Design Meets Insight - Ep 3: The Power of Public Art

Shaping our individual and collective identities.

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For this episode on public art, we’ve brought together Leyla Fakhr and Lee Bofkin, who come from very different art backgrounds but who are both equally passionate about the power of art to bring people together and enrich our lives. They discuss creating art for the built environment, what we mean by ‘community engagement’, and the role of art in shaping our individual and collective identities.

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Leyla Fakhr works as a curator, producer and advisor. She is the founder and director of Art Square Projects, an agency that develops contemporary art projects and commissions with special focus on diversity within Public Art.

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Dr. Lee Bofkin is the co-founder of Global Street Art, a leading multi-channel platform dedicated to supporting street art and artists. Global Street Art’s Agency is the UK’s leading supplier of Hand-Painted Advertising (HPA), winning several Cannes Lions and Drum OOH awards.

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Design Meets Insight is hosted by Namrata Krishna, Design Strategy Lead at Heta. This episode is guest curated by Nicky Wightman, Director of Emerging Trends at global real estate business Savills. The podcast is edited by Jon Mardlin. Original illustrations for each episode by Lorraine Chan.

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We’d love to hear from you, so please get in touch at studio@hetaarchitects.com, or find us on LinkedIn at

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Linkedin: Namrata Krishna

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Linkedin: Nicky Wightman

'I think we need to inject ourselves with culture – permanently – because it ignites so many different senses in us that contribute so much to our lives and [let us] live in a better way.'

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