Time: May 15 and 16, 2013

Venues: The Aalto University and Kiasma, Helsinki

Kigge Hvid is the CEO and founder of the the non-profit organization INDEX: Design to Improve Life®. She is a influental person in the Danish design field and has been a frequent panelist at eg. World Economic Forum in Davos and has also served as a member of the Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Design.

Kigge Hvid is the recipient of an honorary doctorate in 2006 by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and the Design leadership award which is organized by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government along with the Hong Kong Design Centre. Index: Design to Improve Life works toward a more sustainable world through inspiring design innovations and concepts – developing them, testing them and implementing them in our everyday life. The INDEX: award is the biggest – and most important – design award in the world.

The seminars were a collaboration between Aalto University, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and Hjelt Art Foundation.