Celebration Event: Design Ventura 2024-25

Anna Bullus, founder of Gumdrop Ltd, has a knack for sustainable problem-solving with popular appeal. Her bright pink Gumdrop bins are made from Gum-tec®, a groundbreaking circular-system material recycled from the chewing gum the bins collect. Legoland Windsor were one of the first to sign up, followed by others including Mars, Royal Mail, various local councils and us – our 2017 winner was made entirely from Gum-tec®!

Christie Swallow, is an artist, researcher, and designer who crafts new stories from old ideas. Through their practice they engage with topics of ecology, technoscience and heterodoxy through sound, installation, textiles, collaborative drawing, and archival research. Currently they’re a Design Researcher in Residence at the Design Museum, working on a project revolving around the urban parakeet and more-than-human music!

Cordula Kastner is passionate about fostering collaboration and emerging talent across the creative sector. She’s a culture chameleon who’s worked with institutions, artists, festivals, companies and more across events, PR and marketing, curation, and community engagement. Currently she works as the Resident Programme Coordinator at Somerset House, alongside continuing to engage with smaller institutions and creatives across Austria and the UK.

Federico Fasce is a cross-disciplinary researcher, game designer and lecturer, who’s fascinated by why and how humans play and create meaning and feeling in game spaces. His work includes Forest Daydream, set to a soundscape which blends familiar game bloops and bleeps with field recordings from the Amazonas home of the indigenous Wampí people; and Songbird, which uses recordings from the now-extinct ʻōʻō bird.

Hani Salih is a researcher, writer, and curator who connects the dots across disciplines to challenge conventional division, drawing on naturally occurring complexity to model the positive power of collective alliances. Hani’s studies at the London School of Economics combined with his architectural foundation in critical spatial thinking form the foundation for his fascination with the systems and infrastructures that shape our lives across natural, built, and social environments.

Jung Hyun Lee is a London-based design strategist with over 10 years of experience in brand strategy, design innovation, creative direction. She has worked with global brands including LG, Audi, and John Lewis, shaping insight-led, data-driven campaigns that connect design with business impact. Jung also supports Research Cluster 5 of the Architectural Design MArch (B-Pro) at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Margherita Dosi Delfini is Assistant Curator at the Design Museum, currently working on the forthcoming show ‘More than Human’ following her first exhibition at the museum, dedicated to Italian postwar designer Enzo Mari. Prior to joining the Design Museum, Margherita had already worked for the Royal College of Art’s 2023 Postgraduate Show, contemporary arts patron and collector Nicoletta Fiorucci, the Barbican Art Gallery, and V.O Curations.

Milagros Pérez is Senior Learning Partnerships Manager at the Design Museum, where she runs the Design Museum Academy and oversees learning partnerships, working closely with designers and facilitators from across the industry to produce practical learning programmes. Mila first trained as an architect before continuing her studies in museums and architectural history. Through her work, she seeks to bring people closer to all forms of design and culture.

Naomi Zaragoza is Assistant Curator of Public Programming at the Design Museum. She has a particular interest in the restorative and radical possibilities of design, public practice and community collaboration, and she’s also a trained horticulturalist! Over the last year she’s combined all of these in one by becoming a driving force behind our design and horticulture project ‘Growing Together’.