Sarah Mineko Ichioka is an urbanist, strategist, curator and writer. She leads Desire Lines, a strategic consultancy for environmental, cultural, and social-impact initiatives and organizations. Her latest book, Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency, co-authored with Michael Pawlyn, proposes a bold set of regenerative design principles for addressing compound environmental and social crises. She has been recognized as a World Cities Summit Young Leader, one of the Global Public Interest Design 100, a British Council / Clore Duffield Cultural Leadership International Fellow, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
In previous roles Sarah has explored the intersections of cities, society and ecology within leading international institutions of culture, policy and research, including Director of The Architecture Foundation (UK) from 2008-2014, Co-Director of the London Festival of Architecture, and a founding research associate of the Urban Age project at the London School of Economics. She has served as an advisor or judge for numerous social and cultural initiatives including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge, Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities Asia, the Triennale Milano and the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
