Justin McGuirk
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Justin McGuirk
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Writer and curator. Director of Future Observatory, the national design research programme for the green transition, at the Design Museum. Author of Radical Cities and other books. Views my own.

https://futureobservatory.org

https://fojournal.org
The book's not bad either!
September 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Last chance to see More than Human, which closes on Sunday. It's been such a privilege seeing people fit this show into their mental landscape and responding in ways that are emotional, philosophical and practical. Don't miss it

designmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Great to see Future Observatory mentioned in the government's Creative Industries Sector Plan, published this week
June 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"The Coast is not a Line, It’s a Zone". Feifei Zhou is one of the research fellows for our forthcoming More than Human exhibition. Here she talks about her research into vernacular fishing and wetland ecologies in West Timor
futureobservatory.org/news/the-coa...
March 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Politics was simpler then
March 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Land and the way it is worked is the most important factor in an alternative ecological society”
[The Commune Form is such a clear and concise work of theory]
March 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Who are your rivers?" César Rodriguez-Garavito gives a sneak preview of the mural that he and the MOTH collective are creating for the Design Museum's forthcoming More than Human exhibition
futureobservatory.org/news/more-th...
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Golden Lane twilight
January 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
When I supported Verso's emergency Kickstarter it was pot luck which five books I'd get. I think I did pretty well.
Jameson ✔️
December 18, 2024 at 9:53 PM
The subs are on strike I assume?
December 6, 2024 at 1:10 PM
“Noticing is my way of opposing a particular modernist practice of looking towards an imagined future.”

In conversation with Anna Tsing in the latest issue of Future Observatory Journal

fojournal.org/interview/an...
December 5, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Thrilled to launch Issue 02 of Future Observatory Journal – More than Human.

What does it mean to design not just for ourselves but for other species and for living systems?

Featuring Anna Tsing, James Bridle, Daisy Hildyard, Cave Bureau, bats, coral and many others

Dive in: fojournal.org
November 28, 2024 at 4:21 PM
One of our most rewarding side projects: a journal dedicated to design, ecology and a future.

Did you catch Issue 1, on Bioregioning?

Issue 2, More than Human, goes live very soon.

fojournal.org
November 21, 2024 at 9:12 AM
A journal dedicated to design, ecology and a future
November 19, 2024 at 7:25 PM
At this point a loud chorus of “Sunak is a wasteman”. Had to concur
November 11, 2023 at 9:45 PM