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Date: 12 November 2025More info Unlike outdoors, where GPS has dominated the positioning market, the challenges of the noisy indoor environment and a large number of diverse use cases have led to a shared technological space. The need for high availability and accuracy usually needs to be traded off with the need for detailed surveys,…

Date: 22 October 2025More info Tristan Gooley will be In Conversation with Dr Colette Jeffrey, Chair of the RIN’s Outdoor Adventure Navigation group. They will discuss some of his extraordinary outdoor adventures, find out how he navigated using nature and any other technology. If you have any questions you would like to ask Tristan, please…

Start date: 5 June 2025End date: 29 June 2025More info London Design Biennale returns to Somerset House this June for its 5th edition, showcasing world-leading design, innovation, creativity and research by exhibitors from across the globe. The three-week international exhibition features curated installations accompanied by a programme of events, thought-leadership talks, performances and workshops. This…

Date: 17 July 2025More info While placemaking often emphasizes the role that public spaces play in supporting community well-being, the public realm is also a vital place of politics. From publicly-owned spaces, where freedom of speech and assembly are protected rights, to privately-owned third places where critical civic actions take place—like the lunch counter protests…

Start date: 15 July 2025End date: 17 July 2025More info For all abilities. Get your hands inky with tutor Mick Clayton, a compositor and printer with over 40 years’ experience working in the print trade both in and around the legendary Fleet Street. During this course students will examine the processes and application needed to…

Date: 12 June 2025More info We are glad to have as the fifth 2025 Keynote Lecturer Helle Søholt, the driving force behind Gehl’s 25-year journey delivering people-first urban development the world over. From San Francisco’s Market Street to Shanghai’s Huangpu Waterfront to Sydney’s George Street, Helle has ensured an eye-level, human-scale touch to many public…

Date: 4 June 2025More info When commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation, Woodstock, Hip Hop, or the Solar System, what typography or lettering should one use? Antonio Alcalá, art director for the USPS Stamp Development program, will discuss choices he made for these and other contemporary stamps. [Tickets cost $49.87 including the booking fee. Buy your ticket(s).]

Start date: 14 July 2025End date: 15 July 2025More info Join us for a talk by Anežka Minaříková on the making of Clara Istlerová: A Life Among Letters (Inventory Press, 2025), the first English-language publication dedicated to Czech graphic designer Clara Istlerová (b. 1944). A pioneering figure in Czech graphic design, Istlerová is celebrated for her distinctive…

Date: 13 September 2025More info Try your hand (or hone your skills) at carving stone. All materials and tools supplied – and you can take your stone home with you. Carve your own design into a slab of stone, under the guidance of the amazingly talented Neil Luxton (creator of many wonderful monuments and headstones…

Date: 4 June 2025More info This research seminar, hosted by the Urban Mobility Research Cluster at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, features a presentation by Prof. Enrica Papa (University of Westminster) on the concept of commoning accessibility, a novel approach that redefines accessibility not as an individual condition or a technical outcome, but as…