The Sustainable Design Discussion board – a one-day interactive occasion designed particularly for office designers and specifiers – is returning to the Crypt on the Inexperienced in Clerkenwell, London for its third yr on Thursday twenty fifth April 2025. With a concentrate on ‘Folks and Planet’, this yr’s occasion has been expanded to incorporate further office subjects.
The ’doyenne’ of inclusive design, HOK’s Kay Sargent, has chosen the Discussion board to be the venue for the launch of her new e book and analysis on Neuro-inclusion. Her discuss will likely be a part of the schedule of displays and panel discussions from the 30+ SDC members, together with Asif Din, from Perkins & Will; TP Bennett’s Lucy Bagshaw; Lydia Randall from BDG; M Moser’s Sam Allen and Gurvinder Khurana to call just a few.
This yr’s Discussion board is designed to be extra interactive than earlier iterations. The afternoon’s actions will embody workshops protecting key subjects comparable to ‘decarbonising your provide chain’; ‘designing for wellbeing’; materials selections: recycled, renewable, biomaterials, chemical content material plus end-of-life issues; in addition to maximising reuse.
Following the workshops, there will likely be a collection of ‘pace relationship’ type spherical tables offering the chance for guests to have focussed discussions with SDC members.
Curated by designers for designers, the occasion is hosted by SDC – the Sustainable Design Collective. Shaped in 2022, the Collective is a assume tank’ group of over 30 main designers and specifiers dedicated to performing throughout the office design neighborhood to establish developments and ‘finest follow’ referring to sustainability.
The principal ambition for the day is to supply a chance for designers to be taught and trade concepts and to offer a special strategy to ‘normal’ trade exhibitions and occasions. Producers and suppliers of furnishings, flooring, new supplies, fittings and finishes in addition to reuse operations and IT providers may also host dialogue tables.
“This yr’s occasion will supply a very totally different strategy providing better alternatives for interplay and information sharing,” explains Harsha Kotak, worldwide office designer, UK Design Council Board member, and co-founder of SDC – the Sustainable Design Collective. “We’re additionally excited to announce that BDP and M Moser and Associates will likely be a headline A&D sponsors.”
The day will conclude with the Sustainable Design Awards. Free to enter, the Awards are designed to champion ‘finest follow’ and spotlight improvements resulting in better sustainability throughout the workplace office sector.
For additional data – https://thesustainabledesigncollective.co.uk/discussion board/
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