What can design do to help our city promote the well-being of its inhabitants? Thus shaping a more humane city vs just building infrastructure. We are posing this provocation to no less than one of the fathers of human centered and strategic design. We are thrilled to be presenting Patrick Whitney to Bangalore City!

If you are not able to join us, Watch the livestream here
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Patrick Whitney is the former Dean of the Institute of Design (ID), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), where he was the Steelcase/Robert C.Pew Professor of Design and a distinguished IIT professor. During his leadership of ID, the school created USA’s first Ph.D. program in design and an executive education program translating design to organizational leadership.

Mr. Whitney is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hong Kong Design Centre for bringing human-centered design and strategic design to Asia. Named a member of the “E-Gang” by Forbes for his work in human-centered design, he has served as Professor in Residence at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, as co-founder and director of a design laboratory to bring design to Public Health. In 2023, this interdisciplinary agenda moved to Brown University, where he is currently a Professor of Practice.

The Design Open also features Bangalore Then and Now, an exciting exhibition of drawings and illustrations by Paul Fernandes, Artist of the City. Taking you on a journey of the Garden City across ages.

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