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A creative industries collective dedicated to system change

Sep 08, 2026
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Useful Totem: an exploration into circular making
Case Studies  | Sep 08, 2026
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Environmental audit of Wellcome Collection's THIRST exhibition
Newsletter  | May 29, 2026
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DSfEC Sprint to Design Out Waste
Newsletter  | Mar 18, 2026
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ICYMI: the must-read intelligence report released under FOI
Newsletter  | Mar 03, 2026
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Design has a digital carbon footprint that all creatives can address
Newsletter  | Feb 13, 2026
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CIWM partners with URGE to deliver design skills pilot programme

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The MENAT exhibition design guide launched last week, crafted collaboratively by URGE, Art Jameel, and partners.

And upcoming events; the V&A Make Good Symposium 2024 and The World Around & Future Observatory's In Focus, continue the conversations on the impacts of climate change on design and architecture...

'Materials: An Environmental Primer', a new book published by RIBA

Plus, Carbon Brief cover a new study that demonstrates a near-universal global public support for climate action, and Prototypes for Humanity have launched their call for entries for 2024...

an opinion piece published by the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore, where she lives.

The award-winning Deep Time Walk is a ground-breaking tool enabling anyone, anywhere to take a walking audio history of our planet.

Step back in time and experience Earth's history like never before, & join Interior Design Declares at Futurebuild this March, they'll be running design clinics sharing advice & knowledge at the show.

'heat the person not the space' Mat Zero are on a mission to provide sustainable heating to refugees...

Meanwhile, the Surface Design Show, reveals the theme for 2024 - to design responsibly; emphasising zero-waste manufacturing and sustainable alternatives to protect the planet.

Seven Circular Logics by John Grant

From data driven decision making to keeping products in circulation, read URGE Founder members thought piece below, and the Design Council are recruiting new Design experts, can you help?

URGE founder member Sophie Thomas creates new work with glass artist Louis Thompson for a major exhibition exploring the art and industry of glass in the UK.

And from finance to food; discover Beetcoin, the global grassroots movement championing organic farms, a call from Guy Singh-Watson to save British farms, and listen to The Great Simplification...

Every Street a Power Station

As we power up for the new year... take a look at the Crowdfunder of Every Street a Power Station.

Design for the end, not just the start

Joe Macleod's Endineering course helps designers think about how and why our relationships with our products need good endings

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