Hi there.
I'm a values-led Eco-Futurist, Imagination Practitioner, Strategic Designer & Climate Justice Activist.
Working for more liberatory services, organisations and futures for all.
I've led impactful award-winning work
”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, client partner, WCVA and Copronet Wales
I'm a Co-founder and collaborator for purposeful partners
Work History
Jury, Creative Conscience, September 2024 - Present
Member, Falay Transition Design Collective, June 2024 - present
Freelance, October 2023 - present
Co-founder, Design Activists for regenerative Futures (DARF),
2022 - present
Lead Service Designer, Futurice,
2021 to present
Associate Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam UX & CDD Bachelors & Apprenticeship program, October-December 2023
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? Shoot me a line and let's talk.