Design for Planet Festival
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
It's time to build Planet Positive Business!
Design for Planet Festival is back for the fourth year and this time we are heading to Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. Join our incredible online programme of Manchester-based businesses, government leaders and design experts to discover how design can achieve both economic and environmental good.
This year’s theme is design for Planet Positive Business. Showing that design can help businesses prosper at the same time as regenerating the planet.
This does not simply mean selling the same things but made of recycled materials, nor does it mean creating shiny new green products - it means transforming the wider business system. It means a fundamental redesign of what businesses are for and putting planetary health at the heart of their purpose, giving Mother Nature a seat at the table. We believe businesses can prosper, but that prosperity, and consumption, might look different in the future.
Meet our curatorial panel
Experts from across the sector are assisting us in curating a world-class festival programme. Asterisk-marked panellists are also event partners.
Cat Drew
Chief Design Officer, Design Council
Christine Cort
Founder, CC&Friends
Jaheed Hussain
Founder, Fuse
Kasper de Graaf
CEO, Images&CO
Katie Jones
Lecturer, Manchester School of Art
Kyle Soo
Partnerships & Product Manager, B Lab UK
Lou Cordwell OBE
Professor of Innovation, University of Manchester
Martyn Evans
Creative Director, U+I
Martyn Evans*
Director of Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
Shelley McNulty*
Head of Design at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
Catch up on previous festivals
Branding Design for Planet
Discover the story behind our new logo (that is actually quite an old logo!).
From archive diving to climate conscious colour choices, we've been on a journey to put our best, planet-centred design foot forward.
Join the Design for Planet Collective
Every month these informal get togethers focus on design and the climate emergency. We take a broad definition of design and have three speakers that take 10 minutes each to share their work, lessons learnt, skills and tools.
The Meetups are held at a central London location and we provide a Zoom link for those who can't join us in person.
