The Hyderabad police noticed a drop in crime cases and better safety for women by adjusting the lights near bus shelters in the city after based on the suggestions of a designer.
Bengaluru is selected for the pilot project of World Design Protopolis, an initiative of the World Design Organisation. The five-year project that will run till 2028 supports the creation of solutions-based design projects to address key development issues and empowers the selected city with “design knowledge and resources required to initiate targeted and transformational projects that improve civic quality of life”.
Helsinki in Finland is one of the earliest cities that appointed a design officer more than a decade ago. Thus, designers are increasingly becoming a part of teams that plan for better living conditions in cities.
Thomas Garvey, president of the World Design Organisation, who was in Coimbatore on Friday to speak at the DJ Academy of Design’s international workshop on design 2025 workshop inauguration, told The Hindu that designers worked with engineers, local bureaucrats, and planners in a more comprehensive way to solve local issues.
Designs were done more by teams now and were not restricted to form and function. Designing was comprehensive. India was one of the countries that had a large number of designers graduating every year. The country had a rich design heritage, cultural diversity, and entrepreneurial foundation. These should be leveraged and scaled for greater positive global influence.
“Design is to dream,” he told the participants at the workshop. Designers saw the future, how to make things better, experiential and beautiful, he added.
Published - February 07, 2025 08:11 pm IST
