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Dirk Wynants, who received the Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award 24, gave a talk last month on the role of the designer in the future. Dirk Wynants is designer and CEO of designer furniture company Extremis, which he founded 30 years ago. Dirk is convinced that only good design can save the world. But what is good design according to him? 

Watch the talk (in Dutch) here. You can turn on subtitles of your choice.

"Products must have a reason to exist."

Dirk Wynants,

Designer and 'big boss' furniture design company Extremis

"Sustainability is so much more than recycling."

Dirk Wynants,

Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 24

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