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A glance at any Australian town or city shows one of the world’s oldest continuous cultures is largely absent. A side note, rarely the headline. And is it any wonder, with only around 20 Indigenous Australian architects practicing in 2019? 

It’s not just an Australian story. There’s a lot to be learned from other experiences too. In the first episode of our Hassell Talks podcast, we hear from Elisapeta Heta, Māori Design Leader from New Zealand’s Jasmax. She tells us about her journey in embedding a Māori perspective into New Zealand’s design industry – and the long game of helping designers and communities create the kind of cultural safety that supports indigenous engagement.

The 60,000 year gap in the Australian design scene

From a powerful example of design’s crucial role of healing in post-genocide Rawanda to a city’s solution to homelessness, this episode of HassellTalks examines how deploying, measuring and demonstrating the value of design is critically important to addressing the most pressing humanitarian challenges of our time.

Designers have “freaking superhero” skills, says architect Bryan Bell of the Public Interest Design Movement, and South Carolina’s Design Corps.  They rapidly visualise multiple solutions and design assets, creating countless – limitless – ideas in a single day.  But they’re not so great at measuring and articulating that value - meaning they sometimes get sidelined.

With our world facing the complex challenges of climate, inequality, food, water and political insecurity: a superhero is what the world needs right now.

Humanitarian Architecture: how powerful design can help change the world

Hassell Talks brings together world renowned leaders in fashion, interplanetary exploration, sustainability, brands, resilience, naturalistic planting, workplace and urban design (and much more) to discuss the increasing value of design in tackling the opportunities and challenges of our time.

Humanitarian Architecture: how powerful design can help change the world

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