Currently
💚 Writer & Editor with re:arc institute
🌿 Freelance Writer, Editor, Researcher
Previously
🛸 Contributing Editor at SPACE10
**Availability**: May 2024
**Location:** London, UK
<aside> 👋🏼 Hi, I’m Linsey. I spend my time researching, imagining, writing, listening, and gardening — to design ways of being and becoming that are gentler for people and the planet.
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Areas of Inquiry Speculative futures. Radical imagination. Decolonial feminisms. Alternative economies. Inclusive architecture and cities. More-than-human worlding. Indigenous patterns of knowledge. Transformative justice. Regenerative farming and natural wine.
Writing, Editing, Publishing Long and short-form writing. Editorial direction and strategy. Commissioning. Research. Interviewing. Fact-checking and proofreading.
Research for design Qualitative and quantitative research. Desktop and field research. Interviewing. Report writing and editing. Thinking in systems. Challenge-led innovation. Identifying insights and opportunities. Comparative analysis. Literature review.
Content Strategy Copywriting and editing. Research. Fact-checking and proofreading. Brand strategy. Digital marketing. Social media strategy. Script writing. Branded content.
<aside> ✉️ Email: hello [at] linseyrendell [dot] com
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2023-
Writer & Editor @ re:arc institute : Copenhagen, Denmark & Remote
I currently work as a writer and editor with re:arc institute, a philanthropic initiative supporting architecture(s) of planetary well-being. Working at the intersection of climate action and architecture, re:arc funds community-led solutions that address the root causes of climate breakdown and nurture the creative reimagining of our social and ecological systems.
2023
Residency @ Dutch Design Week : Eindhoven, the Netherlands
I was selected as one of five Creative Voices to preview and review Dutch Design Week 2023 (DDW23), to critically reflect on the intersection of Product & Craft and Enabling our Thriving Planet — and the role of design and designers in these complex climes.
2022-23
Contributing Editor @ SPACE10 : Copenhagen, Denmark & Remote
SPACE10 is a research and design lab on a mission to create a better everyday life for people and the planet. We explore innovative solutions to some of the major social, environmental and technological changes expected to affect people and our planet in the years to come.
My relationship with SPACE10 has evolved from freelance writer (2020-2021) to contributing editor (throughout 2022 and 2023).
Responsibilities: Working with freelance writers to edit both editorial and copywriting commissions from first draft to publication. Editing, fact-checking and proofreading research reports from first draft to publication. Preparing the bi-weekly newsletter including copy, image sourcing, layout, and scheduling. Publishing articles, project and program copy on the SPACE10 website. Writing curatorial texts for exhibitions. Turning internal documentation into project copy. Assisting various project teams with strategy and production of publishing needs. Maintaining and evolving the style guide and upholding the SPACE10 tone of voice. Writing for social media and managing social accounts where needed. Documenting editorial processes and onboarding writers and new editorial team members to tone of voice, style guide and CMS.
Read the articles on SPACE10 Journal, learn more about our projects, and attend our events.
Recent writing ✏️
Where Ideas Come From | SPACE10
Radical Shifts for our Urbanised Planet | SPACE10
Envisioning a Planet City | SPACE10
2021-22
Content Editor @ Planetary Praxis : Cambridge, UK & Remote
Planetary Praxis is an interdisciplinary research group in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge that explores social, digital and environmental justice through practice-based investigations. Research extends from air pollution to deforestation and the climate crisis, considering how technological approaches affect people and the planet.
I developed, managed and implemented all communications for the Planetary Praxis constellation of projects, including Smart Forests and Citizen Sense.
Responsibilities: Developing communications and engagement strategies, designing visuals and writing content for social media channels, liaising with researchers, consolidating academic research into short digestible formats for web and social media, editing and proofreading, preparing and publishing project texts across various websites, website updates including to structure, layout, content, and visuals.
In October 2022, we launched the research platform the Smart Forests Atlas — a living archive and virtual fieldsite exploring how digital technologies are transforming forests. The Atlas platform includes open data from the Smart Forests project, and provides tools for researchers, stakeholders and publics to gather, explore, analyse, annotate, reflect on and reimagine smart forest knowledges and technologies.