Day 3 - INNER SELVES | Beyond Borders: Can design heal the rift between global and local?

Amid tensions between globalisation and nationalism, there’s a need to foster common solutions to collective problems – so we bring together designers who are exploring new forms of belonging and collaboration. Stella Mutegi and Kabage Karanja of Nairobibased architects Cave Bureau, tell us how they disrupted national boundaries at the exhibition they co-curated for the British pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Jean-Michel Geridan, director of the National Centre for Graphic Design in France, explores the role of visual communication in creating shared meaning. And Amrita Mahindroo, co-founder of London-based Da Costa Mahindroo Architects, explains how design can be an instrument of soft diplomacy. The talk will be chaired by Samta Nadeem, curatorial director of the global media house STIR, our digital media partner.