TED Talk: David Cameron

An interesting TED talk from David Cameron on the changing nature of politics.

'The leader of Britain's Conservative Party says we're entering a new era; where governments themselves have less power (and less money) and people empowered by technology have more. Tapping into new ideas on behavioral economics, he explores how these trends could be turned into smarter policy.'

Erica Williams on Youth Politics

Im currently researching into the reasons why young people are disillusioned with politics to find out how to re-engage them. This is a great talk by Erica Williams on the youth perception of politics in the US. She argues that the problem isnt with young people, it's with politcs itself. she argues it needs to be re-defined to become accessible. She believes 'politics', politicians and the older generations need to adopt a younger mentality, embrace new trends and technologies to break through.

Student Set project

I'm currently in the first week of a 5 week student set project,. The brief I have set myself is to try and re-engage young Brittish people with politics through design. I feel that if more young people engage with politics we can better understand and act upon the issues of today and realise the potential of the future. I shall post my progress on this project regularly.