Justin McGuirk
Design Museum
Justin McGuirk is the director of Future Observatory, the national design research programme for the green transition, a partnership between the Design Museum and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Future Observatory recently commissioned the Stone Demonstrator, an ultra-low-carbon building prototype. McGuirk is also the former chief curator of the Design Museum. A writer and curator, he has produced numerous high-profile exhibitions and publishing projects. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, e-flux and many other art and design journals. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Radical Cities (2014) and More than Human: Making with the Living World (2025).
Sessions
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Stone - sustainable structural material of the future?12-May-2026Main Stage