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How can science empower designers to build a more sustainable world?

Arthur Mamou Mani
Arthur Mamou Mani
Founder of Mamou-Mani Architects
Anne Asensio
Anne Asensio
Vice President Design Experience, Dassault Systèmes
Marcus Fairs
Marcus Fairs
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Dezeen
Dassault Systèmes | Dezeen

A serie of Designer Talks

Dassault Systèmes invites you to a series of talks around sustainable design and innovation, developed in collaboration with Dezeen.

Design for Life is a collaboration between Dezeen and Dassault Systèmes focusing on how science and technology can empower designers to build a better, more sustainable world.

After a lively inaugural session, we deep dive into the world of 5 inspiring designers and creatives, all working with science and technology to harness sustainable change in their industries. We wrap up with a conversation on nature, architecture & technology.

Arthur Mamou-Mani, Anne Asensio and Marcus Fairs share their vision on how technologies can foster human and sustainable innovation, and support designers' creativity.

Live Talk with Mamou Mani, Dassault Systèmes and Dezeen

Arthur Mamou-Mani, Anne Asensio and Marcus Fairs share their vision on how technologies can foster human and sustainable innovation, and support designers' creativity.

  67 minutes 20
Julia Koerner: "3D-printed fashion has no limitations of form and geometry"

Julia Koerner explains how she uses technology to apply architectural techniques to fashion and costume design in the first video of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes.

  2 minutes 28
Arthur Mamou-Mani collaborates with Dassault Systèmes to explore "lifecycle of materials"

Arthur Mamou-Mani explains how he is partnering with Dassault Systèmes to investigate "cradle-to-cradle" architecture in the latest video of our Design for Life collaboration with the software brand.

  2 minutes 53
Nassia Inglessis: "Architecture should create possibilities for interaction"

Studio INI founder Nassia Inglessis describes how technology enables her to create interactive spaces. The practice is known for creating intricate architectural installations that respond to the bodies of visitors.

  2 minutes 7
Michael Pawlyn: "Biomimicry enables architects to make positive impact on the environment

Exploration Architecture founder Michael Pawlyn explains how computational design tools allow architects to mimic the natural world.

  3 minutes 14
Thierry Metroz: "The spirit of avant-garde is really at the centre of our DNA, and we've kept this spirit from the original DS"

Thierry Métroz explains how DS Automobiles is using virtual reality to design more sustainably in this video produced by Dezeen as part of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes.

  1 minute 47
Live talk on nature, architecture & technology: Design in progress

Nassia Inglessis, Michael Pawlyn and Arthur Mamou-Mani around Dezeen editor Marcus Fairs discuss how experimental projects drive change in the design and architecture industry, how new accessibility of powerful design software is impacting architecture and sustainability.

  58 minutes 46
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Anne Asensio, VP Design Experience, Dassault Systèmes

Digital twins will lead to "a huge revolution" for designers

Digital twins, which are also known as virtual twins, are virtual counterparts to real-world objects or processes.

Existing alongside their real-world siblings, digital twins can be used to represent a physical object or its process and to monitor what is happening in the real version as a testbed to explore the impact of proposed improvements or unexpected changes.

According to Anne Asensio, this emerging technology will enable architects and designers to demonstrate the full life cycle of a product, a service or an experience.

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