Indy Johar (Virtual)

Indy Johar is an architect, educator, and systems thinker focused on transforming how we design and govern urban environments. His work centres on regenerative redesign, distributional care, and democratising access to space, with an emphasis on reshaping the underlying systems that shape civic life.

He is the founding Executive Director of both Architecture 00 and Dark Matter Labs, and co-founder of Impact Hub Birmingham and Open Systems Lab. He has previously served as a Senior Innovation Associate at The Young Foundation, lectured widely at universities around the world, and is currently Professor for Practice with the Planetary Civics Inquiry at RMIT University.

His work explores how aligning civic systems and incentives can shift society toward intrinsic value and collective wellbeing. Through Dark Matter Labs, Indy and his team use design as a tool to map, experiment, and build pathways toward a post-ownership society, reimagining the “deep codes” that shape our material economy, civic structures, and ultimately how we understand human development and connection.