David Kester

Design Thinking/2011/17 min/Reel № 11.001

ByDavid Kester

David Kester on how design can nudge social behaviour

What Will Creativity Hold for the Future?/Recorded 2011

A close reading, kept within reach.

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David Kester takes design thinking as a lens on the larger question the festival keeps returning to: what design owes to the people and places it works among. The talk moves from specific projects toward a broader argument about practice.

Recorded in United Kingdom in 2011, the conversation is grounded in David's own working method — the compromises, the constraints, and the moments where the work taught them something they didn't expect.

The closing turn is characteristic of the archive: less a conclusion than a provocation, handed to the audience to carry into their own disciplines.

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David Kester talks about how design can be applied to positively nudge social behaviour, save time and lives, and boost the economy.

David Kester

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David Kester

London/United Kingdom

David Kester is the chief executive of the Design Council in the UK. He leads programmes and policies for industry, education and the public sector.