Dark Design, Future Cities, More-than-Human Design, Night Studies, Urban Design
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Nick Dunn is Professor of Urban Design and Executive Director of Imagination, the design and architecture research lab at Lancaster University. Nick’s work examines the ways we think, envision and analyse the futures of people, places, and planet. His research has been funded by numerous research councils and government bodies. Nick is the founding Director of the Dark Design Lab, exploring the impacts of nocturnal activity on humans and non-humans. He is also an Ambassador for the Design Council and a Director of DarkSky UK. Nick has authored numerous books, journal articles, and commissioned reports. His expertise on cities, design, futures, health, and darkness have led to curated exhibitions and invited talks at public festivals and conferences around the world.
Report by Nigel Thompson, 15 March 2024
Report by Nigel Thompson, 8 March 2024
Publication day
Justin McGuirk, Director Future Observatory and Chief Curator, Design Museum
Author: George Kafka, Future Observatory Curator
How can we all play a part in climate action?
Professor Nick Dunn has been appointed to the Design Code Pathfinders Programme Expert Panel for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Adapting Together symposium and workshop - call for EOIs
22nd November 2022, LICA Building, Lancaster University from 10am - 1pm
Flourishing Organisations - 20th May 2021
Professor Nick Dunn appointed as an Ambassador to the Design Council
ImaginationLancaster Design Summit
ImaginationLancaster Design Summit: Flourish Together
an online film premiere to rival any blockbuster movie
ImaginationLancaster Design Summit Series 2021
The launch of a series of new short films which capture the essence of the spirit of Imagination
Official custodian of night skies for future generations
On Site and Collecting Data
As a result of a 3-day Communication Symposium held in March 2017 in Lancaster, Liveable Cities has produced a series of informative videos.
Nick Dunn invited as keynote speaker at international festival in Brussels
Birmingham City Council creating 'bottom-up' natural capital plan using design methods
Rachel Cooper and Christopher Boyko received the Best Paper Award 2016 in Urban Design and Planning journal
This is an open call for proposals from artists on the theme of Mobile Utopia 1851-2051
Join us for our next Skype Session about ecosystem services in cities
Have some interesting stories about sharing? Live in the Moseley and King's Heath area of Birmingham? If so, come to our workshop and share
Researchers are collecting data on the condition of built environment features within different neighbourhoods
Interested in making cities more liveable? Have a background in urban design, architecture or design management? This job might be for you!
This year’s theme is Better by Design: Environment, Society & Self and we are delighted to welcome two leading experts in their fields to speak on this topic
Lancaster Sharing City Workshop pushes the boundaries on what sharing means in cities
Imagination Lancaster hosts 'open ideas' day to generate future visions for the North
Register now for your chance to participate in the debate on the economic future of the North
Come along to our fully funded Services in the City (Open Data) Design Jam on Tuesday 3rd of June 2014
A ground-breaking new Masters programme from Lancaster University gives students the opportunity to work on high-impact business projects that develop collaboration between UK and Chinese SMEs
Contrasting perspectives on Co-Design from the industrial heartlands of Germany to the vibrant new landscape of Cape Town, World Design Capital
Exploring the values and implications of co-design approaches at the PROUD Forum
Discover the power of open data to create new and innovative products and services
We are building an international team, with hubs in both the UK and China and are seeking to recruit a Design and Innovation Manager to embed design driven innovation approaches in the Lancaster China Catalyst Programme (LCCP)
An Inspirational Masterclass delivered by the Worldwide CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, Kevin Roberts on Monday 10th of February
Kevin Roberts will inspire and inform an audience of creative and digital small and medium businesses
Imagination designed, organised and hosted a five-hour workshop for the Lancaster China Catalyst Programme (LCCP) on the 13th of January 2014. The aim of the workshop was to detail each section of the four-year project plan
Making in the City [3D Printing], offered a successful and acclaimed introduction to the series of Cities Design Jams, by the Imagination team at Lancaster
Co-creation through intense collaborative activity...Hexagons and Lego leading innovative 'thinking'
Forty-five arts and humanities practitioners, academics and funding partners gathered at a N8 event in Lancaster to participate in a workshop that explored how the imagination is being used to influence social and cultural development in the North
N8 'New Thinking from the North' network holds its fourth workshop in Lancaster
Bringing London-based digital and creative small and medium businesses together to create innovate concepts for cities
N8 'New Thinking from the North' network holds its third workshop in Manchester
Envisioning sustainable futures together
A Generative Methodology for the Design and Implementation of Social Distancing Measures in Public Buildings
Stimulating reinvention and influencing economic growth across the North
Co-creation research project to creatively analyse and explore alternative futures
Ambitious £5m project to inspire and support growth in the digital industries
Lancaster University is embarking on a new initiative to leverage its global reach for the benefit of UK businesses
Creating Innovative People for Radical Change
Better by Design: Environment, Society & Self
Providing fresh perspectives on real world issues and facilitating innovation
Transforming the Engineering of Cities for Global and Societal Wellbeing