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Sculptural tableware embodies circular design principles to minimise waste URGE's Alexie Sommer has led a creative exploration into 'circular making' with Quentin Delion from Studio Delion. The Useful Totem collection of sculptural tableware pieces, that embody circular design principles, launches at Material Matters during London Design

URGE Collective worked with Wellcome Collection to carry out a retrospective environmental audit of Thirst: In Search of Freshwater. The project assessed the environmental impacts of the exhibition, identified the main sources of impact, and developed practical recommendations for future exhibitions. THIRST ran June 2025 – February 2026 over 189 days.

With the sprint underway, we share how URGE's Design Skills for Embedding Circularity programme is guiding designers from waste-site floors to real-world circular interventions.

A landmark intelligence report linking ecosystem collapse to UK food and national security appeared this year after a Freedom of Information battle. Most people missed it, but creatives need to read it and act on it.

Designers emit roughly 3x more digital carbon per hour than standard footprinting assumes. URGE used a model to find out why and what creatives at every level can do about it.

Design Skills for Embedding Circularity has officially been announced: designers learn from waste-site visits and expert sessions, then tackle end-of-life in a June sprint. URGE needs you.

Green Grads returns to the Surface Design Show with double the stand space and 14 graduates presenting work across materials, furniture, textiles, ceramics, and glazes.

Try a guiding word, a “zero” constraint, 1% daily improvements, a non-resolution or waiting to Spring. Plus approaches and 100+ climate actions to steal from for an inspired and focused 2026.

URGE is helping deliver Design Skills for Embedding Circularity through 2026: designers learn from waste-site visits and expert sessions, then tackle end-of-life in a June sprint. Partners wanted to bring a live challenge, leave with actionable concepts.