
DesignTech
A collaborative research study to understand how technology can build more democratic design practice
2019 –
Partners
Connected Place Catapult
Open Systems Lab
Center for Spatial Technologies
If we collectively agree the goals of designing the built environment—to create a sustainable, democratic, and equitable cities within what the planet can provide—then we need to understand both how and why we design with new technology.
This research study explores a design profession at a turning point; as digital technologies continue to automate and augment the design process. Through written work, graphic publication, and events, we aimed to uncover how the design profession could go beyond the optimisation and automation currently gearing our cities towards efficiency, consumption and extraction—and outline the potential for technology to enable better quality, more democratic, and sustainable places to live.
Read our blog post︎
Read the final report︎
This research study explores a design profession at a turning point; as digital technologies continue to automate and augment the design process. Through written work, graphic publication, and events, we aimed to uncover how the design profession could go beyond the optimisation and automation currently gearing our cities towards efficiency, consumption and extraction—and outline the potential for technology to enable better quality, more democratic, and sustainable places to live.
Read our blog post︎
Read the final report︎
All Projects ︎
We’re a distributed team with presence around the world.
Netherlands
Dark Matter Laboratories B.V.
Pakhuis de Zwijger
Piet Heinkade 181K
1019 HC Amsterdam
KvK number: 75174405
United Kingdom
Dark Matter Laboratories Limited
217 Mare Street
London, E8 3QE
Company number: 13294211
Canada
Laboratoires de Matière sombre / Dark Matter LabsOrganisation à but non-lucratif canadien / Canadian not-for-profit
1755 Rue Saint-Patrick app C-403
Montréal (Québec), H3K 3G9
Numéro de l'organisation / Corporation number: 1196376-7
South Korea
주식회사 다크매터랩스코리아 / Dark Matter Labs Korea Co., Ltd
#301, Pyeongtaek 5-ro 20beon-gil 8,
Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17902
경기도 평택시 평택5로 20번길 8, 301호, 우편번호 17902
사업자등록증: 808-88-01717
Sweden
Mörk Materia Laboratoriet AB / Dark Matter Labs Sweden
Östergatan 1
211 25 Malmö
Registration number: 559305-1047
Netherlands
Dark Matter Laboratories B.V.
Pakhuis de Zwijger
Piet Heinkade 181K
1019 HC Amsterdam
KvK number: 75174405
United Kingdom
Dark Matter Laboratories Limited
217 Mare Street
London, E8 3QE
Company number: 13294211
Canada
Laboratoires de Matière sombre / Dark Matter LabsOrganisation à but non-lucratif canadien / Canadian not-for-profit
1755 Rue Saint-Patrick app C-403
Montréal (Québec), H3K 3G9
Numéro de l'organisation / Corporation number: 1196376-7
South Korea
주식회사 다크매터랩스코리아 / Dark Matter Labs Korea Co., Ltd
#301, Pyeongtaek 5-ro 20beon-gil 8,
Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17902
경기도 평택시 평택5로 20번길 8, 301호, 우편번호 17902
사업자등록증: 808-88-01717
Sweden
Mörk Materia Laboratoriet AB / Dark Matter Labs Sweden
Östergatan 1
211 25 Malmö
Registration number: 559305-1047
We are part of Project 00︎
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+44 (0) 20 7739 2230
Dm Korea ︎
Twitter︎
LinkedIn︎
Medium︎
Facebook︎
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