Designer, activist, and academic, Julia Watson is a leading expert on indigenous technologies. Her new book with Taschen, Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism is a bestseller and has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, The Washington Post, just to name a few.
Julia teaches Urban Design at Harvard Graduate School of Design and Columbia University. She’s the Principal of Julia Watson, a landscape and urban design studio with a focus on indigenous design, and co-director of A Future Studio, a collective of eco-conscious designers. She has written for an array of platforms including ArchDaily, Blueprint, loARCH and Kerb, as well as co-author of A Spiritual Guide to Bali’s UNESCO World Heritage. This year she will be speaking at TED, COP 26, Venice Biennale and Dubai Expo 2020.
What Design Can Do Live
What Design Can Do organises annual conferences on design and innovation in different cities across the world. With a shot of positivity we facilitate unique exchanges through an international line-up of visionary speakers and interactive workshops.
Each WDCD Live event is a bee hive of change makers from a multi-disciplinary background, where connections are made and a cross pollination of ideas take place. From makers to marketeers, designers to diplomats, activists to architects, and more.
Learn more here: whatdesigncando.com/wdcd-live-events/
- What indigenous innovations can teach us | Julia Watson ( Download)
- Interview with Julia Watson at What Design Can Do 2022 ( Download)
- How to build a resilient future using ancient wisdom | Julia Watson ( Download)
- Indigenous Technologies and Lo-TEK Sustainable Design Solutions with Julia Watson - Space Talks #010 ( Download)
- The Purifying Ponds of Kolkata | Julia Watson ( Download)
- Julia Watson presents Lo-Tek | The World Around ( Download)
- Lo–TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism. Watch Julia Watson take us through the making of her book ( Download)
- Julia Watson on indigenous design ( Download)
- Julia Watson: Design by Radical Indigenism ( Download)
- Julia Watson: The Power of Lo-TEK ( Download)
- Julia Watson ( Download)
- Design by Radical Indigenism | Julia Watson ( Download)
- MSD at HOME with JULIA WATSON ( Download)
- Workshop: Complexity and Governance - Julia Watson ( Download)
- Global Lecture Series: Lo TEK Design by Radical Indigenism ( Download)