New Grounds for Design Futures was a hands-on workshop that invited participants to reimagine spatial practices through diverse lenses.

The Feminist Spatial Practices-led workshop invited participants to collaborate in small groups to make physical, multi-media collages on floor and table-top surfaces. Zoom participants were invited to engage in the simultaneous making of digital collages, facilitated by FSP members. The workshop commenced with an introduction and collective centering exercise led by FSP, followed by a creative prompt and small group work. In groups of 3-4, participants utilized provided materials including books, pre-printed texts and visuals, fabric scraps, pens and markers to compose their collage, focusing on one of four conceptual themes: Embodied Experiences, Collaborative Practices, Experimental Pedagogies, and Advocacy & Activism.

Through the collage-making exercise, the workshop sought to encourage participants to co-create disciplinary futures that acknowledge marginalized histories, celebrate reparative presents, and dream of just futures within and beyond design practices and pedagogies.