thequietriot.com presentations at the Walter Knoll Showroom

ThemThere and thequietriot.com will be running quiet riot presentations at the Walter Knoll Showroom, 42 Charterhouse Square in London on the 25th of March 2010. There will of course be food and drink to sustain you.

THE PRESENTATIONS: We will cover four of the seven key themes of thequietriot.com: industries, people, spaces and communities.  For each topic we have a 15 minute presentation followed by a question and answer session. We will hear from a cross section of industry, small and large companies as well as designers.

THE SPEAKERS ARE:

INDUSTRIES: Fashion statement - Design and sourcing strategies for the New Consumer
Claire Hamer, Director, EI8HT worked for ten years as a buyer with leading fashion retailers and helped TOPSHOP on their sustainability initiative.
www.ei8ht.org

PEOPLE: Creative tools and the design of sustainable learning

Ana Karakusevic, Holistic Learning worked as a short-film and TV director, a BBC World Service radio producer and 24-hour news editor.

www.holisticlearning.co.uk

SPACES: Future Light

Oscar Pena, Senior Creative Director Lighting Design, Philips Design, has been on the board of Droog Design, and head of the Man and Activity department at the Eindhoven Design Academy.

www.design.philips.com

COMMUNITIES: Transforming lives through dependable, self-powered, and environmentally friendly technologies and designs

Kristine Pearson, CEO, The Freeplay Foundation, TIME magazine has named her as a Hero of the Environment as a result of distributing over 200 000 wind-up and solar powered Lifeline radios throughout Africa. www.freeplayfoundation.org

RSVP. Limited to 80 places

ThemThere is a collaboration of small businesses that work in and around the creative industry in East London (the geography is very negotiable)  and the teams cooperate in the areas of sharing business skills, cross marketing, networking together and community activities. ThemThere members are architects, graphic designers, furniture manufacturers, a lighting company, a transporter and product designers.

www.themthere.co.uk

WALTER KNOLL was founded in Stuttgart in south-west Germany in 1865, Walter Knoll is a company whose products set standards in interior design by combining craftsmanship, innovation and fine design. Producing award-winning products that fulfil both lifestyle and corporate applications, Walter Knoll has fast become one of the world?s most successful premium furniture manufacturers.

www.walterknoll.de

42 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6EA