Racing Green

Jeffrey Young is joined by Hanson Cheng and Siobhan Anderson from The Tyre Collective. They discuss the impact that tyre wear has on our air and the ingenious and innovative device that they have created to do something about this. 

Hanson is an interdisciplinary designer working across scales of design. From products, speculation, to immersive pavilions, his work explores themes of sustainability and technology, health and wellbeing, as well as play and the built environment. Hanson received his MA/MSc with Distinction in Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a concentration in nature and culture. His work has won various international awards, been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery London and featured on BBC, Guardian, Forbes, Reuters, Dezeen, and The Times.

Siobhan combines a knowledge of physiology and biomechanics to create a deeper understanding of the human body in the context of design and engineering. Whether it’s rethinking the future of augmented technology for female athletes or building solutions to micro-plastic pollution, her work focuses on empowering people.

Jeffrey Young is joined by the CEO and the Head of London of AirRated, Francesca Brady and Niall Ingham. Francesca and Niall discuss the work being done by AirRated to provide an AirScore as a simple and effective way for landlords, developers, and employers to communicate the health of indoor environments to their tenants, residents, and employees.

Francesca Brady believes indoor air quality has never been so important. As CEO at AirRated, she is dedicated to promoting and educating the importance and benefits of good indoor air quality. Francesca has been nominated as an Inspirational Woman in Tech and thanks to her work on AirScore, within her first 12 months at AirRated she got fast-tracked to the position of CEO. AirRated has been featured in The Times, City AM, The Telegraph, Property Week, Estates Gazette alongside other industry and national papers. In 2020, AirRated was shortlisted as a finalist in the Wellbeing Technology category of the EG Tech Awards. The AirScore has also been shortlisted as a finalist for the upcoming CIBSE Building Performance Awards.