cosmati
Giuliana Mazzetta is a strategic design consultant who works at the intersection of design, business and futures. With a multi-disciplinary background, Giuliana holds a BA in International Development Studies from McGill University, as well as a MSc in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management from Imperial College London. Building her foundations as a business designer at Futurice digital engineering consultancy, Giuliana currently works as an independent consultant for impact-driven startups and companies.Rooting her practice in foresight, Giuliana has produced trend reports on topics spanning across the Future of AI, Voice, Travel & Hospitality, Retail, Automotive and Governance. Active in the futures community, Giuliana also serves as Co-Director of Speculative Futures London, a community of more than 950 members. Always experimenting with new methods and applications of inclusive design, she is currently exploring the future of craft and interspecies design in research funded by the British Council, as well as continuing her ongoing project @futures_archive.
Noteh Krauss
Principal, Aesthetic Dimension Group (ADG)
Noteh is a design strategist who works at the cross section of design & innovation with Fortune 500 companies and Startups to create new products and services through product design and consulting. Previously, Noteh studied the modes in which design becomes propagated into – and conditions – our lived experience on a personal and societal basis at McGill University (First Class Honours) and at Parsons School of Design. Noteh also founded Aesthetic Dimension Group, a design strategy firm based in San Francisco and Toronto, that has actively expanded the design practice to be more systems-focused. Past clients include Bayer, Samsung, Tellart, 500 Startups, and others. Noteh is also passionate about Design education and has lectured on design theory and innovation at California College of the Arts, YBCA, Primer EU, and taught design thinking to Startups in Russia and Mexico at the premier accelerator in each region. Noteh is also the Director of the Speculative Design meetup in San Francisco, the flagship meetup of the Design Futures Initiative with over 1600+ members and has hosted speakers from Autodesk, IBM, IDEO, Samsung and others.
Ignacio Tovar
Head of Department, Industrial Design School at TEC Campus
Ignacio Tovar is a Design Engineer interested in deep contextual understanding based in Mexico City. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics Engineering at Tec de Monterrey, Santa Fe Campus, as well as a MSc in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management from Imperial College London.
After developing a series of ventures including Steed Consulting and Muchas Gracias Store, he became a full-time academic working as Head of Department of the Design School at Tec de Monterrey Toluca Campus, where he also founded and currently runs the Center for Futures. The Center focuses on a series of provocations to develop creative and technical research around Mexifuturisms, Extended Realities, Advanced Design Techniques and Affective Systems.