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Colorado officials expect that 100000 people will migrate to the city of Denver in the next decade. That booming population growth won't just bring modern residents,but modern businesses as well. And the trend is already beginning—major corporations like Lockheed Martin occupy relocated to the Mile tall City in recent years. The number of small business loans awarded in the city in the past year has also increased, and for these reasons, or Forbes magazine ranked Denver the number one city in America for business and for careers in 2015.But the influx of creative people and innovative ideas has also put a strain on affordable housing and transportation infrastructure. Can Denver continue to redesign itself to create an economy of young creatives that avoids the pitfalls seen in other rapidly-gentrifying cities like San Francisco and modern York?That's exactly the kind of question that Kigge Hvid is thinking approximately. Hvid is a Danish designer and CEO of INDEX: Design to Improve Life, an NGO that pushes designers to find sustainable solutions that close the gap of inequality. Hvid says the city of Denver and other American cities are full of potential designers, whether they realize it or not.
What you'll learn from this segment: How urban planners can develop "cross economy encounters."
How bad design can act as barrier to modern communities and further discrimination.
How valid design can break down social barriers.
Source: wnyc.org