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Prototype Grants Webinar
Register for our 20 May webinar – and bring your questions
Upcoming Event 25 June
Building Resilience: Demonstrators for a Changing Climate – join us for a day of talks on low-carbon housing and climate resilience. Get your ticket.
The Stone Demonstrator
A low-carbon construction prototype putting pre-tensioned stone building techniques to the test. Visit The Stone Demonstrator at Empress Place on the Earls Court Development site.
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On display at the Design Museum
Tools for Transition brings together four UK research projects driving change across housing, healthcare, local planning and resource management. Free to visit.
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Future Observatory Journal
Issue Nº3: In Abundance
A new grant for prototype development and second-stage design research in more sustainable supply chains
UK 2040: A design-led enquiry into how to address the UK’s systemic challenges over the coming decade
Research updates
‘A blueprint for circular systems’
An interview with Justin Magee and Clare Mulholland
Roundtables and themes
UK 2040
Combing the digital coastline
Tools for Transition
Weaving Voices into Place
Tools for Transition
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Open call: Design Ecosystem Fellowships
Future Observatory has today launched its first open call for researchers to apply for our Design Ecosystem Fellowships programme.
Questions of Scale: Economy and Ecology
We’re delighted to invite you to our very first public event, Questions of Scale, a symposium hosted at the Design Museum on 10 February.
Welcome to Future Observatory
Future Observatory is a new national programme for design research supporting the UK’s response to the climate crisis.
meet the future observatory network
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