The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that design will have a major role to play in shaping our future. It has demonstrated the urgent need for us to radically rethink environments to be sustainable, just and resilient in the face of the diverse and bigger shocks to come from the climate and biodiversity crises. 

What are the radical changes that we could design to benefit the environment, and how can we reach them? Radical design thinking could focus on whole systems, landscapes, localities and cities design, to addressing food poverty, malnutrition and food production methods, waste systems, materials, transport means and systems, biodiversity and connecting with different species. 

Submissions to the Open Call or featured on the Design in an Age of Crisis Gallery are the work of the individual/s or firms who submitted the entry. The submissions do not represent the views of London Design Biennale, Chatham House or steering group members. Their inclusion does not imply any endorsement of content nor support any claims of feasibility, practicality or environmental credentials.