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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW The Colour of Everyday, a symposium from the Bernat Klein Foundation in collaboration with Future Island-Island. store.ulster.ac.uk/product-cata...

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Ticket sales for the Bernat Klein Symposium on the 28th Of November 2026

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are looking for a Marketing and Communications Co-ordinator to join the Future Island-Island team. This post will be responsible for coordinating all communications across the project, working closely with project partners and the project team.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We are delighted to be offering this residency opportunity in collaboration with our priject parters at NARCCA for more information please visit the NARCCA website: naarca.art/2026/09/25/t...

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We are delighted to announce that we won the Innovation in Agriculture award at the NI Farming Awards, we are truly honoured to receive this award.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Call for Absracts deadline extention to the 11th Septmeber 2026

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Intermittent Motion Workshops with artest and filmaker Gillian Steel. As a part of a series of workshops in the coming months exploring the connections between the sewing machine and old-fashioned analogue cameras.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Colour of Everyday A symposium exploring colour, craft, sustainability and cultural heritage inspired by the legacy of textile designer and colourist Bernat Klein. 📅 Abstract deadline: 4 September 2026 📅 Symposium: 28 November 2026 Find out more: www.futureisland-island.org

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are delighted to be able to offer this fantastic opportunity to students at Ulster University. To apply for this role please log into your UU Futures account using your student number and search the job reference 178 and submit a cover letter with a link to your portfolio.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🎉 We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the NI Farmers Awards - Innovation in Agriculture. With Sustainable Rope Ltd, Ulster University, Ulster Wool, and Islander Kelp reviving traditional technology for a sustainable future, to develop wool rope for the island's seaweed farm.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🌿Celebrating Young People, Place and Sustainable Futures We recently hosted our Imaginarium Dissemination Event at Portrush Youth Centre… and what a morning it was! Thanks to Education Authority, @daera-ni.gov.uk, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and Cara Hunter MLA, for joining us.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Colour of Everyday A symposium exploring colour, craft, sustainability and cultural heritage — inspired by the legacy of textile designer and colourist Bernat Klein. Abstracts now open. More information: www.futureisland-island.org/updates/bern...

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

How can we re-make and re-think our present to create a better future? Join us to explore the power of radical hope with a free utopian workshop to imagine better futures | @Imagine Festival 2026. 🚨27 Mar | 3:30-5:30pm | W5 Belfast 🎟️https://bit.ly/4t1TjhH Includes visit to Imaginarium exhibition.

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Let’s dream together! - Imagine! Belfast

A utopian workshop to imagine possible better futures.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We're at @beyondconference.org 2025, sharing FII projects in this year's showcase; featuring an interactive display of 3D-digitised island artefacts and oral histories, alongside videos highlighting our work strands in flow and fellowships.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Irish Design Week 2025! We're taking part, in collaboration with Belfast Design Week & One Bite Design Studio. Featuring projects & stories from FII & Hong Kong, exploring design, architecture & sustainability for people, place & planet, and a pop-up display of our fellowships in the BSOA foyer.

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Well done Nina, Meabh, all the young people and everyone involved in bringing the Imaginarium exhibition to W5! Superb work #SustainableFutures #YoungPeople #Education #Rathlin @futureislandisland.bsky.social

Welcome to the Imaginarium text on a big screen.

An immersive suite with the screens on two sides visible. Imagery of Rathlin in the background and colourful icons the visitor can touch to hear some of the stories from the project.

A pop up displays with more information about the Imaginarium project working with young people.

A view into the immersive suite showing imagery from the project.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Delighted to share that Gillian Colhoun, our Strategic Development Manager, will take to the stage at the World Design Congress as part of the Designing with Nature Hive Session: Nature’s Inspiration × Human Creativity. 🗓️ Day 2 | 14:00–14:45 📍 Auditorium 2 @designcouncil.bsky.social | @wdo.org

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The Future Blueprint: Inis Nua | Film Screening A “sci-firish” fever-dream where folklore collides with architectural climate prophecy – a film about the consequence of leaving your mess behind. 10 Sept | Queen’s Film Theatre 6pm reception | 6.30pm screening + panel talks. Book now: bit.ly/3JSpNd2

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The Future Blueprint: INIS NUA + discussion showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.

A “sci-firish” fever-dream where folklore collides with architectural prophecy, this is a film about the consequence of simply leaving your mess behind.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

2 days celebrating creativity & craft on Rathlin Island for August Craft Month. What did we get up to? 🪡 Heard Rathlin's wool, needlework, and sustainability histories. 🐑 Made wall hangings with naturally dyed Rathlin wool & learned how it's being transformed for sustainable reuse. 1/3

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Do you have a creative child who loves to imagine and play? 🎲 Sign them up for a FREE board game design workshop where kids explore environmental themes and create their own board game! 🔔Fri 15 August | Ulster Museum | Ages 9–11 ▶️Get your game on: bit.ly/4fsNpAM

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

On Friday, we were on Rathlin exploring stone as a natural material for a circular economy. We heard about NI's stone resources, benefits of using natural materials, low-carbon ways to retrofit buildings and global approaches to sustainable stone construction. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Fungal Learning – A collaborative project. 🍄 Tomorrow, Wed 30 July | Void Art Centre Void Art Centre is hosting Ann Henderson and Vanya Lambrecht as they share their research, Fungal Learning, a Rathlin Creative Fellowship project through Future Island-Island. #fungi #research #design 1/2

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We're hosting a hands-on design workshop at the @ulstermuseum.org for young designers and eco-advocates. Children will be introduced to design thinking and create their own board games that explore how environmental themes shape our world. FII | Ulster Uni | Hub Games Game on▶️ bit.ly/3TIR83a

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

We're celebrating the wonder of Rathlin wool with a workshop where you will: 🪡 discover traditional crafting techniques 🐑 explore locally sourced island wool 🌿 take home a handcrafted piece inspired by Rathlin’s landscape Part of an overnight craft package (7-8 Aug). Book now: bit.ly/45fJCDf

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Bringing together @futureislandisland.bsky.social, Rathlin RAFT Project (eradication prog), the Rathlin Development & Community Assoc & the Inishowen Development Partnership on Rathlin today to share knowledge & experiences across projects #sustainability #greenfutures #greentransition #biodiversity

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Watch S McConnell & Sons shape the Stone Strategies prototype, inspired by Rathlin's traditional dry stone walls. The modular blocks are designed for reuse, providing a sustainable alternative to concrete. 25 July | Manor House, Rathlin | bit.ly/3TVgKKa FII Fellowship: QUB, S McConnell & Sons.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Calling all crafters, makers, and curious creatives! Join us on Rathlin, 7–8 August, for an overnight experience that celebrates the island's craft culture, creative spirit and stunning landscapes. 🔔 Book now: bit.ly/3U2fdSv @ulsteruni.bsky.social | @rspb.bsky.social | LIFERaft | Craft NI

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Join us on Rathlin for a special event exploring how local stone can be reimagined in modern sustainable construction. Part of the Future Island-Island Design Fellowship led by Rachel Delargy, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social, in collaboration with S McConnell & Sons Stone. Register: bit.ly/3TVgKKa

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Say hello to the creative minds behind the bold ideas at DesignLink! These early-stage designers, thinkers and creators teamed up with NI businesses to co-design responses to real-world challenges, bringing new eyes and energy to every brief. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

DesignLink – 3 days of Innovation, Ideas & Impact 11 businesses & 23 Design Guilds teamed up to co-design responses to live business challenges. From architects & textile creatives to game & graphic designers, the event showed the power of cross-disciplinary creativity for innovative solutions.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

💡 DesignLink - Who's behind the briefs? Tomorrow, we’re teaming up with 11 forward-thinking NI businesses and individuals in a three-day design sprint, with each presenting a live design challenge to our 23 Design Guilds. Looking forward to the collaboration ahead! #Design #NIBusiness

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We're bringing together 11 NI businesses & 23 Design Guilds to tackle real-world challenges through innovative thinking. This 3-day design sprint connects creatives with businesses to unlock fresh solutions in sustainability & build a more interconnected design ecosystem in Northern Ireland.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Solastalgia event as part of the #RathlinSoundFestival. Together, we slowed down and connected with Rathlin’s landscape before using natural materials like seaweed and shells to create expressive artworks at the seafront. 🐚 ___ @ulsteruni.bsky.social

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Graphic Design students from the Belfast School of Art presented their project work on Rathlin Island to over 100 local design professionals, as well as international design leaders Brian Collins and Mary Doherty, during the Rapid Agency x BSOA event in Belfast. @ulsteruni.bsky.social

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

On the Rathlin ferry with Dr Patrick Dunlop, who was on Rathlin with the @futureislandisland.bsky.social project today. Next stop for us both is the UUSU Learning & Teaching Awards in Derry this eve @ulsteruni-edi.bsky.social And there are island musicians on the ferry playing for the passengers!

Myself & Patrick on the upper deck of the ferry with the pier and island in the background.

Musician Michael Black playing the banjo.

Four musicians playing whistle, fiddle, banjo & flute on the outside deck of the ferry with appreciative passengers looking on.

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

All aboard the #Rathlin ferry. @ulsteruni.bsky.social @futureislandisland.bsky.social colleagues over today running events at the Rathlin Sound Festival - working and creating with Rathlin wool and deconstructing a washing machine for repurposing #circulatity #sustainability

A stunning hand knit tabard made with the wool from Rathlin sheep for a display & talk on the island today.

Dr Patrick Dunlop & Dr Jeremy Hamilton beside a washing machine that has been taken apart for reuse. Photo taken on the grassy seafront with the harbour in the background.

Dr Anna Duffy & Prof Alison Gault and myself on the Rathlin ferry

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

What's really inside your old appliances? Come along to see us take apart a washing machine & uncover the surprising potential of e-waste. From wind turbines to bug hotels, we’ll explore how mechanical and electrical engineering can breathe new life into discarded objects. #RathlinSoundFestival

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Join us to discover how Rathlin’s own wool is being reimagined to celebrate the island’s rich fishing and maritime traditions. This interactive show-and-tell features creative work from @ulsteruni.bsky.social students, crafted from Rathlin wool. #RathlinSoundFestival

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

And from the films of the first 6 Rathlin Creatives collaborations in Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social

Island Artist Ann Henderson talking about her collaboration with Hazel Watson and Vanya Lambrecht Ward on fungi and how they interact with plastics and other waste and the ethics of using them in this way.

Hazel and Vanya from the project outdoors on the island exploring Rathlin’s fungi

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Gillian taking us through some of the work package activities in the FII project @futureislandisland.bsky.social

Speaker (Gillian) in front of a slide ‘Wonderful Wool’ about how the project has taken wool from Rathlin sheep to be cleaned and used to create new wool products.

Speaker (Gillian) in front of a slide ‘Building Sustainable Futures’ highlighting digitisation and scanning in the project to protect unique Rathlin artefacts and landscapes.

Speaker (Gillian) in front of a slide showcasing some of the repair & innovation work on the project. The slide includes visual minutes created for a Repair Cafe event on the island.

Speaker (Gillian) highlighting the important work that has been undertaken to explore and understand how the body of visual minute work on Rathlin has helped shape policy ans community thinking as well as reflecting what the island has achieved.

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Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Super update from Gillian & others from Future Island-Island (including me) at the Rathlin Sound Festival today. A highlight was the 6 short films of the Rathlin creatives who through the project have been empowered in their work #RSF25 #Sustainability #GreenFuture @futureislandisland.bsky.social

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

1 day to our Solastalgia event at the Rathlin Sound Festival! Why not take a moment to explore and reflect on the practice of forest bathing? Gillian Colhoun, from FII previously joined the Why It Matters podcast to discuss the importance of reconnecting with nature. Listen in: bit.ly/44KPRPQ

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Discover the story of Foghorn Requiem, a unique musical performance that honours the iconic foghorn sound across the UK coastline. 🚢Featuring over 50 ships, custom-built horns, 3 brass bands, and the iconic Souter Lighthouse foghorn. #RathlinSoundFestival

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Join us as we reconnect with nature and express ourselves through creativity. Solastalgia blends nature connection and intuitive art. Begin with a gentle forest bathing session, before exploring your emotional response to environmental change using natural materials. #RathlinSoundFestival

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🌊We’re joining the Rathlin Sound Festival! From solastalgia and Rathlin wool to iconic soundscapes and the hidden value of e-waste, we're bringing creative conversations, film screenings and interactive moments to festival-goers. Our events will run from 24-30 May. 🔗More info: bit.ly/3WASBua

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Our partner, Ulster Wool, has set up shop at Balmoral Show, celebrating the rich heritage and future potential of Irish wool. 🐑 Featuring garments crafted by BSoA students from Rathlin wool developed as part of FII. 🧶 Come explore the journey of Rathlin wool today! @ulsteruni.bsky.social

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🎧Rathlin Island Repair Café on the NIRN Sustainable Conversations Podcast. 💚 Get a feel for Rathlin Island's first-ever Repair Café on the @niresourcesnet.bsky.social's latest podcast episode – a bustling day of clinking tools, shared skills, and community connections. Listen now: bit.ly/3Fb2WY6

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Students from UU and QUB joined forces for an Environmental Simulation Workshop – part of FII's WP4. 💡This hands-on collab explored how co-learning & environmental modelling can help future professionals develop strategies in socio-environmental education, design thinking, and climate resilience.

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Future Island-Island @futureislandisland.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Fix it, don't ditch it! 🛠 Watch circularity in action at the Rathlin Repair Café. 📽 From hands-on mending to shared stories & skills, the landmark event celebrated the island's culture of care, repair, & community. ♻️ Organisers: FII, @niresourcesnet.bsky.social & RDCA. Mappers: More Than Minutes.

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