IGP Residents

We host a number of residency positions at the IGP to support emerging talent in areas connected to our work

Our residents include some of the most exciting emerging creatives in London, currently including an entrepreneur, designer and poet. Our programme enables practitioners to gain unique access to IGP research and staff, and offers them opportunities to collaborate, create and innovate

Arthur Kay

IGP Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Arthur Kay is an award-winning urban designer and entrepreneur. He studied architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where he became passionate about the need to create resilient and sustainable cities. Arthur is Founder and Deputy Chairman of bio-bean®, a clean technology company that recycles waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels and biochemicals. He holds advisory positions on several boards and is Founder and Chairman of Fast Forward 2030, a non-profit that identifies and promotes the business models that will help deliver the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Arthur writes for, and has featured in, the Guardian, Telegraph, Huffington Post, Wired, Forbes, Monocle, Architects’ Journal, Architectural Review, National Geographic, CBS, CNBC, BBC and The New Scientist. Arthur has spoken at conferences run by the UN, the Economist, Intelligence Squared, TEDx, the Guardian, the Mayor of London. He has advised Government on various issues including a Select Committee on entrepreneurship.

Email: info@fastforward2030.com

Satia Putra

IGP Designer-in-Residence

Satia is a proud Indonesian who studies Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Planning. His design work mainly revolves around child education and increasing public awareness on urban issues in his home country. Apart from his study and work with the IGP, he has worked closely as a teacher and designer with the Inspiration Factory Foundation, an NGO who focuses on improving underprivileged children's self-esteem.

Cameron Holleran

IGP Poet-in-Residence

Cameron is a non-binary Mancunian poet who is a part of the Barbican Young Poet and Burn After Reading collectives. Their work centres on gender, mental health and class. Performance highlights include the Walthamstow Garden Party, Tate Modern and Southbank Centre, along with a commissioned recording for the Wellcome Trust. More details can be found at their website: https://cameronholleran.com.

Read Cameron's work here:

'Uninhabitable'
'Owed'
'The Warden's Garden'
'Prosperity'
'A burden, shared'

Zulum Elumogo

IGP Dancer-in-Residence

Zulum Elumogo is Managing Director of TC & Friends, a multi-disciplinary design agency based in London, UK.

Zulum was previously Special Advisor at freuds communications working with clients such as Bolt, Comic Relief, Dior, Premier League and Vogue on their communications strategies and public presentation.

A passionate advocate for the Arts and high quality education for all, Zulum is currently on the Board for multiple cultural organisations including the Fair Education Alliance, Dance Umbrella, and the Barbican Centre, Europe’s largest multi-arts venue.

Zulum was President and Chairman of the London School of Economics Students’ Union from 2018 to 2020, making him the first Black man to hold the position in the LSE’s 125-year history.

In addition to his official roles, Zulum is a self-taught dancer and choreographer. Dancing since the age of 14, he has worked on various projects, showcases, competitions and short films as well as taught numerous newcomers to dance for the first time.

More information and contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zulum-elumogo/

Laurelie Rae

IGP and TAKHAYYUL Artist-in-Residence

Laurelie Rae is an artist, author and art educator. She has spent the better part of a decade weaving together her creative process with my exploration of Islamic Art. Her artwork, written work and workshops strive to highlight these connections while encouraging the audience/ participant to explore their own ideas, connections and preconceived ideas in relation to Islamic Art.