VF is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies. It has a diverse portfolio of iconic lifestyle brands including Vans, The North Face, Timberland, Napapijri, Eastpak and many more. For 2019, VF approached The Design Laboratory to curate, manage, coordinate and deliver their Design Summit 2019. The summit focused on sustainability, vision and process, relating to innovation and product. For the Design Summit 2019 we curated speakers, organised visits and ran insights and ideation workshops. We took the creative leaders through an inspirational journey of discovery, as we believe that curiosity feeds creativity and innovation.The outcome of this week-long exercise is a defined change of strategy for the entire group to become planet positive by 2030.