Transition by Design

Who we are

The Makespace Oxford project is a new CIC Company co-founded by Transition by Design, Manifest Architecture and Broken Spoke Bike Co-op in 2015. Today the Makespace Oxford CIC Board comprises of Paul Roberts (CEO Aspire Oxford), Alice Hemming (founder of the Children's Allotment Project) and Andy Edwards (Co-director and Co-founder of Transition by Design).

This post will be hosted within Transition by Design Co-operative CIC. Transition by Design (TbD) is an architecture and design Workers Co-operative and Community Interest Company (CIC) which specialises in strategic design, low impact and community-led architecture and community engagement. TbD takes a collaborative approach working with multiple partners to deliver the most creative and appropriate responses.

TbD works with a wide range of clients and partners and has become established over the last eight years within fields of strategic design, architectural design, environmental design, graphics and communications. TbD have worked with a diverse range of groups including:

• -  International NGOs such as Greenpeace International and Oxfam;

• -  Local and national charities including, Low Carbon Hub, UK Community Land Trust Network, Power to

  Change and Bioregional

• -  Local Authorities including Oxford City and Oxfordshire County Council

• -  Grassroots organisations, such as Oxford Tenants’ Union and environmental group Reclaim the Power

• -  Community-led housing groups such as, Oxford Cohousing, Oxfordshire Community Land Trust, Homes for

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  Transition by Design is a member of the RIBA, Co-ops UK, the Community Action Group (CAG) Project and a founding member of the Oxford Fairer Housing Network.