BDW’23 goals to be not simply an occasion, however a catalyst for change.
Alessandro Manetti, Curator of BDW’23
The 18th version of the annual Barcelona Design Week is formally upon us, working from October 16 by October 28 all through the town. BDW’23 is explicitly linked to the United Nations’ Sustainable Growth Objectives through the use of the event of the occasion to launch a worldwide initiative to advertise Sustainable Growth Objective quantity 18: “Design for the Human Future.”
With this theme as its information, BDW’23 goals to advertise a extra humane and humanistic future by design to create a optimistic international affect for all. “Our mission is evident: to harness the ability of design to deal with essentially the most urgent challenges of our time, from local weather change and the rise of synthetic intelligence to selling cultural and gender range and combating social inequality whereas selling sustainable residing and accountable consumption,” defined the BDW’23 curator, Alessandro Manetti, in a press launch.
The occasion encompasses numerous actions, from interactive installations, stimulating exhibitions, lectures, sensible workshops, roundtables, networking occasions, and extra. Professionals, college students, and most people can have interaction in 100 actions on the native and worldwide stage.
Created by the Barcelona Design Centre in 2006, BDW is a member of the worldwide community of World Design Weeks. This community contains almost 40 design festivals worldwide, every selling and celebrating artwork, design, and creativity in all kinds.
