Glass Walls: Can trust be designed into systems and spaces?

Trust is the invisible substructure of society – and, in an era of digital atomisation and political instability, these foundations are cracking. How can we design systems, spaces and organisations that reinforce trust rather than erode it?

Drawing on her Roots of Trust installation at London Design Biennale and her acclaimed 2017 book Who Can You Trust? designer and author Rachel Botsman, will explain how trust is fundamental to every action, every relationship, every transaction, and why it matters now more than ever before. Urbanist, writer and producer Nabil Al-Kinani will explore the spatial politics and policies that shape trust in cities and neighbourhoods, from London’s It Took Another Riot strategy to the contracts and agreements underpinning the built environment – and his own anti-gentrification manifesto Privatise the Mandem. Kathy Peach, director and co-founder of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design at Nesta, the UK's innovation agency for social good, will discuss the importance of involving the public in decisions around climate adaptation, as well as the Situation Room, a simulation it will be running at the Biennale.

The panel will be chaired by Rama Gheerawo, President of EIDD Design for All Europe, Director of Instill and author of a new paperback, Creative Leadership, which argues for a new, more flexible and empowering and less top-down approach to leadership for the 21st century.

Location: The Great Hall, King's College, London

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