Set against the backdrop of Beyond the Box’s much-anticipated People’s Pavilion 2025, opening this summer at the William Morris Gallery, join us for this dynamic event that explores the transformative potential of co-design.
This in-conversation explores how youth communities can lead the transformation of public spaces. The event spotlights community-led design in action—highlighting youth-driven initiatives that reimagine public space through co-design, creativity, and care.
Bringing together an intergenerational mix of young people, industry professionals, and thought leaders, the event amplifies lived experiences, bold ideas, and innovative ways of working.
Shawn Adams – Architect, Writer, and Lecturer
Bongani Muchemwa – Director of McCloy Muchemwa
Sam Elbahja, Architectural Designer, Poet and Author
Peter Moore – Architectural Designer and Maker
Bianca Quiring – Aspiring Designer, People’s Pavilion 2025 Co-designer
Cy Sherliker – Aspiring Designer, People’s Pavilion 2025 Co-designer
Ayaz Akyol – Aspiring Designer, People’s Pavilion 2025 Co-designer
Chaired by
Neil Onions, Director Beyond the Box & Isata Kamara, Aspiring Designer & People’s Pavilion 2025 Co-designer
This event is the first in a 3-part series curated by Beyond the Box, celebrating co-design as a powerful tool for inclusion, imagination, and systemic transformation. Together, we’ll uncover how young people, when given the tools and trust, can reimagine the environments we all share.
Spanning architecture, culture, and public space, this series brings together an intergenerational mix of young voices, industry professionals, and thought leaders. Through panels, provocations, and lived experience, we’ll ask: what does it really mean to design with, not for—and how can co-design help us build a more equitable, inspiring future?
Be part of the conversation. Be part of the change.
