Future Island-Island
@futureislandisland.bsky.social
AHRC funded Green Transition Ecosystem- Shaping a greener future through design. 💚 🌐 futureisland-island.org
We're delighted to be bringing the Rathlin Wool Project to Bere Island Cork on Tuesday 18th August. #RathlinWoolProject #FutureIslandIsland #BereIsland #IslandCommunities #Wool #Craft #Textiles #Spinning #Knitting #Weaving #CreativeCommunities #SustainableDesign #RuralInnovation
🌿Celebrating Young People, Place and Sustainable Futures We recently hosted our Imaginarium Dissemination Event at Portrush Youth Centre… and what a morning it was! Thanks to Education Authority, @daera-ni.gov.uk, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and Cara Hunter MLA, for joining us.
The Colour of Everyday A symposium exploring colour, craft, sustainability and cultural heritage — inspired by the legacy of textile designer and colourist Bernat Klein. Abstracts now open. More information: www.futureisland-island.org/updates/bern...
How can we re-make and re-think our present to create a better future? Join us to explore the power of radical hope with a free utopian workshop to imagine better futures | @Imagine Festival 2026. 🚨27 Mar | 3:30-5:30pm | W5 Belfast 🎟️https://bit.ly/4t1TjhH Includes visit to Imaginarium exhibition.
Let’s dream together! - Imagine! Belfast
A utopian workshop to imagine possible better futures.
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We're at @beyondconference.org 2025, sharing FII projects in this year's showcase; featuring an interactive display of 3D-digitised island artefacts and oral histories, alongside videos highlighting our work strands in flow and fellowships.
Irish Design Week 2025! We're taking part, in collaboration with Belfast Design Week & One Bite Design Studio. Featuring projects & stories from FII & Hong Kong, exploring design, architecture & sustainability for people, place & planet, and a pop-up display of our fellowships in the BSOA foyer.
Well done Nina, Meabh, all the young people and everyone involved in bringing the Imaginarium exhibition to W5! Superb work #SustainableFutures #YoungPeople #Education #Rathlin @futureislandisland.bsky.social
Delighted to share that Gillian Colhoun, our Strategic Development Manager, will take to the stage at the World Design Congress as part of the Designing with Nature Hive Session: Nature’s Inspiration × Human Creativity. 🗓️ Day 2 | 14:00–14:45 📍 Auditorium 2 @designcouncil.bsky.social | @wdo.org
The Future Blueprint: Inis Nua | Film Screening A “sci-firish” fever-dream where folklore collides with architectural climate prophecy – a film about the consequence of leaving your mess behind. 10 Sept | Queen’s Film Theatre 6pm reception | 6.30pm screening + panel talks. Book now: bit.ly/3JSpNd2
The Future Blueprint: INIS NUA + discussion showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.
A “sci-firish” fever-dream where folklore collides with architectural prophecy, this is a film about the consequence of simply leaving your mess behind.
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2 days celebrating creativity & craft on Rathlin Island for August Craft Month. What did we get up to? 🪡 Heard Rathlin's wool, needlework, and sustainability histories. 🐑 Made wall hangings with naturally dyed Rathlin wool & learned how it's being transformed for sustainable reuse. 1/3
Do you have a creative child who loves to imagine and play? 🎲 Sign them up for a FREE board game design workshop where kids explore environmental themes and create their own board game! 🔔Fri 15 August | Ulster Museum | Ages 9–11 ▶️Get your game on: bit.ly/4fsNpAM
On Friday, we were on Rathlin exploring stone as a natural material for a circular economy. We heard about NI's stone resources, benefits of using natural materials, low-carbon ways to retrofit buildings and global approaches to sustainable stone construction. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
We're hosting a hands-on design workshop at the @ulstermuseum.org for young designers and eco-advocates. Children will be introduced to design thinking and create their own board games that explore how environmental themes shape our world. FII | Ulster Uni | Hub Games Game on▶️ bit.ly/3TIR83a
We're celebrating the wonder of Rathlin wool with a workshop where you will: 🪡 discover traditional crafting techniques 🐑 explore locally sourced island wool 🌿 take home a handcrafted piece inspired by Rathlin’s landscape Part of an overnight craft package (7-8 Aug). Book now: bit.ly/45fJCDf
Bringing together @futureislandisland.bsky.social, Rathlin RAFT Project (eradication prog), the Rathlin Development & Community Assoc & the Inishowen Development Partnership on Rathlin today to share knowledge & experiences across projects #sustainability #greenfutures #greentransition #biodiversity
Watch S McConnell & Sons shape the Stone Strategies prototype, inspired by Rathlin's traditional dry stone walls. The modular blocks are designed for reuse, providing a sustainable alternative to concrete. 25 July | Manor House, Rathlin | bit.ly/3TVgKKa FII Fellowship: QUB, S McConnell & Sons.
Calling all crafters, makers, and curious creatives! Join us on Rathlin, 7–8 August, for an overnight experience that celebrates the island's craft culture, creative spirit and stunning landscapes. 🔔 Book now: bit.ly/3U2fdSv @ulsteruni.bsky.social | @rspb.bsky.social | LIFERaft | Craft NI
Join us on Rathlin for a special event exploring how local stone can be reimagined in modern sustainable construction. Part of the Future Island-Island Design Fellowship led by Rachel Delargy, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social, in collaboration with S McConnell & Sons Stone. Register: bit.ly/3TVgKKa
Say hello to the creative minds behind the bold ideas at DesignLink! These early-stage designers, thinkers and creators teamed up with NI businesses to co-design responses to real-world challenges, bringing new eyes and energy to every brief. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social
DesignLink – 3 days of Innovation, Ideas & Impact 11 businesses & 23 Design Guilds teamed up to co-design responses to live business challenges. From architects & textile creatives to game & graphic designers, the event showed the power of cross-disciplinary creativity for innovative solutions.
💡 DesignLink - Who's behind the briefs? Tomorrow, we’re teaming up with 11 forward-thinking NI businesses and individuals in a three-day design sprint, with each presenting a live design challenge to our 23 Design Guilds. Looking forward to the collaboration ahead! #Design #NIBusiness
We're bringing together 11 NI businesses & 23 Design Guilds to tackle real-world challenges through innovative thinking. This 3-day design sprint connects creatives with businesses to unlock fresh solutions in sustainability & build a more interconnected design ecosystem in Northern Ireland.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Solastalgia event as part of the #RathlinSoundFestival. Together, we slowed down and connected with Rathlin’s landscape before using natural materials like seaweed and shells to create expressive artworks at the seafront. 🐚 ___ @ulsteruni.bsky.social
Graphic Design students from the Belfast School of Art presented their project work on Rathlin Island to over 100 local design professionals, as well as international design leaders Brian Collins and Mary Doherty, during the Rapid Agency x BSOA event in Belfast. @ulsteruni.bsky.social
On the Rathlin ferry with Dr Patrick Dunlop, who was on Rathlin with the @futureislandisland.bsky.social project today. Next stop for us both is the UUSU Learning & Teaching Awards in Derry this eve @ulsteruni-edi.bsky.social And there are island musicians on the ferry playing for the passengers!
All aboard the #Rathlin ferry. @ulsteruni.bsky.social @futureislandisland.bsky.social colleagues over today running events at the Rathlin Sound Festival - working and creating with Rathlin wool and deconstructing a washing machine for repurposing #circulatity #sustainability
What's really inside your old appliances? Come along to see us take apart a washing machine & uncover the surprising potential of e-waste. From wind turbines to bug hotels, we’ll explore how mechanical and electrical engineering can breathe new life into discarded objects. #RathlinSoundFestival
Join us to discover how Rathlin’s own wool is being reimagined to celebrate the island’s rich fishing and maritime traditions. This interactive show-and-tell features creative work from @ulsteruni.bsky.social students, crafted from Rathlin wool. #RathlinSoundFestival
And from the films of the first 6 Rathlin Creatives collaborations in Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social
