AIGA Chicago Incite/Insight

In case you needed another reason to go to Chicago in the next couple of weeks...

Thursday, November 8
Incite/Insight 2007: The Role of Design and the Challenge of Sustainability

With Peter Nicholson, Creative and Executive Director of the Foresight Design Initiative

"What if designers' livelihoods weren't tied to the marketplace, but rather to society, i.e. the mix of people, place and culture that surrounds them? What would the projects look like? For whom and what would you be designing? Who would pay?"

"Sustainability should not be confused with "green." It goes deeper. Fundamentally, Sustainability is about recognizing that there are multiple types of value in the world and that we diminish ourselves by over emphasizing one (i.e. economic) over the others."

Peter Nicholson is the Creative and Executive Director of the Foresight Design Initiative, a nonprofit organization he established in 2002. Through this position, he leads a multifaceted career focused on the creative pursuit of greater social, environmental and economic sustainability. Peter consults on and undertakes innovative sustainable design projects for a diversity of clients, including government agencies, institutional nonprofits, and diverse businesses. Considered a highly adept discussion facilitator, he hosts Foresight’s monthly Green Drinks panels and is in regular demand as a guest speaker and moderator. Peter is dedicated to the education of the next generation of sustainability-minded leaders and regularly mentors interns as well as teaches the organization’s Urban Sustainable Design Studio.

Rubloff Auditorium
Loyola University
25 E Pearson
Chicago, IL
7 pm registration and reception
7:30 pm presentation
www.foresightdesign.org