Design Symposium: Furniture Futures
18th September ’09, 10:30am - 5:30pm
Sackler Centre, V&A Museum
Cromwell Road, London
As the first in a new series at the V&A, Furniture Futures will explore a range of topics including, furniture as a new art form, the role of new materials and sustainability in design, and whether individual creativity or collaboration is the key to innovative practice.
Structured around three main themes: Creative Directions, Changing Practice, and Promotion and Communication, the symposium will examine the growing interest in furniture as an expression of contemporary culture which crosses the boundaries between art, craftsmanship and design.
With a panel stacked with a number of the most influential contemporary designers,
practitioners and commentators associated with the furniture industry, this is sure to be an invigorating day of debate and discovery.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Creative Directions
Chair - Glenn Adamson (V&A)
Chris Lefteri (Scientist and Maker)
John Cedarquist (Furniture Designer)
Sebastien Bergne (Furniture and Industrial Designer)
Thomas Heatherwick (Furniture Designer and Architect)
Changing Practice
Chair - Alice Rawsthorn (Design Critic, International Herald Tribune)
Alexander Payne (Worldwide Director of Design, Phillips de Pury & Co.)
Chris Croft (Chris Croft Training)
Bill Osgerby (Professor, Media, Culture and Communications, London Metropolitan University)
Sir Nicholas Goodison (former Chair, National Art Collections Fund)
Promotion and Communication
Chair - Jeremy Myerson (Royal College of Art)
Annabel Freiberg (Design Critic, Daily Telegraph)
Gareth Williams (Curator, V&A and Royal College of Art)
Nigel Bates (Director, Artifex Gallery)
Ben Evans (Director, London Design Festival)
Tickets to the full day symposium cost £45, £20 concessions. But book fast as seats are limited.
