Design and Innovation Nottingham is a free, regular meetup run by Nightingale Design Research. Come along and hear talks on research, design, innovation and entrepreneurship, have some pizza and meet new people!
Next event
Thursday 18th September 2025
6.30-9.30pm
Ingenuity Centre
University of Nottingham Innovation Park
Jubilee Campus
Triumph Road
Nottingham
NG7 2TU
Speakers and talks
Andy Boston & Mike Colechin
"Designing Serious Games"
Andy and Mike are co-founders of Heuristic Games. They specialise in designing and delivering workshops based around ‘serious games’ where participants explore how net zero can be delivered in the energy and transport systems.
Their successful game methodology helps participants gain experience of:
- Strategic decision making in a whole systems context
- Implementing policy interventions that influence individual choices
- Making changes that secure reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
The workshops also provide a safe place to enhance team work, negotiating, strategic thinking and risk management skills.
Andy and Mike's talk will give you a chance to try out their 'Transport Planner' workshop that uses a physical model of a city to explore the challenges of delivering effective transport services.
They'll also share the process they used to develop their latest innovative workshop ‘Decarb-a-nation’.
We're looking forward to hearing Mike and Andy's story, playing some 'serious games' and learning how they're helping people understand the challenges of net zero.
What to expect
I aim to attend every DiNG, because of the people and the perspectives I meet there. It's great that I can meet other design experts, the fresh ideas of students and business innovators. The speakers are interesting and cover a range of subjects, keeping it fresh and with more depth than the other events I've attended locally
— Elsa Bartley, UX Designer
