Grace is a designer, strategist and policy maker.

I work in the middle of, and try and join the dots between, civic systems, culture and the public realm.

CV
Current
︎︎︎Planning engagement lead @ Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
︎︎︎Critical Practice Tutor @ London School of Architecture
︎︎︎Trustee @ Turf Projects, Croydon (since 2021)
︎︎︎PUBLIC PRACTICE / Future London Leaders alum

Previous
︎︎︎Co-founder & director @ Syrup projects
︎︎︎Associate Lecturer @ MA Design for Social Innovation & Sustainable Futures, University of the Arts London
︎︎︎Design Champion @ The Glass-House Community-Led Design (2018-2022)
︎︎︎Visiting Research Fellow @ The Open University (2018-2022)
︎︎︎Guest/visiting critic @ Royal College of Art School of Architecture (2026) and City Design (2025), Falmouth University, University of Creative Arts
︎︎︎ Talks @ Royal Town Planning Institute (2025), UK Gov / MHCLG (2024), City of London / Greater London Authority (2024), Camden Council Citizen’s Assembly (2023)


Education
Information Experience Design (MA), Royal College of Art
Architecture (BA), Oxford Brookes University

Awards
Winner of The Pinapples Award 2025, Community Engagement
Shortlised for Planning Awards 2025, Stakeholder Engagement 
Shortlisted for TET Awards 2025, Best of Local Authority

Publications / papers
Forthcoming publication: chapter in ‘Walking as Method: Spatial Justice, Policy Development and Social Change’, published by Routledge in 2027. With Anna Vickery

Paper: ‘Support structures: context, negotiation and spaces for artistic exchange in Local Government’, presented at Royal College of Art, 2025