https://tobanshadlyn.com Toban Shadlyn Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:02:54 +0000 https://tobanshadlyn.com en https://tobanshadlyn.com/Home Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:02:54 +0000 Toban Shadlyn https://tobanshadlyn.com/Home Toban Shadlyn Index About Strategic designer, researcher, and educator. My work focuses on fostering transdisciplinary collaborations, driving systemic transitions, and enabling place-based transformation. Unearthodox Project 2026 An 8-month incubation & learning program titled, Sparks of Regeneration, supports changemakers to develop initiatives for regenerative futures across nature, climate, food, well-being, education, governance, and more. System Innovation Network Talk 2026 A talk about the work I led engaging with the Opioid Crisis in Rhode Island as a case study on systems change.  I Wanna Be Soil Writing 2025 An article for Untold Magazine spotlighting the different facets of the story of separation. Systemic Design Club Japan Talk 2025 An organisation dedicated to promoting and advancing systemic design to address complex societal and environmental challenges. Ikea Xplore Studios Talk  2025 A panel discussion on the future of collaboration and retail.  10x100 Project 2025– A collective learning mechanism to mobilize cross-sector organizations and practitioners working on societal transformation within a coordinated 10×100‑day timeframe. Rebel Roots Project 2025– A globally distributed, plant-led food magazine, to create systems level awareness and literacy of food systems. Power of Place Program 2025 A 7-month learning program for experienced leaders and practitioners to dive deeply into the value-adding process of regenerative design. Coralligenous Habitats  Teaching 2025 A short course applying foresight and future practices in response to water futures in Barcelona. What Grows When Water Runs Out Writing 2025 An article for Rebel Roots Magazine on Spain’s shifting water realities. Watershed Moments Teaching 2024-2025 A master’s level course exploring water scarcity in agricultural practices in the conext of Catalonia. Designing With Drought Teaching 2023-2024 A master’s level course exploring the drought challenges facing Barcelona and the broader region. Master of Strategic Design Teaching 2022– A one-year masters program at ELISAVA School of Design and Engineering in Barcelona Spain. Polycene Design Project 2023-2025 A manual for new design standards in addressing the polycrisis from a planetary perspective. Barcelona Design Week Exhibition 2024 A series of exhibitions and public events to create meaningful dialogue, reflection, and curiosity on humans relationship with water systems.  Taking Care of Water Teaching 2023 A short course applying foresight and future practices in response to water futures in Barcelona. Innovation & Future Thinking Teaching  2022– A summer course offered at IED Barcelona, training practitioners in foresight and future practices. Field States Project 2022-2024 A strategic design studio, stewarding place-based transformation and civic value. City of Vernon City Health Services Project 2022 Defining a healthy future for a historically industrial city.  Opioids and Harm Reduction Project 2019-2023 A multi-year systems change effort in collaboration with various stakeholders including academic institutions, private and public sector, and non profit organizations to design healing and restorative systems of care. Mock Overdose Prevention Sites Project 2021–2022 A series of exhibitions across Rhode Island and Massachusetts immersing people in 1:1 scale mock safe injection sites.  Incomplete City Teaching 2022 Spring semester course in the Urban Technology program at the University of Michigan. Royal College of Art  Teaching 2022-2024 Lecturer and Tutor in the Master of Service Design and Design within Society at the Royal College of Art London. Mainstay, RI Project 2019-2022 A small thinktank and advocacy group working to redesign the environments of care for people impacted by the overdose crisis. Design Beyond Crisis Teaching 2022 Interdisciplinary studio course at Rhode Island School of Design. Equitable Futures Studio: Opioids & Overdose Project 2021 A mechanism for collaboration and change within Rhode Island. Kaospilot Interview 2022 A podcast interview about faciltiation with students from Kaospilot School in Denmark. Carry Forward Symposium 2021 Rhode Island School of Design’s Center for Complexity annual symposium entitled Carry Forward. Design Research Methodologies Workshop 2018– An ongoing lecture and workshop series on design research and methodologies. Generation C Symposium 2020 Rhode Island School of Design’s Center for Complexity annual symposium entitled Generation C. Rhode Island Office of Innovation Project 2018 The Rhode Island Office of Innovation, an initiative launched by Governor Gina Raimondo in January 2016, to support and positively impact public systems in the state. Strategic Design Program Project 2018-2021 Professional courses on systems and strategic design taught by the Center for Complexity at Rhode Island School of Design. Institute for Design and Public Policy Project 2016-2018 A multi-sector convening where leaders explored how human‑centred design can reframe public policy challenges. Through systems‑oriented collaboration, the Institute charted pathways for integrating design thinking into governance. Gassed Out Thesis 2018 What to do when the world runs out of gas? GASSED OUT is a proposal that seeks to anticipate the transition from fossil fuels to renewables by transforming gas stations into community ‘energy hotspots’. Interior Architecture Project 2014–2017 Interior design renovation projects (residential and commercial). Toban Shadlyn Index About