URGE co-founder Alexie Sommer explores Alki's new state-of-the-art workshop in Northern Pays Basque, showcasing its fusion of high design, sustainability, and artisanal craftsmanship. https://lnkd.in/eyaY5Zxw
URGE Collective
Business Consulting and Services
Multi-disciplinary creative collective that helps leaders envision and enact radical responses to the climate emergency
About us
URGE is a group of accomplished creative leaders, strategists, designers, makers and entrepreneurs, each of whom is a leader in their field. We are not a ‘think tank’. We connect the thinking and the doing. URGE works with businesses and organisations to help build a better future for all humans and life on earth. Dedicated to action-oriented system change URGE will drive change though Transformation, Education, Innovation and Communication.
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- Industry
- Business Consulting and Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2020
- Specialties
- Sustainability, Transformation, Innovation, and Design
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London, UK, GB
Employees at URGE Collective
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Alexie Sommer
Sustainability Strategist | Design Leader | Passionate about Climate Solutions & Innovation | Driving Positive Transformation
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Kate Heller
Independent Consultant, Branding and Design Management
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Sophie Thomas
Founding Partner and Chief Technology Officer
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Paul Zhu
Co-Founder & CTO @ Ecoswap
Updates
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To warm up for the year ahead, we share some dates of exhibitions and events along with some good podcasts and talks to inspire us. https://lnkd.in/ev7n7ZrC
Happy New Year!
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URGE co-founder Michael Pawlyn explores how shifting human worldviews can foster an epochal transformation to address planetary crises, advocating for systemic changes beyond conventional models. You can subscribe to the newsletter on our website https://lnkd.in/eZ5XkXiv
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URGE co-founder Sophie Thomas reflects on her chapter in the book MATERIALS: An Environmental Primer (published by RIBA), exploring the urgent need for #material #innovation and #circular #design. https://lnkd.in/e5gY3aVx
Future Innovations and Trends
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Alexie Sommer and Federico Gaggio will be part of this online seminar exploring 'Communicating Sustainability from Print to Spatial Experiences' at the Università Iuav di Venezia. speakers include Regine Abos, RMIT University (AUS), Bernd Riedel, Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Ellery Studio (DE), Alexie Sommer and Federico Gaggio, URGE Collective (UK) For full details see below flyer: 15.11.2024 online Google meet >> 9.30 am #Graphicresearch #systems, #tools #communicationdesign #ecologicaltransition #eventsandexhibitions
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Lots happening this November: Design Council's Design for Planet, Green Grads, Design Declares, Design Museum Academy, and Michael Pawlyn in conversation with Brian Eno https://lnkd.in/esPJFbDk
This November,
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URGE co-founder Federico Gaggio investigates the field, considering how media contribute to the crises we face, and what a healthy Media Ecology may look like. https://lnkd.in/eEbC3evN (Image: Nam June Paik, TV Garden, 1974)
Media Ecology
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Join URGE’s Alexie Sommer and Bengt Cousins-Jenvey for the 4th iteration of the introductory ‘Design Your Way to Next Zero’ at the Design Museum on Wednesday 27th November 9:30-4:30. The one-day workshop is designed to improve your carbon literacy, and discover tools and techniques to help you track carbon emissions and strategies and actions to reduce them. It is ideal for business leaders and those responsible for greening their organizations. Get in touch with them if you have any questions...
Design Your Way to Net Zero
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This workshop is designed for design practitioners of all disciplines, professionals advancing the circular economy and sustainability, business decision-makers aiming to implement new standards, and leaders needing to comply with international circular economy and ecodesign legislation. Read Alexie Sommer's post below for further details...
Sustainability Strategist | Design Leader | Passionate about Climate Solutions & Innovation | Driving Positive Transformation
Circular and Ecodesign Workshop update! Join us on November 14th in London or online. We had an overwhelmingly positive response to our Expression of Interest for a workshop on the new ISO standards, ecodesign regulation and activation of circular design practices. Now you can sign up to join us for a 1-day workshop on November 14th, 9am-4pm UK time, in Central London — with the amazing Leyla Acaroglu and Jo Barnard in-person and myself online. Sign up to join us here: https://lnkd.in/djU9F5Kn Note: There are pricing options for fully and partially employed. Sign-ups will close on 31st October so we have time to prepare for the group. The 1-day intensive workshop will offer effective cross-pollinating and networking opportunities for potential future collaborations. And in addition, you will get access to the circular futures online learning system with loads of additional content and full live session recordings for 6 months. Super excited for this collaboration with Circular Futures Let me know if you have any questions, and see you online in November! #design #ISOstandards #circulardesign #ecodesign
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From film screenings, to Design for Planet ... a calendar of events for the final quarter of 2024 https://lnkd.in/eqty8HCc
From film screenings, to Design for Planet ... are you ready for a full calendar of events for the final quarter of 2024?
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