TO DO Talks Symposium: Design and the pursuit of well-being

TO DO’s second annual symposium brings 12 multi-disciplinary experts into one room to discuss design and the pursuit of well-being. The four-hour event features keynote speaker Jamer Hunt, three thematic sessions, and an opportunity for fulsome discussion among those in attendance.

Theme

Imagine a world where homes, neighbourhoods, and things make you feel good about yourself, where your lifestyle and workplace help you reach your full potential, where everything around you is designed to keep you healthy and safe, and enable you to be compassionate and reach a state of flow.

Multidisciplinary experts discuss how well-being is understood and created through design, innovation, and change at the second annual TO DO Talks Symposium on design and the pursuit of well-being.

Registration begins at 1:30pm on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Register here to save your spot!

Program

Keynote Speaker: Jamer Hunt

Jamer Hunt collaboratively designs open and flexible programs for participation that respond to emergent cultural conditions.

He is currently the Vice-Provost for Transdisciplinary Initiatives at The New School where he was the founding director (2009-2015) of the Parsons graduate program in Transdisciplinary Design. He also serves as a Visiting Design Researcher at the Institute of Design in Umea, Sweden. With Paola Antonelli at the MoMA he was co-creator of the award-winning, curatorial experiment Design and Violence (2013-15), a multi-platform project that generated an online exhibition, public debates, educational projects, and a book. Together, they have also collaborated on MIND08: The Design and Elastic Mind Symposium (2008) and Headspace: On Scent as Design (2010). His practice, Big + Tall Design, combines conceptual, collaborative, and communication design, and he is co-founder with Hilary Jay of DesignPhiladelphia, now the largest city-based design festival in the US.

Maggie Dempster

Session 1: Well-being in the workplace

The future of work and the powerful influence of design – Workplace Consultant – Herman Miller

Maggie DempsterSession 1: Well-being in the workplace

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The future of work and the powerful influence of design

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Workplace Consultant – Herman Miller

John Roberts

Session 1: Well-being in the workplace

The future of work and the powerful influence of design – Design Strategy Lead – Herman Miller

John RobertsSession 1: Well-being in the workplace

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The future of work and the powerful influence of design

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Design Strategy Lead – Herman Miller

Farzad Sedghipour

Session 1: Well-being in the workplace

Play to perform: Why is play the future of work – Futurist – Farzad Innovation

Farzad SedghipourSession 1: Well-being in the workplace

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Play to perform: Why is play the future of work

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Futurist – Farzad Innovation

Erika Bailey

Session 1: Well-being in the workplace

Designing a Culture: Experiments in rapid behavioural prototyping  – Innovation Designer – The Moment

Erika BaileySession 1: Well-being in the workplace

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Designing a Culture: Experiments in rapid behavioural prototyping 

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Innovation Designer – The Moment

Robbie Bates

Session 2: Well-being and health

Desiging beyond the health service – Design Director – Uscreates    

Robbie BatesSession 2: Well-being and health

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Desiging beyond the health service

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Design Director – Uscreates

 

 

Dr. Kate Sellan

Session 2: Well-being and health

Role of design in synthesizing different kinds of truth about health and wellbeing – Director, Graduate Program in Design for Health – OCAD University

Dr. Kate SellanSession 2: Well-being and health

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Role of design in synthesizing different kinds of truth about health and wellbeing

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Director, Graduate Program in Design for Health – OCAD University

Dr. Kamran Khan

Session 2: Well-being and health

Design for health in a connected world – CEO and Founder – BlueDot  

Dr. Kamran KhanSession 2: Well-being and health

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Design for health in a connected world

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CEO and Founder – BlueDot

 

James Yoon

Session 2: Well-being and health

Designing for health in a connected world – Director of Design – BlueDot

James YoonSession 2: Well-being and health

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Designing for health in a connected world

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Director of Design – BlueDot

Daniel Rossi

Session 3: Well-being and society

In light of dark matter – Visual Maker – Pantopicon

Daniel RossiSession 3: Well-being and society

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In light of dark matter

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Visual Maker – Pantopicon

Gilad Cohen

Session 3: Well-being and society

The art of building community: How JAYU builds safe spaces to share human rights stories through the arts. – Founder & Executive Director – JAYU

Gilad CohenSession 3: Well-being and society

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The art of building community: How JAYU builds safe spaces to share human rights stories through the arts.

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Founder & Executive Director – JAYU

Len Senator

Session 3: Well-being and society

Designing for meaning – Founder/Owner, The Depanneur & Co-founder, Newcomer Kitchen – The Depanneur

Len SenatorSession 3: Well-being and society

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Designing for meaning

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Founder/Owner, The Depanneur & Co-founder, Newcomer Kitchen – The Depanneur

* Click here for full session descriptions (PDF) *

Funding generously provided by the Ontario Arts Council. Special thanks to our institutional partner OCAD University, and sponsors KPMB Architects and the Gladstone Hotel.

TO DO Talks Symposium is a signature event organized by the Toronto Design Offsite Festival.