Regenerative Realities: How Do We Practice in Context?

Our morning session is set up with 3 guest talks of 20min each: Jessica Riquetti (CAN), Prof. Carole Collet (UK), and Jane Brady (UK) from the Bioregional Centre.

Regenerative realities are not about individual action or a single way of knowing. They are rooted in holistic practice, an approach that weaves together diverse knowledge, perspectives, and relationships in place. This means that when we practice in place, we look beyond isolated solutions and work the richness and voices in place.

Practicing in context requires awareness of who is in partnership, across changing landscapes, connecting past, present and future. As we design as part of living systems, relationships with species and place form opportunities for learning. Practicing collectively is complex, it requires reflection on whose voices are included, whose knowledge shapes action, and how human and nonhuman relations are connected.

In this morning session, we will explore different practices and perspectives on how we understand working with the realities of context. How do we place connections at the centre? How do we engage, work, and co-create with the collective intelligence of our ecosystems?

As regenerative practitioners, we are part of the ecosystem, not separate from it. We design from within. This raises new questions about how we participate. Ecosystems teach us about emergence, reciprocity, and timing. The mycelium network reminds us that design is not hierarchical, but a channel, connecting, supporting, and enabling. How do we navigate these dimensions? What does this mean for how we contribute, process, propose, restore, and understand the world together?

Join us for Regenerating Design: a reflective and connective day hosted by Judith van den Boom and Jessica Riquetti, bringing together (int) speakers, students, and fresh perspectives from inside and outside the M School. These sessions are part of the M school takeover during Re:generating Creativity exhibition at the Lethaby Gallery at CSM.

We are hosting a morning and afternoon session live from the Lethaby gallery, open for staff and students. The session is hybrid with students and public joining online. Both sessions are open to

For information please reach out to Judith van den Boom, course leader MA Regenerative Design
j.vandenboom@csm.arts.ac.uk

Please join this session online or in the Lethaby Gallery, speakers of this session are:

Jessica Riquetti is a regenerative designer, ecologist, and educator based in B.C Canada, whose work bridges science, creativity, and systems thinking. A UC Berkeley PhD candidate in Plant Ecology and former design leader at Mountain Hardwear and Lululemon, Jessica brings decades of experience guiding innovation at the intersection of ecology and design. Rooted across Scandinavia, North America, and South America, she specialises in facilitating cross-cultural collaboration and reimagining systems through the lens of nature. Her mission is to empower designers, leaders, and communities to navigate complexity, design regeneratively, and create meaningful, lasting change.

Carole Collet is Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures and Director of Maison/0, the Central Saint Martins - LVMH creative platform for regenerative luxury originally set up in 2017. She is also founder and co-director of the Living Systems Lab Research Group at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. As Director of Maison/0, Carole's role is to collaborate with the luxury group LVMH to leverage the agency of creativity and education to help regenerate our climate and biodiversity and to empower emerging talents to design a better future.

Jane Bradley is the Creative Director and co-founder of the Bioregional Learning Centre (BLC), a UK-based organisation fostering place-based regeneration and systems change. With a background in design and ecological practice, Jane integrates creativity and storytelling into BLC’s work to help communities, organisations, and local authorities imagine and build thriving bioregions. Her experience spans environmental design, communications, and collaborative innovation across the UK and the U.S., including projects in London, Boston, and Northern California. Jane’s work sits at the intersection of art, ecology, and systems thinking—helping people connect to place and co-create resilient futures.