2025 - Tokyo
Panel discussion (Local Heroes to Global Icons)
Philip Linnemann, Kontrapunkt
This talk constructs an ideascape—a terrain of provocative questions and speculative futures—inviting designers to collectively explore how we might navigate this uncertain territory. Rather than providing neat answers, we'll map the contours of design's most pressing questions and illuminate paths for exploration.
Cheri Flewell-Smith is an award-winning senior lecturer in design and creative technology at Torrens University and the founder of GOOD DEEDS LAB—a creative playground where art, design, sustainability and technology collide. She’s also the driving force behind WIDEN (Women in Design Education Network), empowering and elevating women in design education worldwide. With a multi-faceted career spanning advertising, marketing, design and education, her work has been featured in leading Australian lifestyle publications and includes collaborations with major retailers and creating campaigns addressing critical social issues. A firm believer in design as truth-telling, she is driven by one goal: creating a less scary tomorrow.
