Miruka is the Founder, CEO and Lead Strategist of ATOM-tdf, a Business Innovation and Brand Strategy firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has over fifteen years experience in entrepreneurship and is a pioneer and thought leader on Brand Strategy in Kenya. Martin is traveling to Vancouver to speak at Design Currency 2010 and took some time to share his thoughts in this interview.
Ben Hulse is the Design Manager for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee (VANOC). Born in North Yorkshire, England, Ben moved with his family to Western Canada as a child in 1986. Ben describes his view of Design Currency in this interview.
Award-winning designer, strategist, film producer, speaker and conference founder, Dave’s clients include Sesame Workshop, Swiss Army Brands, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NCR. Dave shares his thoughts on Design Currency 2010 in this interview.
Ronald Kapaz was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1956. Like all children, he began to draw at the age of 4 and, unlike most of them, never stopped. Ronald is traveling from Brazil to Vancouver to speak at Design Currency 2010 and took some time to share his thoughts in this interview.
Valerie Elliott, MGDC, has a life-long passion for protecting the environment which began in her late teens with the launch of her first book on energy conservation (1978). Valerie is the GDC's national chair for sustainability and brings that perspective to this interview with Design Week.
Blair Enns is the founder of Win Without Pitching and a business development consultant to creative firms world-wide. He is on a mission to change the way creative services are bought and sold. Blair takes a moment to articulate his thoughts on Design Currency.
After graduating from NID, Ashwini became a founding partner of Elephant Strategy + Design, India’s largest independent design consultancy. Her current priority is professional consultancy to help products & services become relevant in the emerging markets. Ashwini shares her take on Design Currency 2010 in this interview.
Lets begin with a difficult question: How do you make a calculator that will measure the value of design? Part of me feels like completely defining the value of design, or attempting to do it emperically, is much like asking the question "where is the rainbow?" Depending on where you stand, it's going to appear to be in a different place...
