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Dec 16, 2024

November 2024

Future Innovations and Trends

URGE co-founder Sophie Thomas reflects on her chapter in the book MATERIALS: An Environmental Primer (published by RIBA), exploring the urgent need for…

Nov 18, 2024

This November,

from Design Council's Design for Planet to Green Grads at Yorkton Workshops, Design Declares, and more, this month is packed with events to discover…

Nov 4, 2024

October 2024

Media Ecology

URGE co-founder Federico Gaggio investigates the field, considering how media contribute to the crises we face, and what a healthy Media Ecology may…

Oct 21, 2024

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From film screenings, to Design for Planet ... are you ready for a full calendar of events for the final quarter of 2024?

World Circular Textiles Day 2024

Oct 7, 2024

September 2024

Hopeful Activism Meets Long-Term Thinking: Reflections from URGE’s Equinox Festival Panel.

Plus Design Declares and Disrupt Design are seeking expressions of interest for their workshop on Circular & EcoDesign and will you join SAS in their…

Sep 23, 2024

We at URGE are thrilled to be hosting a panel on 'Hopeful Activism' at Equinox in Wasing. This event promises to inspire and engage as we…

As September unfolds, the anticipation for the London Design Festival builds, bringing with it an exciting array of events across the city...

Sep 9, 2024

July 2024

What does a Global Plastics Treaty look like?

The United Nations Environmental Assembly will congregate for their final negotiations on the legally-binding plastics treaty this November, + this week…

Jul 29, 2024

Urgent action is needed to get on track for the UK's 2030 target

The 2024 report released last week by the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) warns the incoming government that the UK is currently not on track to hit…

Jul 22, 2024

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The Design Council have announced their Design Experts, a network of design pioneers who will help them deliver advice and programmes over…

Plus, S.A.S have a message for the new government, and what if the climate transition and retrofit of our homes and streets were designed, owned and…

Jul 8, 2024

We were invited to join one of the teams for the British Museum Western Range competition, funded by BP. We declined to participate. Here is…

Read our open letter to Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the British Museum.

Jul 1, 2024

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June 2024

A review of the first IRL Design Declares event at Yorkton Workshops.

plus Think Global and Act Local for World Localization Day, and the Creative Mentor Network are seeking their next Chair of Trustees.

Jun 24, 2024