What You Leave Out

🌟 What You Leave Out explores the intricate relationship between design and decision-making.

Part of the Design Vancouver Festival 2026, this event is free to attend but registration is required. Please note that seating is limited.

A room is a collection of decisions. Every object, placement, material, omission, and edit reflects a choice. This principle extends to buildings, brands, businesses, creative practices, and even our lives.

This talk delves into why the principles that create enduring design—such as attention, editing, restraint, structural integrity, and knowing what belongs—are the same principles that lead to sound decision-making. The quality of what we build is inseparable from the quality of the decisions that shape it.

👤 Kim Stern, a curator, decision strategist, and founder of Good Question, will lead the discussion. She collaborates with creatives, founders, and cultural leaders to enhance clarity, trust in discernment, and decision-making that endures.

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