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De Montfort University
The Making Sustainability 2026: International Conference on Craft, Design and Innovation (on 7-8 in September 2026 at De Montfort University, UK and online) will bring together researchers, practitioners, educators, and industry leaders to explore how craft, design, innovation, and technology intersect to shape sustainable futures.
Call for Abstracts: Making Sustainability 2026 CfA
Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 March 2026
Conference website: makingsustainability2026.our.dmu.ac.uk
The Making Sustainability 2026: International Conference on Craft, Design and Innovation (on 7-8 in September 2026 at De Montfort University, UK and online) will bring together researchers, practitioners, educators, and industry leaders to explore how craft, design, innovation, and technology intersect to shape sustainable futures.
With a particular emphasis on the connections between craft and design, such as prototyping in contexts including product, furniture, interior, fashion, architecture, and the built environment, the conference will address themes including:
The conference aims to challenge conventional boundaries by bringing together artistic, cultural and industrial perspectives. It seeks to highlight the importance of sustainable making and craft in sustainable and regenerative development, and to foster new collaborations that will contribute to more resilient futures for communities, economies, and environments.
The Making Sustainability 2026 conference welcomes submissions that critically and creatively engage with the intersections of craft, design, innovation and technology in shaping sustainable and regenerative futures. We invite contributions from researchers, practitioners, educators, policymakers and industry leaders across disciplines.
Please submit an extended abstract of 400-600 words. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to develop their work into a full paper for either a special issue of Crafts, "Regenerative Craft and Circular Practice: Material, Technological, and Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Sustainable Making", or the Journal of Design and Craft Studies, or for inclusion in an edited book (publisher to be confirmed, either Springer or Routledge).
Submit your abstract here.
