Solar Talks: Susan Schuppli and Freya Spencer-Wood

Schuppli is a researcher and artist based in the UK whose work examines material evidence from war and conflict to environmental disasters and climate change. Schuppli is Professor and Director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths University of London, where she is also an affiliate artist-researcher and Board Chair of Forensic Architecture. She is the author of the book 'Material Witness', published by MIT Press in 2020.

Spencer-Wood is a designer, educator and researcher. She completed an MSc in Architecture from TU Delft in 2019 (gaining a distinction and Best Graduate award) and is an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins. Previously, she has worked at the V&A design studio, We Made That, East and JA Projects.

A free display of design research responding to the climate crisis by this year's Researchers in Residence.

Future Observatory is the Design Museum’s national research programme for the green transition.

Future Observatory is coordinated by the Design Museum in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) which is part of UK Research and Innovation, funding independent researchers in a wide range of subjects from history and archaeology to philosophy and languages, design and effectiveness of digital content and the impact of artificial intelligence.