It was provocative, it was challenging and the combination
of personal vision and debate that opened Design in Business
Week 2000 was certainly inspiring.
In three quick-fire sessions run by the BBC’s Peter Snow, six original thinkers nailed their colours to the mast and set out where they stand on the future of the economy, brands and design – and how businesses can best face up to the challenges awaiting them.
The event, held at the Royal Opera House, was opened by Lord Sainsbury, who told an audience of business people: ‘Every business must reinvent itself. Products, retail formats and business processes which are successful today will be out of date tomorrow.’
On this site you can now get a taste of each speaker’s
vision - and the questions they provoked - through a selection
of video highlights. All the fast-flowing ideas from the opening
event are being captured in a full report which will also
cover the five Transforming Businesses events being held across
the UK from 30 October to 3 November as part of Design
in Business Week 2000. We’ll be publishing the report
online as well as in print. And we’ll also be making
a complete transcript of the opening event available. An archive
of the online discussion
is available.
If you’d like either or both publications, let us know by e-mailing dibw2000@designcouncil.org.uk
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