curated by Lottie Mac

Learning 
through 
design

a week-long exhibition and programme
of free talks, workshops, and conversation
15th-20th September 2026


workshops + talks // exhibition 

full programme + bookings
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old spitalfields market 
1107B Commercial St, 
London E1 6BG
Our week-long programme is completely free for everyone. 
Come to one, come to all, and get a short course and insight into design. 

Download the full programme here.


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Title 
info booking



Tuesday 15th

10 am - 5 pm co-working cafe feel free to chill, work, take meetings, make new work, connect the dots and right some wrong in our co-working space open to all. walk-ins

2 pm - 3 pm Play and Reuse in Material-Led Design 
by Katie May Boyd, Co-Founder of Studio TIP  This talk will explore the necessity of play when working with reused materials and how it can shape a responsive design approach.

Read more... book Studio TIP talk here. 

7 pm - 9 pm
Learning through design opening event Be the first to see the exhibition, meet the makers and community in the space, and gain an introduction to the week of learning.
just pull up !



Wednesday 16th 
10 am - 5 pm co-working cafe + exhibition open feel free to chill, work, take meetings, make new work, connect the dots and right some wrong in our co-working space open to all. walk-ins
12 pm - 2pm Ghosts in the Archive: Why the Future of Design Lives in the Past.
by Charlie Wilson The future of design won't come from making more things. It will come from paying deeper attention to our history, our places, our senses, and one another. What if the future of design isn’t found by looking ahead, but by looking closer at what we’ve left behind?

Read more... book the talk here..

Thursday 17th 
10 am - 5 pm co-working cafe + exhibition open  feel free to chill, work, take meetings, make new work, connect the dots and right some wrong in our co-working space open to all. walk-ins
7 pm - 9  pm Paper lamp making with FlawkUsing paper, metal wire, and glue, you'll explore how everyday materials can be transformed into something atmospheric through a little curiosity and playful experimentation.

Read more... book the workshop here. 

Friday 18th 


10 am - 5 pm co-working cafe + exhibition open  feel free to chill, work, take meetings, make new work, connect the dots and right some wrong in our co-working space open to all. walk-ins

11 am - 12:30 pm Anti-curating: Making exhibition outside the gallery walls
by Zaccaria Slater Join Zac for a conversation exploring how you can make exhibitions on a tiny budget. 

Read more... book the talk here. 


1 pm - 2 pm Duncan Riches and Imogen Rose Phillips in Conversation:
Putting the U and I in Unit.d
 Unit.d is a new gallery for design, launched earlier this year by Duncan Riches and Imogen Rose Phillips, in celebration of everyday design.

Read more... book the talk here. 
4pm - 6 pmWays of seeing culturally responsive architecture: Moyo Adebayo and Kazeem Kuteyi in conversation
This explores Moyo Adebayo's ways of seeing/working through his multi- disciplinary architectural practice rooted in Afro/diasporic cultural perspectives and redefining typologies.

Read more... book the talk here. 

7 pm - 9 pm An evening with Design EverythingJoin us for an evening as we share a little of the Design Everything story; where we've come from, where we're at, and where we might be heading next.

Read more... RSVP to the take over here. 


Saturday 19th 

11 am - 5 pmexhibition open walk-ins
11 - 2 pm Play_grounds: Reimagining play
By WMASN
Through conversation and making, this is a workshop that explores ideas of play and play spaces beyond the western canon.  

Read more... book the workshop here. 

3 pm - 5 pm Parallel Play
by All Ears We invite you to find the magic in everyday objects by making things side-by-side.

Read more... book the workshop here. 




Sunday 20th 
11 am - 5 pm exhibition open walk-ins
12 am - 2 pm Learning by Doing (design) 
by Made by Day A hands-on workshop exploring how a small object can shape the atmosphere and identity of a restaurant, bar, café or cultural space. Following a short introduction to Charlie Day’s alternative route into design, participants will work in small groups using card, wire, fabric, paper, timber and metal offcuts to create a conceptual wall-light sconce for an imagined interior or table lamps for restaurant dinning tables. 

Read more... book the workshop here.
3p m - 4:30 pm A talk from Shauna Cribbin:
discussing material, cross-sampling,
and the influences right in front of us. A talk by multidisciplinary artist Shauna Cribbin, discussing material, cross sampling, and the influences that are right in front of us.

Read more... book the talk here.


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