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As part of the London Design Biennale programme, from 10 - 12 June 2025 the Global Design Forum will host a series of talks and panel discussions at King's College London, under the title ‘Design and the Invisible’. How can we dismantle outdated systems and forge radical new ones? Join Samuel Ross, Mariana Mazzucato, Kengo Kuma and dozens more of the world’s most exciting designers and thinkers for a series of talks that will rethink the hidden powers shaping our world.11 June | DAY 2: POWER LINES
Rewiring connective networks. The complex web of infrastructure governs the flow of money, materials, products and people across the world. How can we harness these physical and abstract systems – rewire data flows, rethink labour practices, redesign financial rules and rebuild trust – to better serve our needs?
Mariana Mazzucato in conversation with Gus Casely-Hayford
Time: 6 - 7pm GMT+1
Is design a luxury or a public good?
Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value joins Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, to debate the role and value of creativity in a market economy.
Drawing from Mazzucato’s groundbreaking work Mission Economy and The Value of Everything and Casely-Hayford’s cultural leadership in his current role and previously at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, they unpick how we should value design and how it can be deployed to transform society for the better?
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Who owns ideas? Intellectual property in an age of AI
Time: 4:30 - 5:30pm GMT+1
When algorithms generate ideas, who owns them? Lawyers, designers, and technologists face up to the future of intellectual property – debating whether copyright is a protectionist anachronism that is stifling collaboration or a lifeline for marginalised creators, and whether open-source frameworks can co-exist with fair compensation.
Speakers include Christian Zimmermann, CEO of the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), Daljit Singh, head of brand at Exactly.ai, and Agnieszka Glowacka, COO of Haptic Architects London.
Chair: technology entrepreneur and creative leader Suhair Khan.
Glass Walls: Can trust be designed?
Time: 1:30 - 2:30pm GMT+1
Trust is the invisible substructure of society – and, in an era of digital atomisation and political instability, these foundations are cracking. How can we design systems, spaces and organisations that reinforce trust rather than erode it?
Rachel Botsman will explain how trust is fundamental to every action, every relationship, every transaction, and why it matters now more than ever before. Urbanist, writer and producer Nabil Al-Kinani will explore the spatial politics and policies that shape trust in cities and neighbourhoods. Kathy Peach, director and co-founder of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design at Nesta, the UK's innovation agency for social good, will discuss the importance of involving the public in decisions around climate adaptation, as well as the Situation Room, a simulation it will be running at the Biennale.
Chair: Rama Gheerawo, President of EIDD Design for All Europe, Director of Instill and author of a new paperback, Creative Leadership.
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