Lara Hanlon is a design strategist, food systems & sustainability advocate, and community builder.

Through her work, Lara has transformed organisations, changed mindsets, and received a few awards along the way.

She is the Founder of Portion Collaborative, Project Director at 100 Archive, Steering Member at Design Declares Ireland, and Lecturer at IADT.

Lara enjoys making complex ideas simple. She is fascinated by human behavior and strives to create positive outcomes through design.

Publications & Features

Irish Tatler / Business Post – Feature
The Designers swapping New York for the West…→

Boyle Arts Festival – Film Screening
Dinner 2050: Future of Food in Ireland →

Food Design — Interview
Food Design Voices Vol 2 →

Guzzle — Article
POTATO: A Portal to the Past, Present, and Future →

IBM Design — Blog
10 Reflections on Designing a Design System →

IBM Design — Interview
International Women’s Day and its impact →

Why Design — Interview
Addressing gender imbalance in design→

IBM Design — Blog
Remote Collaboration for World Domination→

100 Archive — Article
So what is design thinking, anyway?→

Shopify — Article
Web Design Trends 2018→

Just in Mind — Article
Top UX Design Trends for 2018→

Just in Mind — Interview
Prototyping and UX Design Culture→

Prototypr  — Blog
Work Better, Not More→

100 Archive — Review
Postcards from The Future...→

Marvel App — Blog
How to Lead and Hustle in Design...→

Silicon Republic — Interview
A design for life revolution is sweeping IBM→

Offscreen Magazine (issue 14) — Feature
A Day in the Life of →

Silicon Republic — Feature
What is design thinking...→

Bloomsbury Publishing — Publication
Developing Citizen Designers→

100 Archive — Interview
Modern Practice→

100 Archive — Blog
Designing for Big Blue: My Story So Far→

Dezeen Magazine — Feature
éntomo→

Talks & Exhibits

Climate, Design, and Entrepreneurship
Irish Design Week, 2024

Climate Change: The Design Challenge Of Our Time
Design Leaders Conference, 2024

No Nature, No Food
Future Food Movement, UK, 2023

Agriculture, Food Policy, Sustainable Food Systems
IFIAD Annual Conference, University of Galway, 2022

Sustainability by Design — Moderator
100 Archive in assoc. with Heritage Week, 2022

Designing The Future Through Food
Birmingham Design Festival, UK, 2022

Remote Creativity
WhyDesign, 2020

IBM Think Summit
IBM’s annual business and tech conference, 2019

Motyf: Virtual Types
Festival of Interactive & Motion Typography, 2018

Commitment
Creative Mornings, Dublin IRL, 2018

100 Archive and Irish Design
OFFSET, Dublin IRL, 2018

Strategic Creativity at Work — Moderator
Workspace Business Insights, London UK, 2018

Design Thinking at Scale
Mobile UX London, 2017

Design for Impact
The Future, Dublin IRL, 2017

Design for Impact
National Digital Design Conference, Pakistan, 2017

Food to Feed the World
TEDx Ha'Penny Bridge, Dublin IRL, 2017

Design Facilitation
Bulgaria Web Summit, 2017

IBMxEtsy: Design in Business & Tech
OFFSET, Dublin IRL, 2017

Me, Myself and I
SEU Fine Arts Gallery, Austin TX, 2016

Designing Human-centric Products
Inspirefest Conference, Dublin, 2016

IBMxIADT: Designing Designers — Moderator
OFFSET, Dublin IRL, 2016

IBM Design Thinking Workshop
IxDA : Interaction16 Helsinki, 2016

Defuse: Design for Use
IxDA, Dublin IRL, 2015

LIMINAL Dublin
Irish Design 2015 flagship exhibition, 2015

Blueprint Talks | Designing Digital
Irish Design 2015 x Making Space, 2015

NEED: When Design Empowers Human Potential
Milan Design Week, 2015

Alliance Graphique Internationale 
AGI International Posters Exhibition, 2014

Introducing IBM Design
IRDG Annual Conference 2014: Design Thinking, 2014

Recovery: The Power of Design
Shenzhen Design Awards for Young Talents, 2014

Honours & Awards

FastCompany Innovation by Design 2022
Enduring Impact; Finalist

FastCompany Innovation by Design 2022
Best UX Design of 2022; Honorable Mention

SheGenerate Accelerator Lite Showcase 2022
Finalist

Fingal Chamber Young Business Person of the Year 2018
Nominee; Finalist

100 Archive Selection 2016
Design Directory Ireland→

100 Archive Selection 2016
Attention Economy→

Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD)
Design Island→

100 Archive Selection 2015
Design Island→

Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI)
Highly Commended 2015

Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD)
Bronze Bell Award 2014

100 Archive Selection 2013
Vernacular→

Shenzhen Design Awards for Young Talents
New Star Award 2013–14

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