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Design U Virtual Summit: The Future of Eco-Conscious Living

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April 22, 2022 - 12:00pm – 2:00pm04/22/2022 12:00pm 04/22/2022 2:00pm Design U Virtual Summit: The Future of Eco-Conscious Living Every design lover’s comprehensive resource for education, inspiration, community, exclusive content, and more from the world’s leading editors and experts. Join us on a mission to create equity within design through education, empowerment, and opportunity for future generations and working designers. Taubman College is a School Partner for this year’s Design U. Kathy Velikov, Taubman College professor and associate dean for research and creative practice, is among the speakers. Learn More and Register Schedule WELCOME Jennifer Levene Bruno - Senior Vice President, Group Publishing Director of the Hearst Design Collection HEARST CORPORATE AND UNITED NATIONS David Carey - Senior Vice President Of Public Affairs And Communications, Hearst Cassie Flynn - Head Of Climate Strategies And Policies At UNDP VERANDA PRESERVATION: A SOLUTION TOWARD BETTER ECO-CONSCIOUS LIVING Steele Marcoux - Editor-in-chief, Veranda CT Nguyen - Chair of Preservation Design at SCAD Brent Leggs - Executive Director, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Senior Vice President, National Trust for Historic Preservation Nakita Reed - Associate at Quinn Evans and Host of the Tangible Remnants Podcast EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL AND THE OCEAN PLANET Bob King - CEO of Humanscale Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau - Journalists, Authors, Filmmakers, Explorers and Ocean Advocates SPOTLIGHT: PIANA TECHNOLOGY Andrea Piana - CEO of Piana Technology Kathy Velikov - Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning CIRCULAR ECONOMY: REUSE AND RECOMMERCE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY Emily Tisch Sussman - Host of Your Political Playlist and Pivot Podcasts Anushka Salinas - President and COO of Rent the Runway Shilla Kim-Parker - CEO and Co-Founder of Thrilling SPOTLIGHT: OSCAR MASSIN Frédéric de Narp - CEO and Co-Founder of Oscar Massin Kate Hudson - Award-Winning Actress and Entrepreneur STUDENT SPOTLIGHT USC Cool Globes Re-imagining Scientific Information Through Design HOUSE BEAUTIFUL RE-IMAGINING A HEALTHY KITCHEN Carisha Swanson - Director of Editorial Special Projects, House Beautiful MaryJo Camp - Partner, Designer, DesignCamp, RLLP Laura Hodges - Owner and Principle Designer, Laura Hodges Studio SPOTLIGHT: TENCEL Amanda Sims Clifford - Executive Editor, House Beautiful Tricia Carey - Director of Global Business Development Denim and Americas at Lenzing Group ELLE DÉCOR MATERIAL WORLD: HOW WE'LL BUILD OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Asad Syrkett - Editor-in-Chief, ELLE DÉCOR Luam Melake - Senior Researcher of Healthy Materials Lab and Donghia Healthier Materials Library at Parsons School of Design Beatrice Galilee - Co-Founder and Executive Director of The World Around Jane Abernethy - Chief Sustainability Officer of Humanscale Virtual America/Detroit public

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Every design lover’s comprehensive resource for education, inspiration, community, exclusive content, and more from the world’s leading editors and experts.

Join us on a mission to create equity within design through education, empowerment, and opportunity for future generations and working designers.

Taubman College is a School Partner for this year’s Design U. Kathy Velikov, Taubman College professor and associate dean for research and creative practice, is among the speakers.

Learn More and Register

Schedule

WELCOME

Jennifer Levene Bruno - Senior Vice President, Group Publishing Director of the Hearst Design Collection

HEARST CORPORATE AND UNITED NATIONS

David Carey - Senior Vice President Of Public Affairs And Communications, Hearst
Cassie Flynn - Head Of Climate Strategies And Policies At UNDP

VERANDA
PRESERVATION: A SOLUTION TOWARD BETTER ECO-CONSCIOUS LIVING

Steele Marcoux - Editor-in-chief, Veranda
CT Nguyen - Chair of Preservation Design at SCAD
Brent Leggs - Executive Director, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and Senior Vice President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Nakita Reed - Associate at Quinn Evans and Host of the Tangible Remnants Podcast

EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL AND THE OCEAN PLANET

Bob King - CEO of Humanscale
Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau - Journalists, Authors, Filmmakers, Explorers and Ocean Advocates

SPOTLIGHT: PIANA TECHNOLOGY

Andrea Piana - CEO of Piana Technology
Kathy Velikov - Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

CIRCULAR ECONOMY: REUSE AND RECOMMERCE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY

Emily Tisch Sussman - Host of Your Political Playlist and Pivot Podcasts
Anushka Salinas - President and COO of Rent the Runway
Shilla Kim-Parker - CEO and Co-Founder of Thrilling

SPOTLIGHT: OSCAR MASSIN

Frédéric de Narp - CEO and Co-Founder of Oscar Massin
Kate Hudson - Award-Winning Actress and Entrepreneur

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

USC Cool Globes Re-imagining Scientific Information Through Design

HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
RE-IMAGINING A HEALTHY KITCHEN

Carisha Swanson - Director of Editorial Special Projects, House Beautiful
MaryJo Camp - Partner, Designer, DesignCamp, RLLP
Laura Hodges - Owner and Principle Designer, Laura Hodges Studio

SPOTLIGHT: TENCEL

Amanda Sims Clifford - Executive Editor, House Beautiful
Tricia Carey - Director of Global Business Development Denim and Americas at Lenzing Group

ELLE DÉCOR
MATERIAL WORLD: HOW WE'LL BUILD OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Asad Syrkett - Editor-in-Chief, ELLE DÉCOR
Luam Melake - Senior Researcher of Healthy Materials Lab and Donghia Healthier Materials Library at Parsons School of Design
Beatrice Galilee - Co-Founder and Executive Director of The World Around
Jane Abernethy - Chief Sustainability Officer of Humanscale