Designboost October 14, 2008

After last years success with participants from around the globe Designboost will now be back for the second annual edition on October 15-17, the vision of the event being "sharing design knowledge". This years main theme will be THE SUSTAINABLE CITY and among the speakers are lifestyle guru Ilse Crawford, architect Bjarke Ingels and designer Ilkka Suppanen.

–The sustainable city is all about how we build houses, roads and parks. How we consume and translocate. How we live and educate ourselves. In shorter terms - how to, in the best way, create a sustainable city for a good life, says David Carlson, one of Designboost's founders.

At the main event Designboost will carry out thirty workshops for especially invited participants at the two top floors of the Turning Torso building. The thought being that ideas with a holistic point of view on design and the sustainable city will de debated, exchanged and tried. The participants are a mix of a hundred creative people from around the world that all work with design in one way or another as well as representatives from the business world, schools and organizations. Twenty interesting lectures will be given on the subject of the sustainable city at Malmö University, as well as an exhibition visualizing those ideas. Both are open to the public.

–We can shape our surrounding world and our future with the help of design. With design we can shape the society of tomorrow. Through integrating social, economic and cultural elements we can create more sustainable cities, says Peer Eriksson, one of the founders behind Designboost.

This years over all theme is thus the sustainable city, which involves not only the environmental aspect but also...well, neither question nor answers are given. There are no truths. The important thing is looking upon things from new angles and to get a push forward, which is exactly what the word boost means.

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For further information please contact :
Peer Eriksson/Designboost, peer@designboost.se +46 705-336631 http://www.designboost.se
David Carlson/Designboost, david@designboost.se +46 707-982897 http://www.designboost.se

Designboost is a knowledge company which helps companies and organisations to learn more about sustainable design and how to turn it into a business advantage. Designboost is created by award winning communication strategist Peer Eriksson, founder of the communication agency Peer Communication and international acclaimed design and future strategist David Carlson, founder of David Design and David Report

Official Website: http://www.designboost.se