Touch – DinnerTalks
Last night we attended the second DinnerTalk hosted by TOUCH Los Angeles. Twelve guests from the design community are invited to the TOUCH showroom to hear a semi-formal presentation from a featured speaker and then gather around the Skinny Table for conversation and great food. Last night’s featured speaker: Ivy Chuang, Founder and Designer of Knoend – a SF based ideas and product development company.Her topic: design and culture in a post-globalization world.
The participants: Ivy Chuang-Knoend, Christopher Wargin-PRoGRESS bureau of design, Jill Blackford-Writer, Lori Sherwood-Unisource Solutions, Beth Manning-Livenation, Evelyn Lee-Inhabitat, Jennifer Robbins-Jennifer Robbins Textiles, Haily Zaki-Secret Agent PR, Susan Reed-Furnitureseen, Zoe Melo-TOUCH, Peter Scherrer-TOUCH and Anita Engs-Furnitureseen (me!).
The dinner conversation was directed – it wasn’t about networking, it was about Ivy’s presentation as a starting point for the exchange of ideas that came from twelve distinct experiences. In that process we learned something real about each person at the table. What I took away: think about the ripple effect of your actions: What if you buy those $7 shoes at Walmart? What if I choose to go to McDonalds while in Germany? What does it all mean, who do I impact? I also learned that I like the Skinny Table, its nice to be nearer to the people you are interacting with – I think closer proximity encourages connections.
Thanks to Zoe and Peter of TOUCH for coming up with the series and executing it so well.
