24 Apr 2020
Thought Starters • Episode 71

Safe futures: what design can do and what it can't give up on, with DOGA's Benedicte Sunde and Vestre's Jan Christian Vestre

Safe futures: what design can do and what it can't give up on, with DOGA's Benedicte Sunde and Vestre's Jan Christian Vestre Feature Image

We meet Benedicte Sunde and Jan Christian, two leaders in the Norwegian design community who would have been showing at the Milan Design Week, to speak instead about the role of design as we emerge from Covid-19 lockdowns. Benedicte is the coordinator of international activities of DOGA, the Norwegian organisation for Design and Architecture. Jan Christian is CEO of Vestre, a Norwegian manufacturer of urban furniture. They cover a lot of territory: How do we redesign public spaces to allow us to come together and maintain social distancing? What needs to change in manufacturing and supply chains? How should companies behave, and how should governments?