Speakers:
- Mugdha Sethi: Artist / Illustrator
- Dr Madhumita Puri, Mental Health Expert, Founder, Trash to Cash
- Dorothee, Auroville
- Dhara Kabaria: Interior Designer
Talks on:
- Connecting designers with social groups: Mugdha Sethi
- Livelihoods for mentally challenged with products out of waste: Dr Madhumita Puri
- Construction blocks out of waste thermocol: An experiment: Dorothee
- Crafting products out of waste plastic bags, thermocol and aluminium foil packets: Dhara Kabaria
Discussing :
- Ownership of social and environmental responsibility by designers
- Craftsmanship vs skill development in underprivileged communities
- Copyleft open source design
- Collective design – facilitating grassroots innovation
- Valuing design – costing of collective design
- Design that is culturally relevant – moving from ethnic to international
- Telling the story – building value through the labels and packaging
- Competition with monopolies
- Materials – returning to natural materials and working with waste
- Designing for disposal
Discussion facilitated by Khushru Irani and Manisha Gutman.
