James specializes in people and planet-centred design, having spent the last 9 years designing new products, systems, and services within the climate tech sector across start-up, venture builder, and
Ian Banks is a sole practitioner architect, public art consultant, and writer on public realm. As director of architecture + art collaborative Atoll, he specializes in private housing but partners on
Alisha is committed to ‘designing equity in cities of the future’. A Design Council Expert, Green Builder, Entrepreneur, Design Review Panel member for Croydon and Lewisham; Alisha founded Black
Meaghan Kombol is a landscape architect and lead green infrastructure design advisor in the Department for Education’s design team, where she provides advice on sustainable practice in the outdoor
Ling Tan is a distinguished designer, artist, and creative technologist known for her work on social engagement, urban data science, and environmental politics. Trained as an architect, her work
Dr. Ruth Lang is an architect, researcher, writer, and curator. Her work explores the relationship between bureaucracy and creativity in architectural practice with the aim of better understanding
As part of the 2021 Design Economy we developed a framework for designers and commissioners to identify and assess the wider social, environmental and democratic impacts of their work.
Anouska is a regenerative design and futures specialist. She helps organisations, cities and communities explore solutions (designs, services, systems, strategies) that restore ecological, social and