Museums and industry

Justin Magee and Clare Mulholland, who lead the Future Island-Island, Green Transition Ecosystem speak with Liz Thornhill, Head of Research Programme at Future Observatory

The Sheffield Design Lab took place in November 2025, as part of Future Observatory and Dark Matter Labs ’ UK 2040 programme . The lab explored how a situated design studio-like process might shed

What do we mean by ‘abundance’? Surely not just more stuff, more growth, more profit. Enough already, already enough. Reimagining abundance within planetary boundaries means finding plenty in repair,

Liz Thornhill, Head of Research Programme at Future Observatory, interviews Public Map Platform, one of our Green Transition Ecosystem projects.

Future Observatory and the Design Museum are excited to announce a new cohort of Design Researchers in Residence who will spend the next eight months developing research projects that respond to the

We are pleased to share an upcoming funding opportunity for researchers interested in exploring how design-led interventions and arts and humanities methodologies can contribute to the green

Earlier this week I along with other colleagues from across AHRC spent two inspiring days at World Design Congress which this year was hosted by the Design Council in London. Uniting under the Design

In this interview, architectural designer Kaye Song discusses the ethos and process behind her design for the Design Researchers in Residence: Artificial display.

In this interview, Jo Patterson discusses leading a project that broadens the scope of improvements to housing beyond retrofitting.

Applications are now open to join the next cohort of Design Researchers in Residence with proposals responding to the theme of 'Mineral'.

The irony of calling our age the ‘Anthropocene’ is that, in acknowledging the awesome power of humans, we place ourselves at the centre of things just when we should be doing the opposite.

A few years ago, I founded an initiative that I called More-Than-Human Life (MOTH) . Co-organized with colleagues at NYU School of Law, the project brings together lawyers, scientists, Indigenous

Former Designer in Residence, Mále Uribe, designs Chilean pavilion at London Design Biennial 2025

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg shares her research progress in this article as she explains her ongoing living artwork, Pollinator Pathmaker and the development of a large-scale tapestry, which has emerged