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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.
Future Observatory Journal
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Future Observatory Journal: New Narratives for Design, Ecology and a Future weaves the journal’s founding themes – Bioregioning, More Than Human, and In Abundance – into a cohesive and richly layered publication.
Issues 1–3 ·
September
2026
In Abundance
What do we mean by 'abundance'? Surely not just more stuff, more growth, more profit.
Reimagining abundance within planetary boundaries means finding plenty in repair, circularity and biodiversity.
Issue 3 ·
December
2025
More than Human
What does it mean to design not just for ourselves, but for other species and for the health of natural systems?
Issue 2 ·
November
2024
Bioregioning
Bioregioning redraws the boundaries of climate action, using the immediate landscape as a template for design, politics and regeneration.
Issue 1 ·
April
2024
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Low carbon housing research
Exploring the materials and methods of low-carbon construction
Prototype Grants
Prototype development in sustainable supply chains
Research updates
What does the world sound like to a tree?
An interview with Mike Thompson
Weaving Voices into Place
Tools for Transition
South Powys Design Lab
UK 2040
Combing the digital coastline
Tools for Transition
Climate Clock installed at the Design Museum
First seen trawling the streets of Glasgow alongside protestors at COP26, the Climate Clock is making its Design Museum debut with Future Observatory.
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?”
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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