Designing Futures: Interdisciplinary approaches in Humanities and STEM
Event details
Designing Futures brings together voices from the humanities, STEM, and the design industry to explore how design education can evolve through interdisciplinary collaboration. Through talks and live discussions, the event examines how architectural design, materials science, atmospheric chemistry, creative arts, history, and heritage conservation intersect in both teaching and practice—and how design thinking can connect global resources and drive creative change across fields.
We warmly invite you to join us for a lunch reception and sharing session. This will be a welcoming space for conversation, idea exchange, and cross-disciplinary dialogue. Whether you're from design, the humanities, or STEM, we welcome academics, students, industry professionals, and members of the public to join us and share your thoughts over lunch.
Funded by: Humanities Research Center & Centre for Modern Studies
Lunch provided.
About the speakers
Kenneth Graham, Solus Ceramics
Sustainable Materiality: Linking Design Education to High-End Environmental Practice
Jin Fan, University of York
Design Teaching Across Disciplines: Practices from Norway, China, and the UK
Terry Dillon, University of York
Impacts of Occupant Activities on Indoor Air Pollution
Nick Jones, University of York
Digital Aesthetics Across Architecture and Screen Media
Duncan Marks, York Civic Trust
Planning Club: A Model for Heritage-Led Regeneration and Planning Education
Jennifer Altehenger, University of Oxford
Thinking Through Design: How to Research and Teach Contemporary Chinese Design and Its History