MESH FESTIVAL PROGRAM
The MESH program is a potpourri of formats, never demanding full day attention. You mix and match, you pick them cherries. All is for free!
Registration is open! But how does it work you ask. You register to the specific events you want to attend. Every program item holds a “register” button :).
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10
WASTE AS A RESOURCE
TALK SESSION
4 pm - 5 pm (CET)
In a circular economy, would waste be considered as valuable as oil has been for the linear? Would waste even be called waste – would it even exist? In this session we will dig into the great lands of waste and rethink the notion of discarding. Join in to listen to pioneers and designers who are already creating smart solutions utilizing the resources at hand, trying to fix a broken system.
SPEAKERS:
Laura Klauss, Co-founder, Better Future Factory
Ebbe Korsgaard, CEO, Beyond Coffee
Moderator: Kristin Heinonen
DAYLIGHT TRILOGY – PART 1: HUMANS
FILM SCREENING VIA MESH TV
6 pm – 6.30 pm (CET)
Zap into MESH TV to watch the first part of a Daylight Trilogy, which addresses the topic of daylighting at three scales: the human scale , the building scale, and the urban scale. In this first part entitled “Humans”, the film explores the benefits of daylight for humans, focusing on circadian health, work and learning performance, social ability, visual performance, and energy-efficiency. Through interviews with experts in the field, the film seeks to present research results on daylighting in a format accessible to the broader audience.
A film by Marie-Claude Dubois and Nicholas Wakeham.
You don’t need to register to this event since it will be streaming via MESH TV but if you want a reminder, please do! Otherwise, set the alarm for 6 pm, November 10.
WORLD PREMIERE: ONLY THE DEVIL LIVES WITHOUT HOPE
FILM SCREENING
7 pm - 9 pm (CET)
In collaboration with Doc Lounge we welcome you to the world premiere of Magnus Gertten’s new documentary: Only the devil lives without hope.
Only the Devil Lives Without Hope is a real-life thriller about love, betrayal, spies, assassins and the unbreakable hope for a brother, locked in a desert prison called "The Place of No Return". Dilya became a human rights activist the day her brother Iskandar was thrown in prison, accused of being a terrorist. For years she challenged the dictatorship, and the consequences were brutal. She had to escape the country but realised that the regime who took her brother was closer than she could ever imagine.
Supported by: Create Converge
DIRECTORS TALK: ONLY THE DEVIL LIVES WITHOUT HOPE
FIRESIDE CHAT
CA 9.35 pm - 10:00 pm (CET)
Straight after the world premiere of the “Only the Devil Lives Without Hope” documentary you’re invited to a live streamed conversation with the director Magnus Gertten.
Magnus is an award winning director and producer from Malmö. Since 1998 he has directed more than 15 documentaries for SVT and international TV channels. His films, including “Becoming Zlatan”, “A Thousand Pieces” and “Every face has a name”, has been screened by broadcasters and film festivals in more than 60 countries.
Supported by: Create Converge
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11
LUNCH WITH NEW FRIENDS – CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS VIRTUALLY
NETWORKING
12 pm – 1 pm (CET)
Take the opportunity to get to know some new people while nibbling on that lunch box of yours (or your morning coffee/afternoon delight). This Wednesday lunch hour we’ll be talking about how to be creative virtually. How do we vitalize creativity and collaborations when we all work remote these days?
The lunch with new friends concept is a true Media Evolution classic and it’s always a jolly good time. Register for this event and we'll hook you up with a bunch of terrific strangers!
If you’re like half of our own staff, a tad introvert but still curious, it might feel good to know that there will be a Media Evolution representative present, ready to get the conversation started if needed. It won’t be awkward!
We’ll run a lunch with new friends session every day between Nov 11-13 at 12 pm (CET).
This event is carried out in collaboration with Create Converge.
Create Converge is an international project with focus to give a boost to the creative/digital/tech industries. The big thing is to help freelancers and businesses connect and work together to make breakthroughs in new markets and technologies. Special focus on animation, visual effects, games, screen, and virtual reality, but all are welcome for a collaboration.
DDDD – DISCOVER, DEFINE AND DESIGN WITH DATA (SOLD OUT)
WORKSHOP
2 pm - 4 pm (CET)
”DDDD – Discover, define and design with data” is a workshop on visualizing data on plastic pollution by Market Cafe Magazine.
During the workshop Market Cafe Magazine founders Tiziana Alocci and Piero Zagami will walk you through the process of how to create a thought-provoking data visualisation poster following their signature 4Ds creative process: Discover, Define, and Design with Data. The workshop will be a balanced combination of inspirational talks and fast-paced interactive exercises, to help you understand the key phases of designing with data, from the definition of goals to the production of the final outcome.
Participants will walk away with an understanding of the process to create data visualization, an outline document full of useful resources, and a beautiful visualization to be used for noble purposes.
To participate in the workshop you need:
● Sketchbooks or blank A4 sheets
● Laptop or desktop
● Pencils, pens
● Coloured sharpies are a welcome plus, but not mandatory
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
Market Cafe Magazine is an award-winning zine about data visualization founded in 2016 by information designers and educators Tiziana Alocci and Piero Zagami.
Tiziana is a London-based award-winning senior information designer. With almost a decade of professional experience, Tiziana has worked across multiple projects of diverse scale and scope, with high-profile clients including the BBC, Visa, Corriere della Sera, United Nations, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, collaborating with some of the best London-based data visualization studios and agencies. As of 2018, Tiziana was appointed associate lecturer at the University of the Arts London in the Design department at the London College of Communication.
Piero is an award-winning information designer and data visualization expert who enjoys turning information into visually compelling and meaningful stories in a wide range of sectors and media. With over a decade of experience working with prestigious international design agencies specialized in data-design, the likes of Information is Beautiful, Beyond Words Studio and Signal Noise, Piero has developed a deep understanding and unique approach to visualising data. He currently works as an independent designer from his studio in Amsterdam. His clients include BBC, Google, The Economist Group, Imperial College of London, The London School of Economics, and Code for Africa.
WHAT IS DESIGN ETHICS?
TALK SESSION
4 pm - 5 pm (CET)
Try look for a definition of design ethics and you’ll quickly become overwhelmed. Design ethics comes in many forms, as a multitude of toolboxes and in plentiful of ”design-gone-way-wrong” examples.
In the user experience era, designers have seen themselves at the center of developments. Everything has always been designed, but with the internet age, our lives have become deeply intertwined with super designed, opaque algorithmic services – the ones we choose and the ones we don’t.
Where does the responsibility of a designer start, and where does it end?
In this session we’ll get to listen to designers and researchers who dedicate their time to develop ethical design practices and infrastructures to find the glitches, to create frameworks and to expose oppressive systems.
SPEAKERS:
Caroline Sinders,, Critical designer and artist
Cade Diehm, Founder, The New Design Congress
Moderator: Kristin Heinonen
SOUTHERN SWEDEN DESIGN DAYS STUDIO VISITS
SCREENING
5:30 pm - 6:10 pm (CET)
We teamed up with Southern Sweden Design Days and went on a tour to meet with some local artists and designers in their natural habitat, their studios. For forty minutes you’ll get to peak into nine different studios and get a glimpse of their brilliant projects.
These interviews will be broadcasted repeatedly on MESH TV during the week but of course, you never know when, so if you want to make sure not the miss it, it’s scheduled in the tableau for November 11, 5:30 PM (CET).
Artist & Designers: LAB LA BLA, Håwi + Mirabella Roberti, BEAST Studio, Superlab + Nola + Charlotte Petersson Troije, OnMateria, Polymorf, Ateljé Schultz Lindberg, Hi On Life, Jenny Grettve + Kjellander Sjöberg
DESIGN TALK SALON
FIRESIDE CHAT
7 pm - 8 pm (CET)
Join us for a one hour conversation where we immerse ourselves in the creative processes of some of our favorite artists and illustrators. What makes them tick? What are the building blocks of a great project and how do you translate someone else’s work?
Participating
Nan Na Hvass & Sofie Hannibal, arists & designers, Hvass&Hannibal (Copenhagen)
Gaurab Thakali, artist & illustrator (London)
Matthew Bolger & Emelie Lidström, artists & designers, M&E Studio, (Malmö/Dublin)
Mette Karina Johansen, designer & scenographer (Copenhagen)
Moderator: Martin Thörnkvist
In addition to being renowned artists, the six have yet another thing in common: They have all been collaborators of The Conference, working across platforms and translating each other's works.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12
LUNCH WITH NEW FRIENDS – INTERNATIONALIZATION THROUGH A PANDEMIC
NETWORKING
12 pm - 1 pm
Take the opportunity to get to know some new people while nibbling on that lunch box of yours (or your morning coffee/afternoon delight). In addition to getting to know each other, this Wednesday lunch hour we’ll also be sharing thoughts about internationalization through a pandemic.
The lunch with new friends concept is a true Media Evolution classic and it’s always a jolly good time. Register for this event and we'll hook you up with a bunch of terrific strangers!
In short:
- 1 hour
- 1 zoom room
- 7 real humans
If you’re like half of our own staff, a tad introvert but still curious, it might feel good to know that there will be a Media Evolution representative present, ready to get the conversation started if needed. It won’t be awkward!
We’ll run a lunch with new friends session every day between Nov 11-13 at 12 pm (CET).
This event is carried out in collaboration with Creative Ports.
CHANGEMAKERS DESIGN PHASE WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP
2 pm - 3 pm (CET)
”In an era
80% of a product's environmental impact is determined in the design phase. How might we design or redesign our products and services to kickstart the transformation towards a zero-waste society?
Join Circulous in this interactive workshop in a lightning-speed format where you'll learn more about the aspects required to bring your design work to the next level
DESIGNING THE NATURAL WORLD
TALK SESSION
4 pm - 5 pm (CET)
”In an era of high-tech and climate extremes, we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom.” (Lo–TEK, Design by Radical Indigenism)
In this session we’ll be spending time with designers and experts who study and learn from natural systems and indigenous communities alike. How can we design products and infrastructures that live in symbiosis with nature?
Speakers
Julia Watson, author of Lo–TEK, Design by Radical Indigenism
Yasaman Sheri, designer and researcher
TRÈS BIEN
SCREENING AND Q&A
7 pm - 7:30 pm (CET)
Sit down with Simon Hogeman, designer, buyer and co-owner of the renowned Malmö based clothing brand and retailer Très Bien. Starting out as a small local retailer for menswear, Très Bien has made an impressive journey to becoming an international online phenomenon with not only the coolest brands but their own collection too. They’ve made plenty of collaborations with brands like Our Legacy, Haglöfs and Stüssy, and in addition to their online store they have two physical stores, one in Malmö and in in London.
At Mesh Festival, you’ll get to meet with Simon Hogeman, online from their headquarters in Malmö. You’ll be treated with a screening from their store and a live conversation with stories on what makes a relatively small city as Malmö a great place for a high-end fashion retailer. You’ll also get to learn more about their locally sourced and produced Atelier collection and their virtual shopping experience during the pandemic. And of course, get a chance to ask your own questions to the Très Bien team.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13
ROUND TABLE CONVERSATION: A REGENERATIVE MINDSET
ROUND TABLE CONVERSATION
9 am - 11 am (CET)
If anything, this past year has been a crash course in interconnectedness. Instead of going back to normal, let’s take some time to discuss how to alter or expand business models to embrace the complexity of systems instead of trying to tame it.
Regeneration is about providing value and reinvesting in your wider ecosystem, be it the people, the environment, your neighborhood. Nurturing and caring for this ecosystem, of which you too are dependent upon, can be a source of innovation and creativity in the long run.
One thing is for sure, we cannot solve the problems at our hands with the same mindset that brought them on. Let’s move from extraction and control to regeneration and adaptation!
In this roundtable conversation we’ll discuss where to start, what does your ecosystem look like and where could your productivity benefit from a more regenerative mindset.
LUNCH WITH NEW FRIENDS – INTERNATIONALIZATION THROUGH A PANDEMIC
NETWORKING
12 pm - 1 pm
Take the opportunity to get to know some new people while nibbling on that lunch box of yours (or your morning coffee/afternoon delight). In addition to getting to know each other, this Wednesday lunch hour we’ll also be sharing thoughts about internationalization through a pandemic.
The lunch with new friends concept is a true Media Evolution classic and it’s always a jolly good time. Register for this event and we'll hook you up with a bunch of terrific strangers!
In short:
- 1 hour
- 1 zoom room
- 7 real humans
If you’re like half of our own staff, a tad introvert but still curious, it might feel good to know that there will be a Media Evolution representative present, ready to get the conversation started if needed. It won’t be awkward!
We’ll run a lunch with new friends session every day between Nov 11-13 at 12 pm (CET).
This event is carried out in collaboration with Creative Ports.
INVENTING POINT B – A WORKSHOP WITH AMY WHITAKER
WORKSHOP
3 pm - 5 pm (CET)
We never know what the future holds but could it be that it takes a crisis for the unknown to actually become urgent? How do we design for the unknown and how can we make informed decisions while allowing ourselves to be imaginative at the same time?
Art is the process of moving into the unknown, it’s a container for independent thinking. In this workshop you’ll get to try out the principles of ”art thinking”, how to invent point B. The unknown.
Workshop leader: Amy Whitaker (NYU)
Amy Whitaker is a writer, artist, and researcher working at the intersections of business, politics, and art. She is an assistant professor at NYU in visual arts administration, and the author of two books Art Thinking and Museum Legs.
