Learn/ TED's Summer Debate/ 16 July 2010
General Information
• Four speakers will take up a position pro the motion and anti the motion for 5 minutes respectively, to make their case. (See the TED blog
a week before the event to find out the final line up)
• You, the audience, have simply to listen carefully to the case made for and against the motion by each speaker and then to vote, in conclusion, to signal your view.
• This event is designed to be a challenge to the assumptions often made by committed environmentalists, that the case for sustainable design is already made.
• Higher Education in Art and Design has, in some cases embraced and in others nodded, towards the inclusion of sustainable strategies for design thinking in the curriculum.
• Where do we all stand? This two hour experience will nudge each of us closer to a view, with some creative argument, humour and a good deal of common sense talked about our current
position.
• As designers, manufacturers, educators or students, in this issue how real is our view of the real world?
If you would like to join in the debate, please turn up on the day. This event is free, and you do not need to RSVP or reserve a space.
Also available on the day
TEXPRINT: FIRST VIEW (2010) – Triangle Galley, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Millbank. (9am – 5pm)
The best of this year’s textile graduates show their work to industry, here at the Triangle Gallery, before the Premiere Vision, Paris, show in September. Delegates for this event can see the exhibition between 9am and 2pm on the day.
Contact Information
The Textiles Environment Design (TED) Project – www.tedresearch.net
Event / Research Assistant: Clara Vuletich – ted@chelsea.arts.ac.uk – 0207 514 2169
Principal Investigator: Prof Kay Politowicz – k.politowicz@chelsea.arts.ac.uk – 0207 514 9390
Co Investigator: Rebecca Earley – r.l.earley@chelsea.arts.ac.uk – 0207 514 7811
Information about the Sustain Project at the RCA can be found here
