THE GREEN GRAD HUB AT HEAL’S was hosted by landlords General Projects in The Manufactory, the beautifully-restored heritage building which houses Heal’s, over the second weekend of September during the London Design Festival 2023. GREEN GRADS occupied the entire third floor for three days.
Over 50 graduates took part. A specially-constructed stage hosted a rota of packed events and seminars. Special features included THE REPAIR HUB, THE WOOL HUB and THE READING HUB. In DESIGNERS DEN, six GREEN GRADS pitched their projects to six industry specialists, the infamous Komodos (Nick Munro, Oliver Heath, Debbie McKeegan, Claire Anstey, Jennifer Castoldi and Luke Pearson, with design editor Bethan Ryder as moderator, for the third year running.)
Winner was Rosy Napper with ReCinder, a material made from ceramic waste. Eco-activist Ella Doran presented the GREEN GRADS AWARDS 2023.
The winner of the Show Impact Award was William Harris for Wonka Bar Realness, chandeliers from bottle glass. Runner up was Alice Coomber for Filtered Light; woven waste plastic that traps microplastics.
Winner of the Change Maker Award was Frieda Bischoff of Renee Materials, a resource for sharing waste materials. Runner up was Rosy Napper for ReCinder, a material made from ceramic waste.
Winner of the Earth Award was Emma Money for Cyanoskin, a paint that eats carbon. Runner up was Caroline LA Wheeler for Grains & Chains, a protest against sand depletion.
Winners of Eco Stories: the Epson Textile Challenge were Becky Brentnall and Zaynah Arif. Winner of the Award for Textile Innovation was Annelise Payne for Primordial Pigments.
Winner of the Barbara Award for Open Source Design was Dhruv Shah for Decentralised Mycelium Housing.
Winners of the Design-Nation Awards were Ela Niznik (sustainability innovator), Caroline LA Wheeler (graduate innovator) and Rosie Lee Hood (graduate innovator).
A seminar with Ella Doran, Alexie Sommer and Jo Bernard introduced the Urge Collective and Design Declares.
A seminar on BCorp invited our sponsor BCorp members to share the story of getting certified. On the platform were sponsors Victoria Rufy of Little Red Rooster, Ben Cross of General Projects, Harry Engels of Naturalmat and Simon Terry of Anglepoise, all BCorps sponsors.
