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Committed to supporting British design and manufacturing, KI sponsors a number of initiatives under its KICKSTART programme including judging and sponsoring awards, apprenticeship schemes and opportunities to display projects within KI's Central London headquarters & showroom.
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Back To ListBrief encounters: Let's hear it for the new generation of designers
January 21, 2020
Let's hear it for the new generation of designers working towards a happier, healthier, more productive and sustainable workplace. Veronica Simpson checks out the finalist in KI Europe's Kickstart competition.
As an advocate for sustainable design, I must admit to feeling pretty ambivalent about the yearly cycle of design student shows. It's not that the display of creativity and experimentation with texture, colour and form aren't often thrilling, it's that feel we need to be encouraging a very differernt dialogue about design, rather than succumbing to the usual manufacturer-driven promotion of differentiation and newness as viable lifestyle / business choice, regardless of the impact on the planet.
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