We create an exhibition of waste resources for FutureBuild

'Sole Searching' explores elevating the social and cultural value of waste

Community21 creates an 'urban room' for Brighton

British Council programme funds phase two of our collaborative community maker-space with Dreamcatcher Foundation

We use recycling to support health and well-being in a care-home garden.

A mini festival of collaborative making exploring design & localism and 'making' community culture. #Crafting communities.

Ellen MacArthur and British Council co-learning programme with creatives from 10 African Countries

Buildings as materials stores and material stories. Community21 map city resources for EU social housing project.

Engaging young people in local politics and neighbourhood planning using accessible technology.

This former bus depot is turned into hub for social and sustainable development.

Community21 team help create the famous house made from waste.

This community clean up project from 2011 with The Marine Conservation Society looks at people, pollution, plastics, provence, product and place.

Promoting intergenerational exchange and engagement with the natural environment through co-designed and sustainable recreational spaces.

Intergenerational envisioning of the future village by remembering the past.

Using waste and remote internet co-learning to empower sustainable development in developing communities in South Africa and Asia.

Exploring our social and cultural relationships to products and extending their lifespans.

We develop a COVID response project supporting well-being in care workers for Public Health.

Exploring cultural value of collaborative material compositions

Networking communities and networks locally, regionally, nationally and internationally

We present waste materials research to fashion and sportswear industry

Pioneering technology we launched with Philips and Perspex in 1999 promotes ultra energy efficiency

This body of industrial product design work from 1999-2002 focuses on energy and production efficiency of plastics.

Information experience space asks industrial community what are the models for sustainable design.

Stakeholder engagement and mapping workshop for Brighton and Hove City Council policy teams.

Co-designing innovative engagement tools for The National Collaborative Outreach Programme

This AHRC funded workshop brings healthcare practitioners, makers from academic and practice fields

Paper thin buildings: Origami geo-dome cold-formed from 100% recycled plastics

Co-making products to promote diverse publics of the community pub.

Diversifying access to higher education whilst exploring personal identity through fashion.

Engaging the public in urban nature and wildlife in the city centre!

Co-producing tools for promoting resilience and well-being in young people with complex needs

How to get a community more energy resilient?

This project led by local volunteers and community practitioners, uses Community21 to map energy assets and resources and visualisation tools to help build trust and educate local people about green energy solutions and resilience.

Engaging industry on a village green at London Design Festival.