Welcome to the third episode of Notes From The Field, a Cement Fields podcast where we talk to artists, practitioners and researchers to dig deeper into our projects and the people behind them.

In 003 we look at Ebbsfleet Design Group and the work they did with interdisciplinary design collective RESOLVE and researcher Rana Khazbak for the 24/25 year of the programme. Ebbsfleet Design Group builds on our pioneering three-year creative placemaking programme This Must Be The Place to continue our work collaborating with local young people on the development of the new Ebbsfleet Garden City, supported by artists, academics and designers.

Rana and RESOLVE led a series of explorative and hands-on workshops with young people aged 15-21 living in or near Ebbsfleet, asking them to consider creative and novel ways of responding to their environment, and facilitated them becoming ‘community researchers’ – working to re-imagine the built environment as it’s being developed in Ebbsfleet.

The Design Group met over the course of three ‘labs’ in the October half term, the February half term, and April Easter holidays, when this podcast was recorded.

Thanks to Seth and Lauren-Loïs for their insight and a brilliant chat!

Find out more about Ebbsfleet Design Group here ---> https://cementfields.org/projects/ebbsfleet-design-group/