Apply now for the Future Island-Island Fellowships: 🧶 Storytelling and Natural Fibers 🌿Making Heritage Sites & Biodiverse Environments Accessible ⛵Telling the Story of Rathlin East 📜A Manifesto for Circular Plastic Management 🌊What the Ocean Knows 👉 www.futureisland-island.org/updates/

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW The Colour of Everyday, a symposium from the Bernat Klein Foundation in collaboration with Future Island-Island. store.ulster.ac.uk/product-cata...

We are looking for a Marketing and Communications Co-ordinator to join the Future Island-Island team. This post will be responsible for coordinating all communications across the project, working closely with project partners and the project team.

We are delighted to be offering this residency opportunity in collaboration with our priject parters at NARCCA for more information please visit the NARCCA website: naarca.art/2026/09/25/t...

We are delighted to announce that we won the Innovation in Agriculture award at the NI Farming Awards, we are truly honoured to receive this award.

Call for Absracts deadline extention to the 11th Septmeber 2026

Reminder to Ulster University Students

Intermittent Motion Workshops with artest and filmaker Gillian Steel. As a part of a series of workshops in the coming months exploring the connections between the sewing machine and old-fashioned analogue cameras.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Colour of Everyday A symposium exploring colour, craft, sustainability and cultural heritage inspired by the legacy of textile designer and colourist Bernat Klein. 📅 Abstract deadline: 4 September 2026 📅 Symposium: 28 November 2026 Find out more: www.futureisland-island.org

We are delighted to be able to offer this fantastic opportunity to students at Ulster University. To apply for this role please log into your UU Futures account using your student number and search the job reference 178 and submit a cover letter with a link to your portfolio.

🎉 We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the NI Farmers Awards - Innovation in Agriculture. With Sustainable Rope Ltd, Ulster University, Ulster Wool, and Islander Kelp reviving traditional technology for a sustainable future, to develop wool rope for the island's seaweed farm.

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

Fungal Learning – A collaborative project. 🍄 Tomorrow, Wed 30 July | Void Art Centre Void Art Centre is hosting Ann Henderson and Vanya Lambrecht as they share their research, Fungal Learning, a Rathlin Creative Fellowship project through Future Island-Island. #fungi #research #design 1/2

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