Dark Matter Labs

Dark Matter Labs is focussed on the great transitions our societies need to respond to the technological revolution and climate breakdown we face. Our aim is to discover, design and develop the institutional ‘dark matter’ that supports a more democratic, distributed and sustainable future.

We are a multidisciplinary design team working with partners, clients, and collaborators across the world to develop new working methods for system change.

Dark Matter Labs utilises an experiment methodology typical of a fieldwork laboratory – undertaking real-world research and prototyping to develop new models of 21st century institutional infrastructure.

Our work is based around collaborative, strategic experiments to learn about the ‘dark matter’ of systems; from policy and regulation, finance and data, governance and organisational culture, to identity and democratic participation.