The Creative Lens: What Is Good Design Today?

Featuring a moderator and three panelists from different backgrounds and perspectives, the panel explores a timely topic through candid dialogue, industry insight and audience engagement.

The Creative Lens gathers design professionals for engaging discussions on the ideas, challenges and shifts shaping today's creative industry.

What Is Good Design Today?

What defines “good design” today? Is it driven by aesthetics, performance, ethics, accessibility, business goals—or all of the above?

This panel discussion will explore how standards, expectations and definitions of “good design” continue to evolve across disciplines and industries. From the role of data and AI to questions of sustainability, inclusivity, taste and functionality, panelists will share perspectives on the challenges designers are navigating today—and what they believe the future of design should look like.

Panelists

• Tejashri (TJ) Kapure RGD, VP, Executive Creative Director, Q30 Design Inc.
• Jacqueline Lane RGD, Executive Creative Director, Whitman Emorson
• Symon Oliver, Founder & Creative Director at Tennis Inc.
• Moderated by Nicola Hamilton RGD, Creative Director at Serviette Magazine and Past President of the RGD

The discussion will include audience Q&A and opportunities for attendees to engage directly with the conversation.