Anna serves as an Associate Professor of Engineering Design at the University of Bath. With a foundation in Systems Engineering and a passion for design-led solutions, Anna's career encompasses an
Lynne is an experienced sustainable built environment and corporate sustainability technical expert. Her current role is Director of Environmental Sustainability at Hertfordshire County Council, a
Phillippa is a leading practitioner and educator in user research, design and innovation with 20 years experience. She founded Current Works in 2015 enabling people-centred and purpose-driven
Chris is an architect and designer based in London. He is the director of Hildrey Studio and the founder of ProxyAddress, a social enterprise providing those facing homelessness with stable address
Gurmit Singh Shakhon is the CEO and Founder of Bros&Co, a practitioner-led design organization dedicated to driving sustainable and customer-centric innovations. As an Honorary Fellow at Brunel
In 2020-2021, we partnered with Centre for Digital Built Britain to question, 'How can digital skills be better integrated into design education for places?'
Dan is an architect and co-founder of the architecture practice Civic (2005). Dan has provided professional design services and strategic enabling advice as an architect working with community groups
Between 2015 and 2019, Design council ran Spark - a product innovation and fund. This helped some of the UK's most promising entrepreneurs to fast-track their products to market.
Sophie has been a campaigner and leader in sustainable and circular design for nearly 30 years. Her passion for garbology (exploring human behaviours by digging in the rubbish) and belief that waste
As the Co-founder & CEO of Post Carbon Lab, a biotech company developing sustainable microbial colouration for the textile industry, Dian-Jen Lin is also an advocate for climate positivity and
