Lisa Carnevale is the founder & executive director of DESIGNxRI and principal of MYRANDA Group. She’s a community leader and strategic communications guru who’s passionate about public relations, advocacy and organizational development. We sat down with her to chat about DESIGNxRI’s upcoming DesignWeek and Providence’s position is a global design leader.
Why did you create DesignWeek?
When we were forming DESIGNxRI in 2012, we talked to designers about what they needed. One need that kept coming up was the need to showcase and market RI’s design talent. They needed a way to highlight design, make design understood and help people learn about all the design work that’s happening here.
That’s why we created Design Week. We talked about how we could pull together a great event by taking advantage of what was already happening. There are already two major design conferences that happen every year - BIF Summit & Better World by Design - that are just one week away from each other. That seemed like the perfect opportunity to create something that bridges those two. So they act as bookends to DesignWeek, and we curate the in between.
What do you hope people will take away from their DesignWeek experience?
We hope people will be inspired by the talent here, and recognize that design is a valuable skill that they need in their business.
We also hope people will learn how broadly impactful design can be. A lot of people just think design is about creating something pretty....Read More