About the Programme
Design Your Future is a free, five-day creative programme for Transition Year students that blends science, technology, art, and design. Through hands-on workshops, students explore local challenges, imagine sustainable futures, and develop innovative solutions for their community.
Calling Transition Year Students!
Design Your Future is a free week-long programme for TY students delivered by Academy of the Near Future — a collaboration between CONNECT, the Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks at Trinity College Dublin, and local authorities including Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council.
This year we are so excited to deliver our programme in collaboration with Google, in ‘The Factory’ community and arts and culture space, Boland Mills, Google Docks.
Through hands-on workshops and creative activities, you’ll explore how technology and innovation can help tackle challenges in towns, cities and communities.
Highlights from the week include:
Taking part in interactive art, design, communication and science workshops where you’ll problem-solve in teams.
Build creative confidence to imagine alternative futures
Experiment with citizen science to explore climate action.
Learning how technology is being used to address real challenges with the Smart Dublin team.
Meeting STEM, design and innovation experts who will help bring your ideas to life.
This unique programme is a fantastic way to build confidence, get creative, develop new skills and, most importantly, have fun!
📍 Location: The Factory, Boland Mills, Google Docks
🗓️ Dates: Monday 17th - Friday 21st November
My high point of the week was making friends and doing all the fun activities with everyone. It was such a comfortable environment where everyone was so kind and I felt like I could be myself.