In this keynote, Benjamin Moser — Curator and Director of Design Prize Switzerland — explores how curiosity can transform not only design outcomes but the very culture in which design happens. He shares how the national competition is reinventing itself as a space for reflection, experimentation, and collective imagination through new initiatives such as Long Valley Island, a retreat-like gathering that brings designers offline to reconnect with intuition, community and purpose. Moser outlines how this shift — from showcasing to sense-making — can open new pathways for innovation and redefine the future role of design in society 

Curiosity Questions to be addressed: 

• How might going offline — together — unlock forms of innovation that constant connectivity prevents?

• What happens when a design prize becomes a lived experience rather than an award ceremony?

• How can curiosity help us design new rituals that slow us down and reconnect us to meaning?

• Can curiosity shift design culture from competition to contribution — and what would that change?

• What new collaborations emerge when an entire design community meets to reflect rather than to present?