Hi there.
I'm an Equity-centred Service and Strategic Designer, User Researcher, Eco-Futurist & Climate Justice Activist.
Working towards more decolonial and liberatory services, organisations and futures for all.
I've led impactful award-winning work across sectors
"I can recommend Eloise Smith-Foster as a creative, respectful facilitator and service designer for regenerative futures-thinking at a very exciting time for grassroots change. Eloise and I worked together in 2021 to engage more than 80 organisations across the voluntary, public and private sectors in Wales to produce Voluntary Sector Futures: co-designing a future vision for the voluntary sector 2030 to support strategic thinking (Welsh Council for Voluntary Action).
The attentive space for listening held by Eloise during participation (equal time spent with volunteers in local neighbourhoods, to service delivery managers, and business entrepreneurs) was regarded as one of the strengths of the process and was seen as an opportunity to ‘refresh and re-set’ during very pressing day-to-day operations. A professional, informed and generative approach to final designs is a trademark of Eloise's work, and bringing forward personal testimonials and quotes from participants is so affirming and nourishing.
I can thoroughly recommend collaborating with her!”
- Suzanne Iuppa, Strategy Officer at the Wales Council for Voluntary Action and Copronet Wales
I'm a co-founder and collaborator for purposeful partners
Work History
Freelance Researcher, Designer and Eco-Futurist, October 2023 - present
Jury Member for Service Design Award, Creative Conscience, September 2024 - Present
Strategic Designer and Eco-Futurist, Member, Falay Transition Design Collective, June 2024 - present
Associate Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam UX & CDD Bachelors & Apprenticeship program, October 2023-Present
Co-founder, Design Activists for regenerative Futures (DARF),
2022 - present
Lead Service Designer, Futurice,
May 2021 - June 2024
Service Designer, Hellon,
2018-2021
Board Member, Manager and Service Designer, the Service Design Network, 2016-18
Voluntary Sector Futures
Design Activists for Regenerative Futures (DARF)
Co-lab Participatory Design Game
With Hellon, the NHS & Surrey Heartlands ICS
Voluntary Collective
Core 77 Award winner, SDN Award Finalist 2022
Decarbonising farming with a co-created circular service
With Hellon and Yara, Fast Company Award Winner, SDN Award Finalist
Master of European Design (MEDes) Thesis
Supporting Community Land Ownership & Governance
Selected Projects
Got a partnership idea, or a project you need help with? Drop me a line and let's talk.