WALK THE TALK
May 3rd, 7pm
Purpose Driven Actions
NYC is the biggest playground in the world for almost anything. In different pockets of the city such as, old lofts, community gardens, and even home kitchens, some of the most inspiring leaders are shaping our future into a conscious and purposeful one.
In this fun and immersive experience, we will get a sneak peek behind the scenes of NYC’s most cutting-edge and transformative initiatives that bring purpose to the forefront of our actions.
AYSE BIRSEL
Ayse is the Co-founder and Creative Director of Birsel + Seck, the award-winning design and innovation studio working with Herman Miller, GE, Colgate-Palmolive, IKEA, and Toyota among others. The New York-based designer is the creator of Design the Life You Love, a book and coursework that teaches designers and non-designers how to create a meaningful life using her design process, Deconstruction: Reconstruction™. Ayse was identified by Fast Company as one of the world’s most creative people and is on the Thinkers50 Radar List of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of organizations.
CELINE SEMAAN
Celine is a Designer, Advocate, Writer, and Founder. She is on the Board of Directors of AIGA NY and is an MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, Refinery29, Scientific American,Fast Company, Teen Vogue and many more. Her recent venture Slow Factory is a cult brand and fashion tech lab that responsibly manufactures fashion apparel by merging high-resolution digital prints of scientific images from NASA with the highest quality natural fabrics selling online only as well as exclusive collaboration with the MoMA Store, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Space Museum.