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After studying business engineering and social and economic communication she joined SAT1 Television, moved on to Boston Consulting Group and subsequently established the bilingual schools of Phorms Education in Berlin in 2005. Béas concept focuses on learning in a community with global education in local schools where each individual respects the other.

After CEOing her school for six years, Béa embarked on an educational expedition to India, Australia, Indonesia, and the USA in 2011. Inspired by the diversity of educational methodologies on an international scale, she began to develop PlayDUcation, a system to combine the worlds of learning and playing.

Béa will lead us to where »business« and »social« overlap and grants an amazing insight into how our brain runs on fun.

1. Which work are you particularly proud of? Which work best represents your style or approach?

I’m a school founder, my biggest achievements is a chain of bilingual schools across Germany. My current new project is tollabox, we just went online! It’s a monthly box designed for families with children aged 4-8. It fosters the natural creativity and curiosity! It’s learning by play: playducation.

An example for the contents of a Tollabox © www.tollabox.de

2. The theme of this year’s TYPO London is »Social«. Do you consider design to be a social discipline? Which design project do you consider to be particularly socially relevant?

Design is a way of thinking, shaping the world and communicating. I’m highly impressed by the Design Thinking School of the Hasso Plattner Institute. I’m a great admirer of schools designed to revolutionize education – like the Sydney Centre for innovation in Learning, High Tech High, or the Vittra Schools in Sweden.

Béa Beste

How do we have to learn today? What do our children need in order to be well prepared for the future? Where is “I”, where is “We”? Béa Beste collected ideas and impressions of an educational expedition on three continents. Education is her vocation. After studying business engineering and social and economic communication she joined SAT1 Television, moved on to Boston Consulting Group and subsequently established the bilingual schools of Phorms Education in Berlin in 2005. Béas concept focuses on learning in a community with global education in local schools where each individual respects the other. After CEOing her school for six years, Béa embarked on an educational expedition to India, Australia, Indonesia, and the USA in 2011. Inspired by the diversity of educational methodologies on an international scale, she began to develop PlayDUcation, a system to combine the worlds of learning and playing. Béa will lead us to where “business” and “social” overlap and grants an amazing insight into how our brain runs on fun.

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3. A conference like TYPO London is in itself an obvious example for a social event: what are you especially looking forward to?

Visual impressions. New ways to see. People. Ideas. The Unexpected.

4. Required reading/watching: What are currently your favorite interesting/beautiful publications, exhibitions, books, movies and/or websites?