URGE is leading a panel session at the Material Matters Fair at London’s Bargehouse on September 24 at 3pm. Running as part of London Design Festival, the Material Matters Fair “brings together over 40 world-leading brands, designers, makers and organisations to celebrate the importance of materials and their ability to shape our lives”. As part of our URGE-X content series, we are running a panel on the theme of Repair, Restore, Recycle, looking at radical new approaches to circular design and systems in fashion and textiles. Our speakers will be Ross Barry, co-founder of Reskinned, which helps people and brands ‘rehome’ unwanted clothing; Ella Doran, designer and co-founder of URGE; Professor Rebecca Earley, co-founder/director of the Centre for Circular Design, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London and Layla Sargent, founder and CEO of alterations and repairs start-up The Seam. Details and tickets here

Charity the Reuse Network has published new official guidance on the repair and reuse of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, designed to make it easier for companies and e-waste specialists ensure old electrical equipment is reused. Fit for Reuse will “provide reuse operators with nationally standardised advice on how to collect, handle, process, test and repair electrical and electronic equipment,” reports Business Green. More here

The UK Green Building Council has launched a new series of Collaboration Cafés events targeted at designers and technical advisors “to knowledge-share about the practicalities, implications, and challenges of becoming net zero businesses”. The first will be on 22 September and will follow the World Café Method of conversation in small rotating groups. Details here

The Solar Biennale is a seven-week long event in Rotterdam and online where scientists and designers will come together to discuss a solar-powered future. Its creators, designers Marjan van Aubel and Pauline van Dongen, promise the event will counterbalance “the prevailing technological and economic viewpoints on solar energy” and instead focus on the human angle on a solar-powered world. It kicks off with the Solar Seminar, exploring “solar futures built on the power of design, what these futures look like and how to make them a reality”. Details here

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