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17-25 October 2026

Good Design for a Bad World

Dezeen's talk series on the carbon revolution

Hosted by Dezeen

This project is now archived and was part of DDW21

Dezeen
How can designers and architects help remove carbon from the atmosphere? This special edition of Dezeen's Good Design for a Bad World talks series looks at ways of tackling climate change including carbon-capturing materials, net-zero cities and alternatives to fossil fuels.

Welcome to the Carbon Revolution

Coming ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in November, the talk builds on Dezeen's pioneering Carbon Revolution editorial series, which presented carbon as a wonder material and explored ways of capturing atmospheric carbon and putting it to use on earth. Speakers include: Hélène Chartier (C40 Cities) Darshil Shah (Cambridge University) Teresa van Dongen (designer) Marjan van Aubel (designer) This talk is hosted by Marcus Fairs and will be live streamed on Dezeen.com.

About Dezeen

Dezeen is the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design magazine. Dezeen was launched at the end of November 2006 and has grown rapidly ever since, attracting over two million unique visitors every month.

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Moderator Marcus Fairs (Founder and Editor-in-Chief Dezeen)
Speaker Hélène Chartier (C40 Cities)
Speaker Darshil Shah (Cambridge University)
Speaker Teresa van Dongen (designer)
Speaker Marjan van Aubel (designer)

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