Archives: Events
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London Design Festival 2025: What if?
Start date: 13 September 2025End date: 20 September 2025More info An installation exploring place and possibilities. This September the Kingston Society is starting a conversation “What If? A seven-day public installation designed to spark ideas about how we shape the place we live in. What If? reimagines the space as a temporary Kingston Urban Room.…
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ANFA: Seventh Biennial Neuroscience for Architecture Conference
Start date: 18 September 2025End date: 20 September 2025More info Neuroscience for Architecture: Research in Motion reflects ANFA’s commitment to advancing a dynamic, interdisciplinary field that is constantly evolving in response to urgent global challenges. This year’s conference will spotlight timely themes, Climate Change and Sustainable Design, Inclusive Design and Neurodivergence, Health and Well-being, Technology,…
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Implementing the urban mobility transition: Aligning EU ambition with local delivery
Date: 24 September 2025More info This event will bring together policymakers, cities, innovators, and industry experts to explore how the EU’s ambitious urban mobility goals can be translated into real-world action. This dialogue will focus on the key enabling conditions, partnerships, and governance models necessary to scale up sustainable and competitive mobility solutions, addressing critical areas…
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Roadkill: Unveiling the true cost of our toxic relationship with cars
Date: 9 October 2025More info Roadkill: Unveiling the True Cost of Our Toxic Relationship with Cars, by Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay, discusses the philosophical implications of car culture, as well as the practical impacts it has on your money, your taxes, your neighborhood, your planet, your health, and your happiness. The car has been marketed as a…
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Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero
Date: 8 October 2025More info As the urgency to reach net zero intensifies, so does the need to design environments that also protect and improve public health. The built environment has a critical role to play in delivering both. To mark its 60th anniversary, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE) is convening leading…
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SEGD Vancouver Chapter | Typography and Place Webinar
Date: 28 August 2025More info Designing inclusive letterforms for wayfinding, exhibitions, and public spaces. Join SEGD Vancouver for an engaging webinar with Eleni Beveratou, Creative Director at Dalton Maag, as we explore typography design for the built environment. From wayfinding systems and public spaces to exhibition graphics and identity programs, typography shapes how we navigate,…
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Liveable Streets: Rethinking Urban Space with the Woonerf Concept
Date: 30 July 2025More info As cities across the world rethink their approach to public space, the concept of woonerf ( streets designed for people, not cars) offers a powerful vision for the future of urban life. But how do we actually design liveable streets? And what lessons can we draw from real-world experiments? In…
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World Design Congress: Programme deep-dive
Date: 6 August 2025More info For the first time in 59 years, the Design Council and World Design Organization (WDO) are bringing this global event to London. They’ll dive into design’s power to create a regenerative future, connecting with global leaders and learning cutting-edge strategies to design for planet. This hour-long webinar gives you the opportunity to get a…
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Letterform Archive: Collections Tour (Intro to the Archive)
Date: 22 August 2025More info Explore and interact with a curated selection of books, periodicals, posters, sketches, original art, and related ephemera that chronicle the history of written communications. From the invention of writing and medieval manuscripts to the advent of print and the proliferation of digital type, our collection illuminates humankind’s ongoing engagement with…
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A for Akshar: India Through Its Letterforms
Date: 7 August 2025More info Explore a facet of Letterform Archive’s vast collection with this online, docent-led tour. This is an online tour celebrating the visual and linguistic diversity of India through its rich typographic heritage. From palm leaf manuscripts and multilingual movie posters to vintage type specimens and everyday ephemera, the tour showcases how…