Nick Gant is an award-winning designer and published researcher whose consultancy and research impacts on global, industrial companies as well as governing bodies and civic communities in the UK and overseas. He has developed approaches to social and sustainable design and material innovation research and practice over twenty years working within the elevation of the value and acceptability of waste materials and circular economies in fashion, design, the built environment and contemporary culture.

Nick is mentoring the 10 participants providing ongoing support and networking for their design challenge proposals.

Nick's design work has led to innovation and policy change in a number of partner organisations and has been invited to present research to The House of Lords, The Department of Communities and Local Government, The Cabinet Office and The Rural Commission. He is a research mentor at The University of Brighton and teaches across art, design and environment programmes. He co-wrote the acclaimed MA in Sustainable Design.