Friday, 10 August 2007 | Levent OZLER
San Marino Design Week
13-21 September 2007
How to best highlight the contribution of design to the development of local economies? This is one of the questions posed by the organisers of first San Marino Design Week, taking place from 13-21 September 2007 at the University of the Republic of San Marino. The week includes a two day international conference and week long student workshop.
13-14 September: Design Beyond the Borders of Development
Drawing from the experiences of designers, institutions and NGOs in recent years throughout the many countries of the south of the world, the conference aims to identify issues and procedures that can best highlight the contributions of design towards the development of local economies.
The conference will present perspectives by 20 international design leaders, addressing two key questions:
- identifying the most innovative solutions for the primary needs of the local populations, focusing on environmental and community health improvement
- improving local production for broader market development in the context of fair trade.
The conference will be both a dialogue between international experts and introduce and explore the issues that will be further developed in the workshops that follow.
14-21 September: Design for Social Improvement
Building on the experience of the San Marino September Workshops 2006, this year the workshops will follow the theme "Design for social improvement".
120 students will be divided into six groups. Three visual communication workshops will address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (gender equality, environment, education, etc) and three product design workshops regarding primary local population needs and empowering local production capacity.
21 September: Opening of Exhibition Workshop 2007
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