Sarah Ichioka

Sarah Mineko Ichioka is a strategist, urbanist, curator and writer (www.sarahichioka.com). She leads Desire Lines, a strategic consultancy for environmental, cultural and social-impact organisations and initiatives (desire-lines.com). Ichioka has been recognised as a World Cities Summit Young Leader, one of the Global Public Interest Design 100, and a British Council / Clore Foundation Cultural Leadership International Fellow. Previous roles include Director of The Architecture Foundation (UK), Co-Director of the London Festival of Architecture, and positions with the LSE Cities Programme, La Biennale di Venezia, Tate Modern, and Singapore’s National Parks Board. She has advised cultural initiatives such as the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and Triennale di Milano. She is the co-author, with Michael Pawlyn, of Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency (Triarchy Press, 2021: www.flourish-book.com).