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Design Researchers in Residence: Mineral
A free display of new design research, responding to the climate crisis.
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Publication: Design Researchers in Residence 2025/26 MINERAL
This publication features the work of the 2025/26 Design Researchers in Residence. It accompanies an exhibition staged at the Design Museum from June to September 2026. This year's theme, Mineral,
Authors:
Alfred Yatlong Yeung, Elise Limon, Rafael El Baz, Rosa Whiteley, Abbie Adams & Leilah Hirson-Comley
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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Research updates
Weaving Voices into Place
Tools for Transition
Combing the digital coastline
Tools for Transition
South Powys Design Lab
UK 2040
What does the world sound like to a tree?
An interview with Mike Thompson
Future Observatory Journal
Issue Nº3: In Abundance
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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