EDP Live: celebrating community-led design in historic places of worship
By Sophia de Sousa and Katerina Alexiou On 12 February, 2020, The Empowering Design Practices research team gathered with partners […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 10, 2020
Bow moves: what would you do with this space?
By Emma Newman On Saturday May 12th, EDP supported Bow Church to host ‘Bow Moves’ – a community event exploring […]
Guest Author
Posted on May 22, 2019
Gaming as a design engagement tool
By Grace Crannis As part of our series of Design Studio workshops in our Empowering Design Practices research project, The […]
Grace Crannis
Posted on Dec 12, 2018
Layers of Community: Design Training Sheffield 2018
By Myra Stuart Examples of how local communities are the experts abounded at our latest Design Training workshop, while a […]
Myra Stuart
Posted on Sep 20, 2018
Bow Study Tour: Reinventing Places of Worship
By Grace Crannis Unlocking community gems in the heart of London. The latest Study Tour event organised by the Empowering […]
Grace Crannis
Posted on Sep 18, 2018
Learning about and exploring the potential of design – EDP Design Training in Manchester
On 20th and 21st June, our Empowering Design Practices project ran a two-day Design Training course (based on Buildings by Design, […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Aug 3, 2017
Helping groups to rediscover their buildings through design training
Sometimes, when a community-based organisation is looking after a building, the challenges of the everyday can be overwhelming. This is […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 13, 2016
In my dream of utopia: creative spaces for utopian thinking
“.. there are many things in the commonwealth of Utopia that I rather wish…to see followed in our governments.” – […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Aug 3, 2016
A clear vision and great design at St Michael and All Angels
One of the elements of our Empowering Design Practices project is to visit places of worship that have made physical […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Aug 2, 2016
New film captures community dreams for the future of Bow
How can utopian thinking support the creation of better places? Prototyping Utopias from Glass-House Community Led Design on Vimeo. This […]
Louise Dredge
Posted on Aug 2, 2016