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MORNING BLOCK 1: A CALL FOR OPTIMISM
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NAAFI
Artist collective
NAAFI is a DJ collective, club night, and record label based in Mexico City.
Their explosive performance will kick-start the first day of the festival.
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Richard van der Laken
CEO & co-founder What Design Can Do
What Design Can Do’s co-founder and director, Richard van der Laken, will welcome the crowd to the theatre and introduce the upcoming speakers.
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Stefan Sagmeister – ONLINE
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
As a graphic designer and typographer, Stefan Sagmeister has designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum. He’s a two-time Grammy winner and also earned practically every important international design award.
Stefan Sagmeister is joining us with an online talk, thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico and the Embassy of Austria in Mexico.
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Virginijus Sinkevicius – ONLINE
European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Virginijus Sinkevičius is the Commissioner for Environment, ensuring the environment, oceans and fisheries remain at the core of the European Green Deal.
Commissioner Sinkevičius is joining us in an online talk, thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.MAINSTAGE / IN ENGLISH / ONLINE TALK
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Interview with Mr. Patrick Child and MAXIMILIANO REYES ZUÑIGA
Mr. Patrick Child – Deputy Director-General – Directorate-General Research and Innovation of the European Commission | MAXIMILIANO REYES ZUÑIGA – SUBSECRETARIO PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
Mr. Patrick Child – Deputy Director-General – Directorate-General Research and Innovation of the European Commission
Directorate-General Research and Innovation
This Commission department is responsible for EU policy on research, science and innovation, with a view to help create growth and jobs and tackle our biggest societal challenges.MAXIMILIANO REYES ZUÑIGA – Undersecretary for Latin America and the caribbean
Responsible for relations with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and for monitoring the organizations of the region. Supervises the work of the Mexican Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission between Mexico and Guatemala and between Mexico and Belize.
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Bob Hendrikx – ONLINE
No Waste Challenge winner – Living Coffin
ABOUT LIVING COFFIN
‘Are you waste, or are you compost?’ Probably not a question you’ve answered before, but it’s a question designer Bob Hendrikx is asking of us all with his ‘living coffin’. Loop is the world’s first fully biodegradable casket made out of mycelium fungi.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Living Coffin is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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MORNING BLOCK 2: CIRCULAR CITIES - through the lens of the New European Bauhaus
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The climate crisis is not confined within country borders, so international cooperation is vital. However, major global issues as the climate crisis have a local context, with a great diversity of political, administrative, and socio-economic realities, network structures, and cultural views.
For this reason, WDCD teamed up with the EU Delegation in Mexico City. This partnership is exploring the efforts of the creative industry in the EU and abroad to make cities circular and fit for a carbon-free future. In 2020 the EU initiated the New European Bauhaus to build a sustainable future through creativity, innovation, and imagination. Are the principles of the New European Bauhaus applicable for cities outside of Europe? How can we work together on a global scale?
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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Nacho Padilla – ONLINE
Creative Director at Barcelona City Council
Nacho Padilla is the creative director of the Barcelona City Council.
Nacho Padilla is joining us with an online talk, thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico and the Spanish Cultural Centre in Mexico.
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Michel Rojkind
architect
Once a famous drummer, now one of Mexico’s most established names in contemporary architecture. Michel Rojkind is the founding partner of Rojkind Arquitectos, a Mexico City-based innovative firm focusing on design, business tactics, and experiential innovation.
Michel Rojkind is joining us thanks to the support from the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
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Pedro & Juana
Architects
Pedro&Juana is a studio from Mexico City founded by Ana Paula Ruiz Galindo and Mecky Reuss that works on a variety of projects across creative professions.
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Christophe Hutin – ONLINE
Architect
For more than 20 years, Christophe Hutin has been critically reflecting on city construction and its rationale for exclusion. His wish is to help residents regain control of their built environment to better find their place in the city. The architect will represent France at the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2021, placed by Hashim Sarkis under the theme of “How are we going to live together? ”.
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Panel discussion on circular cities – online
A panel discussion on the theme ‘circular cities’ with speakers Nacho Padilla, Michel Rojkind, Pedro & Juana and Christophe Hutin.
This part of the programme is powered by the Delegation of the European Union to Mexico.
MAINSTAGE / IN ENGLISH & SPANISH / ONLINE & ON-SITE PANEL
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Enrique Norten
Architect
Enrique Norten is a Mexican architect and principal of the internationally renowned architect firm TEN Arquitectos.
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COFFEE BREAK
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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LUNCH BREAK
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Breakout Session 1 TACKLING WASTE IN MEXICO
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BREAK
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EVENING BLOCK 1: A CALL FOR GENDER EQUALITY
While it is true that movements for gender equality have achieved great conquests in recent decades, there is still a lot of ground to cover in this field, there are still large gaps in inequality in terms of discrimination, sexual violence, equal pay, political exclusion and social injustice … The moral awakening of creative and innovative designers in equality promotion projects can have a great impact to correct destructive behaviors that separate us and weaken us as a species.
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MARY NYARUAI MUREITHI – ONLINE
No Waste Challenge winner - Nyungu Afrika
ABOUT Nyungu Afrika
Mary Nyaruai Mureithi is founder of Nyungu Afrika, a social and climate positive enterprise using circular design to end period poverty with safe, non-toxic and affordable period products made from agricultural waste. This brand of pads hopes to revolutionise the way menstruation is viewed in Africa by making use of underutilised, locally abundant materials like pineapple leaves and corn husks while creating a positive impact for both consumers and non-consumers of sanitary pads.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Nyungu Afrika is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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Jimena Acosta
Curator
Jimena Acosta is a curator of contemporary design and art. Working on the way design shapes culture, politics and societal thinking.
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MARÍA CONEJO & Zoe Mendelson
Founders of Pussypedia
Journalist and author Zoe Mendelson teamed up with visual artist María Conejo to create Pussypedia, a thorough and empowering guide to women’s health, which started as a website and has now been published as a book.
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Monse Castera & Bárbara Sánchez-Kane
Fashion designer
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane is a fashion designer and artist challenging the image of gender identities through fashion.
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane will perform live on stage, introduced by Monse Castera in an online talk.
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PANEL DISCUSSION on gender equality
A panel discussion on the theme ‘gender equality’ with speakers Jimena Acosta, Maria Conejo & Zoe Mendelson and Bárbara Sánchez-Kane.
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EVENING BLOCK 2: DESIGN AND ACTIVISM
Design influences our lives more than we can imagine; Every choice a designer makes has an impact on society. Around the world, creatives are displaying their skills to combat inequality, environmental devastation, injustice and human rights violations. We focus on those designers and creative thinkers who metaphorically scale the barricades to achieve social, political, economic or environmental change. We want to learn from them how to better design a process for social and political activation.
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GERARDO MONTES
No Waste Challenge winner - Hagamos Composta
ABOUT HAGAMOS COMPOSTA
Hagamos Composta offers an alternative for families and businesses who want to handle their waste responsibly but do not have the knowledge, tools, or space to do so.
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ABOUT THE NO WASTE CHALLENGE
Hagamos Composta is one of the winners of What Design Can Do’s No Waste Challenge, which was launched earlier this year together with IKEA Foundation, to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: waste.
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Giorgia Lupi
DATA DESIGNER
Georgia Lupi is an information designer and a partner at Pentagram in New York, who specialises in creating visual narratives that use data as a lens to better understand human nature.
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Yásnaya Aguilar & Pablo Montaño
Documentary makers "El Tema"
Yásnaya Elena Aguilar and Pablo Montaño created El Tema (The Issue) documentary series, a web series of six short documentaries that cover some of the most urgent matters related to the climate crisis in Mexico.
ABOUT Yásnaya Elena Aguilar
Yásnaya Elena Aguilar is an Ayuujk linguist, writer, translator, and human-rights activist, she is a member of Colegio mixe, a collective that researches and promotes the Mixe culture.
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ABOUT Pablo Montaño
Pablo Montaño studied political science and environment and sustainable development. He is a writer and producer and coordinates Conexiones Climáticas (Climate Connections), an organization dedicated to climate action.
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ERIK KESSELS – online
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Hailed as a ‘visual sorcerer’ by Time Magazine, Kessels is co-founder and creative director of acclaimed communications agency KesselsKramer, which has offices in Amsterdam, London and Los Angeles. Among many others, he has created campaigns for clients such as Nike, Diesel, J&B Whisky, Oxfam and Vitra.
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