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Six sources of fresh thinking about familiar materials

Discover essential material selection resources for your future projects, including guides, databases, tools, examples, and more.

Three things the Design Economy research tells us about design for impact in 2025

URGE goes behind the headlines to find out more about the challenges associated with green skills, impact measurement and carbon tunnel vision.

How believing - and not believing - can sustain your climate work

URGE member Bengt Cousins-Jenvey on the mindset of staying hopeful about the future while staying critical about making it a reality.

Selected futurebuild talks + two evening events this week

A week of events in London and in-person. Time to go offline and meet new collaborators.

Six events to find or fund your big idea

If you need inspiration or investment to do something new in 2025, one of these free events could be for you.

New year, new editor

Bengt Cousins-Jenvey takes over from Ella Doran as editor of the URGE newsletter. He revisits past editions and asks for feedback from readers.

Putting Basque Design on the map.

URGE co-founder Alexie Sommer explores Alki's new state-of-the-art workshop in Northern Pays Basque, showcasing its fusion of high design, sustainability, and artisanal craftsmanship.

Newsletter  | Jan 06, 2025
Happy New Year!

As we step into the second week of a brand new year, we want to extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to our URGE community. We hope that you’ve had a restful break and a smooth transition into 2025. To warm up for the year ahead, we share some

Are we on the cusp of an epochal shift?

URGE co-founder Michael Pawlyn explores how shifting human worldviews can foster an epochal transformation to address planetary crises, advocating for systemic changes beyond conventional models.

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