Designing Relationships

Viola Petrella

13-Jan-20 21:00

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What can design teach us about the work of bringing people together for a conversation? How does it differ from social work? Italian researcher on social innovation, Viola Petrella, discusses how design is more than just making things pretty and what it can contribute to addressing larger social issues.

Produced by: Simon Soon, Haniff Baharudin

Presented by: Haniff Baharudin, Simon Soon

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Tags: Night School, social innovation, design, architecture, spaces,

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