During 4 days of non-stop design discussions from 17th to 20th October, close to 2000 people from several walks of design and the world, huddled together in the busy precincts of bHotel/b Fairmont and surrounding areas in the bay area of San- Francisco. ... futurist thinkers like Paul Saffo and Bruce Sterling, upcoming American designer Yves Behar and other usual suspects like Philips's chief designer Stephano bMarzano/b etc. all spoke at length on design and future of design. ...