4/7 Developing community-led indicators is a 'radical act of civic empowerment'. 🗳️ Rather than having success defined by others, communities get to decide what impact they want in their places. Our work here is based on #CornerstoneIndicators by @darkmatterlabs.org . shorturl.at/LagrI

“Sheffield Design Lab took place in November 2025, as part of Future Observatory and Dark Matter Labs’ UK 2040 programme” (I was delighted to be able to run this strategic design lab in my hometown of Sheffield, recently, with @darkmatterlabs.org x Future Obs.) futureobservatory.org/news/sheffie...

On the Opus Blog, we share a monthly round-up of articles, podcasts, books and more that our team have been learning from and found inspiring to our work 📚 Here's February's, featuring @amahra.bsky.social, Jack Becher and @indyjohar.bsky.social of @darkmatterlabs.org ⬇️ #SystemsChange

Meanwhile, some good #climate news from 2050. It was fun doing this with @darkmatterlabs.org and @berggruen.org - a little chastened hope. #COP30

Futures Morphologies! Not about fixing the #future into one form—it's about mastering the skill (and legitimacy) to navigate the full spectrum: Platonic, Parametric, Fuzzy & beyond. @darkmatterlabs.org www.linkedin.com/posts/kumli_... #innovation #systems #systemschange

We are #hiring 🌟 a Strategic People Host to co-hold DM People’s processes, experiences, and strategy. Read more and apply here (applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with interviews held in September): app.beapplied.com/apply/knws23...

📣Hot off the press! Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy. We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍. Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29

We are excited to share that we have now finalised the dates for the 2-day Workshop and would like to invite you to register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1343879733...

Untangling Complexity: How Can We Better Support Collaboration on Complex and Interconnected Problems? open.substack.com/pub/darkmatt...

We organised a seminar talk by Chloe Treger from @darkmatterlabs.org on TreesAI. Treger shared real-world examples, use of technology modelling and data visualisation as ways to recognise natural infrastructure to be essential for urban well-being and economic growth.

Come join us as we discuss planetary supply chains and futures in a moment of geopolitical rupture. This is part of the @darkmatterlabs.org Planetary Civics Inquiry. Hosted at #MiddlesexUniversity with an amazing panel lined up. Come talk, come listen, come think with us. #PlanetaryFutures

Can we create decent, affordable housing within planetary boundaries? Announcing the launch of a new collaboration between @iipp-ucl.bsky.social, Arup, @darkmatterlabs.org and Rising Tide buff.ly/gKjjNBl

🌍 Homes that Don't Cost the Earth (#HDCE). IIPP, along with Arup, @darkmatterlabs.org , and Rising Tide, is excited to announce the launch of a new project to reorient the UK housing strategy towards the goal of truly affordable homes for all. 🔗Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/gKjjNBl

The first launch event of @darkmatterlabs.org Planetary Civics Inquiry is starting now! www.youtube.com/live/ZQtyehL... This thought-provoking conversation between artist and philosopher about the interconnectedness of all life. Er - good morning!

No wonder extraterrestrials haven't visited us... An amazing talk this morning (evening in Melbourne) by Rosi Braidotti as part of RMIT University and @darkmatterlabs.org #PlanetaryCivics launch #TrashPlanet #ThinkWeMust #DataViz

FreeHouse Tkaronto: how might reimagining our relationship with the house, beyond property, create space for #IndigenousReconciliation? Our proposal for Toronto’s Ravines. provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/freehouse-tk...

We strive to achieve significant milestones towards planetarity as a frame of action, influencing public policy, creating a governance framework for complex ecosystems, and building a planetary civics alliance for a new knowledge economy and more regenerative futures www.planetarycivics.net/launch

Designing an identity for an emergent initiative like Planetary Civics (www.planetarycivics.net) requires not giving answers but a visual language that enables questions. I designed a variable font at Dark Matter Labs, which is in constant flux between disorder and order, question and answer.

Announcing the Launch of the Planetary Civics Inquiry! We are thrilled to introduce the Planetary Civics Inquiry(PCI) an alliance of researchers, educators, policymakers, designers, and practitioners committed to transforming the structures and processes that shape how we govern our entangled planet

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗖𝗼-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗭 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 Are you ready to help shape the next generation of capital allocation? Apply here: app.beapplied.com/apply/x1dgac...

Join us on January 23 for a compelling hybrid event exploring Urban Climate Transitions: Questions of Justice and Pathways to Commoning: tinyurl.com/UrbanClimate... Featuring: Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook, PhD + Dr. Shahrzad Enderle + @nadhahassen.bsky.social + Austin Gage Matheney + Prof. Wulf Daseking

Yep - we need total systemic change. I'm really inspired by the work of the @darkmatterlabs.org - Indy Johar has published some really interesting pieces on LinkedIn recently... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We are very excited to begin 2025 by advancing our plans to build a new Bioregional Financing Facility here in Tayside, led by Leon Seefeld of @darkmatterlabs.org. Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/ychwtxfj

𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰. 𝐀 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/branding-is-...

🌍 Reminder! Join us tomorrow for Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: A Walk along the River Don! 🌿 📅 Sat, 14 Dec, 10:00–11:30 AM
📍 Ball Street Bridge, Sheffield S3 8SH
ℹ️ Details: shorturl.at/KYPmM Explore how we can collectively steward the ecosystem.

URBREATH Project trabaja modelos de colaboración para el diseño de itinerarios naturales en 9 ciudades europeas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_k9...

How do we care for the ecosystem and nurture the conditions for us to all thrive? Join @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social for Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: 'A walk along the River Don' 🗓️ Sat Dec 14, 9:45-11:30am 🎟️ Booking and details actionnetwork.org/events/agree... #RiverDonProject

This is our first bilingual post. You can find the English version below. The referenced videos are also subtitled so they can be followed in both of these languages.

Dark Matter Labs was built through a series of blogs and evolutions of thoughts and frameworks. Words, in our context, are often a means to think, not just to communicate. Words are constructions of logic, tools to assemble thoughts and perceive the world. As such, we take them very seriously.

#DBJ2024 Hitzaldi inspiratzailea Fang-Jui Chang - @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social-|en eskutik: Demokraziaren berrikuntzarako ikasketa gakoak eta adibideak, diseinuak eta teknologiak gobernantza eraikitzen duten ekarpenak. Testuan jasotakoak: galderak, ideia nagusiak, etorkizuneko aukerak labur.eus/4qHsF

𝐈𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬? Many of us are working in different ways to try and shift elements of a complex system. Many of us are working in different ways to try and shift elements of a complex system.