Utrecht, Netherlands + Norwich, UK
Director of the Institute for Sustainable Worlds, Norwich University of the Arts ⦿ design—imagination—climate—futures ⦿ Imaginaries Lab ⦿ http://newmetaphors.com ⦿ he/him
Utrecht, Netherlands + Norwich, UK
Director of the Institute for Sustainable Worlds, Norwich University of the Arts ⦿ design—imagination—climate—futures ⦿ Imaginaries Lab ⦿ http://newmetaphors.com ⦿ he/him
My first Wordpress blog post was 20 years ago today https://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2005/11/16/welcome/#more-2
That blog—boosted by links from sites such as BoingBoing (thanks @pluralistic !) led to so many opportunities, a PhD, a job in the US, basically my whole career in academia.
Join us online on Wed 22 Oct for 'Creative Futures in Education'. We have three amazing speakers: educator-researchers engaging with #futures:
↠ Grace Turtle (Monstrous Futurities, Sandberg Inst)
↠ Christian Petersen (Norwich University of the Arts)
↠ shobhan s (Purdue University & slowstudio)
All welcome! Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-sustainable-worlds-tickets-1794840108079 (choose "Please select this ticket type if you are a member of the Norwich alumni community or an industry partner")
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it); and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/our-friend-the-electron/
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If you're in #Utrecht, come along on Friday 26 September for the launch of the Library for Transformative Play @utrechtuniversity —
Play with materials and methods designed to help you…
- Surface worldviews
- Facilitate collective imagination
- Stay with the trouble
- Unmake systems
- Embrace ambiguity
… in settings ranging from classrooms to societal dialogues.
More info / register: https://unusualcollaborations.ewuu.nl/agenda/playing-with-the-trouble-library-launch/
26/09/25, 12:00–14:00
The Playground, Vening Meinesz C Building
Utrecht University
What are the “growing pains” of designing for sustainability and transitions?
Our "Troubling Transitions" track for Design Research Society #DRS2026 in Edinburgh (8-12 June 2026) is open and we'd really welcome your perspectives https://drs2026.thedrs.org/10-2-troubling-transitions
Abstracts: 31 Oct; papers: 14 Nov