Come and hear Pli talk at the Design Council, September 18

Christopher Pett from Pli will be on the panel of the Materials Masterclass on Thursday September 18, as part of the Greengaged event series, hosted by the Design Council during the London Design Festival. The seminar will run from 2 pm until 3.30 pm and there are lots more interesting lectures and discussions to follow on that day. You can register here. Come along and get involved in the discussion — we want to make it an informed and productive event.

greengaged seminar series

Here’s the official description from the Design Council…

The 2008 London Design Festival will see the launch of greengaged at the Design Council – a hub of events, debates, workshops, exhibitions, seminars and masterclasses which will bring together all sectors of the design industry to focus on sustainability issues, exchange ideas and carve out new roles for design.

Hosted by the Design Council in Covent Garden, greengaged is set to be one of the highlights of this year’s festival, examining ecological imperatives, political and social drivers, and sustainable design strategies across disciplines from product design to graphics, service design to fashion. greengaged aims to galvanise designers to take up the sustainable challenge and will feature some of the most forward-thinking designers and innovators in their fields to engage the wider design industry in getting involved, becoming informed and sharing expertise and opinions.

Speakers will include:
Nic Marks, New Economic Foundation
Daniel Epstein, Olympic Delivery Authority
Dr Kate Fletcher, London College of Fashion
Rob Holdway, Giraffe Innovation and presenter of Channel 4’s DUMPED
John Wood, Attainable Utopias
John Grant, founder of St Luke’s agency and author of The Green
Marketing Manifesto.
Nat Hunter, co-founder of Airside and Three Trees Don’t Make a Forest

greengaged has been developed and organised by [re]design, thomas.matthews and Kingston University with Arup and Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest in association with its host for 2008, the Design Council.