Designing Dialogue

We design dialogue to share your research, develop your place, and engage your communities.

Co-Design With Us

What We Do

Designing Dialogue co-designs place-focused projects to connect communities and civic partners.

We work through unique place-focused and arts-based methodology, acting as a bridge between communities and civic partners to co-design and deliver projects that develop agency and creativity.

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Design Dialogue With You

Share Your Research

Reach Your Communities

Develop Your
Place

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About Designing Dialogue

Designing Dialogue was founded in 2020 by Dr Rhiannon Jones and incorporated a spin-out CIC with two directors and a brilliant committee of stakeholders. The CIC is located in Derby/Derbyshire and has delivered projects across the UK and beyond.

Through our flagship project the Social Higher Education Depot (S.H.E.D), we create bespoke environments to collaboratively imagine change for the future and 'Shedding preconceptions of people and place'.

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We are leaders in civic and creative practice, designing meaningful conversations that bring communities together. Our work supports you in shaping strategy, policy, and research through innovative public engagement.

Work With Us

Whether you're looking for keynote speakers, mentoring, or advocacy, we’re here to help. We often work through S.H.E.D — a unique mobile space for rethinking how art, research, and social practice can positively impact the world around us.

Let’s collaborate to create change through dialogue.

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