We’re nowhere near human-centered design yet

Learning Objectives

• How can we leverage evidence to help others perceive the value of design
• How the environment as a determinant of health will change the building industry
• Why can't we do the work we imagined we'd be doing going into design, and how can we get there?
• Making the invisible, visible: How to bring to the table evidence of the value of your work.

Itai Palti

Architect, Researcher,

Speaker on Science-Informed, Human-Centered Design.

About this presenter

Itai is a practicing architect and researcher focusing on designing with the human experience in mind. He is Director of Hume, a science-informed architecture and urban design practice backed by research at its Human Metrics Lab.

In 2015, Itai founded the Conscious Cities movement; a new field of research and practice for building people-centered environments that are aware and responsive using data analysis, AI, tech, and science-informed design.

Itai is the Director of The Centre for Conscious Design, a think tank focused on using design to address urban challenges facing society today and in the future. The center publishes open-access research and organizes human-centered and science-informed design events worldwide.

His design work and writing has been featured internationally and he is a regular speaker at events focused on human-centered design.

Attend this webinar

Live on Thursday May 28, 2020

4:00 PM CET/10:00 AM EDT