Design Meets - at Clerkenwell Design Week
Design Meets:
How creative industries can build social change
19 May 2026. 12:30 - 13:30
Join: Ella Doran - Ella Doran Design, Emily Wheeler, Founder & CEO - Furnishing Futures, Ros McMillian, Creative Director & Co-Founder - Smile Plastics
Haberdashers' Hall: The Luxury Edit, Haberdashers' Hall, 18 W Smithfield, EC1A 9HX
Free to attend; seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis unless otherwise specified.
For booking, see here.
Going Green in the Real World: how the GREEN GRADS are disrupting design
20 May 2026. 12:30 - 13:30
GREEN GRADS, founded in 2021 by design journalist Barbara Chandler, is a platform for recent UK graduates with ideas to heal the planet. There are now 250 GREEN GRADS listed on their website, and this summer will see the recruitment of a sixth cohort. How have the GREEN GRADS been making their ideas happen, challenging industry and disrupting the way we work? Come and join us for a round-table interactive debate on the challenges of implementing sustainability ideals and practice post graduation, with input from the GREEN GRADS and our industry sponsors.
Michael Czerwinski, Co-Director and Show Producer of GREEN GRADS - Studio Tucktite, Barbara Chandler, Founder and curator - Green Grads
Speakers Ella Doran - Ella Doran Design, Simon Terry - Anglepoise, Olivia Howick, Designer & Researcher - PriestmanGoode, Salma Garana, Founder - Garana Design, Luke Pearson, Co-Founder - Pearson Lloyd
Rethinking Materials from Surface to System
21 May 2026. 14:00 - 15:00
This roundtable explores why materials matter and how their evolution signals the future of design innovation. Moving beyond surface aesthetics, the discussion considers materials as drivers of behaviour, value, sustainability and long-term relevance. Through shared insight and debate, it invites designers and brands to rethink how material choices shape meaningful, future-ready outcomes.
Chairperson Duncan Riches, Director - And Associate & Unit.d
Speakers Caroline Till , Co Founder - FranklinTill, Ella Doran - Ella Doran Design, Ros McMillian, Creative Director & Co-Founder - Smile Plastics, Hannah Wilde, Designer, Callie Tedder-Hares, Co-Founder - Spared