Re-designing Brighton 2050: A speculative sprint for a creative city

Abstract

By 2050, what could make Brighton the creative capital artists and designers call home, not just visit? This hands-on speculative design workshop invites participants to imagine bold, future-facing ideas to reignite Brighton’s artistic spirit. 

• We’ll begin by reflecting on the city’s vibrant creative past and exploring why that energy has faded ( pre-conducted research reflections). 
• Then, through playful prototyping at interactive stations, we’ll co-design imaginative solutions, from public idea kiosks and art-for-rent communities to bike systems that turn doodles into street art ( I’ll create small stations with pre-prototyped initial idea starters). 
• Participants will collaborate, adapt concepts, and vote on the most inspiring and impactful ideas. building on top of them. 
• They’ll explore the concept of speculative fore-sight driven design as a tool to explore out of the box design thinking to help shape Brighton city as a platform for cultural expression. Rapid ideation, joyful critique, and speculative design concepts, leading to winning future state ideas.

About

Shivani Sundar | Service and Product Designer

Shivani is a service and product designer with a human-first mindset. She began her journey in graphic and UI design, but her curiosity for the “why” behind the “what” gradually drew her into UX and service design. Today, she sees herself as an end-to-end designer who crafts thoughtful, feasible, and innovative solutions that serve people over users, whether they’re end users, stakeholders, or collaborators. For Shivani, design is about more than aesthetics; it’s about the impact it creates and the relationships it nurtures. Empathy sits at the core of her work, and she approaches every challenge as an empathetic problem solver who values collaboration, creativity, and purpose. She thrives on turning complex challenges into meaningful experiences that deliver both business value and human connection. Shivani is always up for a good design sprint, a deep conversation, or a bit of fun along the way, because she believes good design should feel as good as it works.