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Session #03: Shapes
and stories
Richard van der Laken is a graphic
designer and entrepreneur on a fierceless
mission as an ambassador for the social
impact of design. He designs for clients
at his agency, Design Politie (Design
Police) and runs What Design Can Do.
This started as a conference on the
impact of design and rapidly attracted
thousands to Amsterdam’s state theatre
and to exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum.
Recently, civic leaders in São Paulo invited
What Design Can Do to Brazil. Richard
is also talking to the UN about a design
response to the humanitarian crisis. In
2015 What Design Can Do launched the
book ’31 brilliant Ideas For A Better World’.
Patrick Burgoyne has been the editor
of Creative Review magazine since 1999.
Before joining the magazine (as Staff
Writer) he worked in marketing, first for
the Body Shop and later for the University
of Westminster, whilst also moonlighting
as a writer for magazines such as
The Big Issue.
Patrick is also the author of several books
on design and visual culture and has
written for many publications, including
The Guardian, The Independent, Scotland
on Sunday, Arena and La Repubblica.
Portrait illustration by David Mahoney.
Joanna Choukeir is a practitioner,
researcher, speaker and lecturer with a
decade of experience in the UK and Lebanon.
Joanna Choukeir is the Chief Design Officer
at Uscreates, a London-based consultancy
using design tocreate better futures.
Joanna has a PhD in design for social
integration from UAL, is an RSA fellow
as well as an associate lecturer at UAL,
Kingston University and Ravensbourne.
Linda Holmer is a teacher at HDK
Academy of Design and Crafts, University
of Gothenburg. She is also an editor,
writer, illustrator, art director and quite
often unsure of things.
Linda’s session on ‘Shaping Stories out
of life’ is about the space between being
personal and private and how to use