Video: Thorsten Jonas – Each Design Is a Manifesto for the Future

Thorsten Jonas joined us for this year’s beyond tellerrand Berlin edition. This was the first time he joined us and he opened the two days with his talk “Each Design Is a Manifesto for the Future”.

Please find his talk in our YouTube channel, as well as here and on his beyond tellerrand speaker profile.

The full transcription of his presentation can be found here.

Each Design Is a Manifesto for the Future

The world is on the edge right now. Climate crises, rising inequalities on many levels, the return of realities we thought we had overcome. The digital products we design play a role in all this, which leaves us with the power but also obligation to act.

Each design decision is more than a functional choice; it embodies a vision for the future, reflecting and influencing societal values and realities, whether intentionally or inadvertently. Choices - even small ones - can serve as pivotal inflection points that dictate trends, shape technology adoption, and impact social norms.

Join Thorsten on a journey that shows how design and everyday design decisions are shaping the future and how we can utilise this flow of decisions to make a positive impact.

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More information about Thorsten Jonas on his beyond tellerrand Speaker profile

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