‘We all have a stake in biodiversity’
An interview with Nick Dunn and Rupert Griffiths, Lancaster University
Leilah Hirson-Comley
Future Observatory Journal launches with issue on bioregioning
“If ever there was a time to consider alternative ways of building a future, it is now. What we do this decade will shape the rest of the century. But what if, rather than fetishising innovation, what
Author:
Justin McGuirk
Nine new biodiversity research projects join the Design Exchange Partnerships programme
Supporting biodiversity is becoming an increasingly urgent focus of design research practice. With many ecosystems and species in decline, human interdependence on natural systems is ever more
“Learning from each other”
At the end of November, we held a forum for the researchers and academic partners on our Design Exchange Partnership and Design Accelerator programmes. Marking the end of both cohorts’ research
Author:
Leilah Hirson-Comley
‘A good poem can take you to places you are not expecting’
Design Exchange Partnerships bring design researchers together with non-academic organisations, such as businesses, NGOs or local councils, in strategic partnerships capable of addressing green
Liesl Maria Bragança
‘You can fit the tools you need to make a stone beam in a suitcase’
Over 30% of global carbon emissions are produced by construction. To meet national and international climate targets, the UK therefore needs to radically rethink the materials with which it builds.
Leilah Hirson-Comley
‘Games are well suited for tackling complex problems’
Game Changing, a Design Accelerator led by Swansea University, explores the potential of co-designing games for increasing understanding of climate change.
Leilah Hirson-Comley
Questions of Scale: reflecting on our first symposium
“The first question any design researcher with an innovative idea encounters is, how do you scale that up?”