Vanessa Feri had been invited as a speaker to present her MA thesis from 2022 about the reuse of roof tiles and her current PhD research among Swiss architect's practices related to reuse. At the intersection between design, architecture and anthropology, Vanessa Feri highlights the importance of long-term ethnography, collaboration and storytelling in research as well as in the ideation and implementation of solutions. The following panel discussion debated the major design challenges of our time and how designers can act as change agents.