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Rethinking

Design

& Its

Purpose

We live on the precipice of a modern renaissance

Never before have we lived through such dynamic change facilitated by technology

At our core we are human

Our Neanderthal essence craves love, security, community and belonging

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COoperATING FOR THE FUTURE OF DESIGN

Globally We Design (GloWD) is a global thought-leadership initiative. We generate new knowledge for its impact on design thinking, practice and processes to tackle evermore pressing and contemporary problems facing humanity at large. With a focus on human interaction, collaboration and communication, we improve connections and related processes.

 

Comprised of visionary design and expert leadership, GloWD facilitates leading-edge conversations. We build community networks and offer results across all design sectors and applications, to achieve outcomes that expand the reach, impact and viability of useful creativity into the future. Adopting universal values, GloWD exists to affect a positive global impact through and by design.

QUICK LINKS

Cooperation · Communication · Connection

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About GloWD
Why GloWD is Needed
Hammers & Nails - Edinburgh

our platforms + programs

Design is uniquely positioned to address the major global challenges facing the world today

GloWD's five multi-sector platforms porously interconnect and bridge research, practice and education through the "3C's" of cooperation, communication and connection

OFFERINGS THROUGH PLATFORMS

Scholarly + Applied Research

From Concept to Built Work

Experimental Design Studios
Fora + Symposia + Seminars

Emerging Professional Recognition

Tailored Masterclasses for Life-Long Learning

Internships and Apprenticeships

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Next-GenNarrative (NGN)

Creative Leadership Think-Tank

NGN (pronounced engine) distills the "big issues" to their essence to propose new design solutions. Asks how design must change to solve them.

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World Youth Designer Forum (WYDF)

World Youth Designer (WYD)

Cultivates, shapes and recognizes new and emerging design talent, methods and means globally and collaboratively.

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CoDesign

From Concept to Reality

Consultancy where ideas, theories and  propositions generated in GloWD platforms are applied to real-world clients and projects.

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ReDesignEd

Rethinking Design Education

Identifies, explores, redefines and codifies a new vision for the education of future generations of designers and for the benefit of society as a whole.

Programs include

EDUCATORS FORUM

GLOBAL EXPERIMENTAL LIVE-LAB (GEL-LAB) DESIGN STUDIO

WORKED

TEAM RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

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GloWD EXPO

Provides necessary intersection of design and commerce, showcasing progressive creative realities, possibilities and potential.

news + events

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Launched
October 2020
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A collaborative, live-time, cross-continent, multi-disciplinary 

student design project conducted via share shared digital platform

All rights reserved. No part of GloWD written, audio, or visual collateral may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, outside of its intended purpose without the prior written permission of GloWD.

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