BFI Design Lab

The BFI Design Lab is a cohort-based programme run by the Buckminster Fuller Institute that supports place-sourced bioregional resilience and regenerative design initiatives. It curates and supports a global cohort of initiatives with structured design-science assistance, project incubation (including nonprofit fiscal sponsorship where helpful), joint fundraising opportunities, and connections to investment partners. The Lab also provides a digital spotlight within BFI networks and promotes open design, open science, open data, and related tools developed within the cohort.

Digital spotlight in BFI networks; membership in a global cohort; structured design-science support; project incubation through nonprofit fiscal sponsorship where helpful; joint fundraising opportunities; connections to investment partners; access to open design/open science tools.

Initiatives that meet the Lab's seven criteria (Comprehensive; Anticipatory; Regenerative; Inclusive; Commons-Based; Verifiable; Achievable).