Lagori Collective is a Bengaluru-based social design lab and member-run community space that uses participatory and speculative design to address systemic challenges across South Asia. Grounded in equity, collaboration, and community knowledge, it reimagines inclusive futures through co-creation, shared governance, and collective action.
Lagori Collective is a Bengaluru-based social design lab and member-run community space that sits at the intersection of equity and collective action. Rooted in the belief that the future is not something to be predicted or passively inherited, but something that has to be designed together, Lagori brings practices, and perspectives into conversation to address complex social and systemic challenges across South Asia.
At the heart of Lagori’s work is its Social Design Lab — a space that uses participatory and speculative design to rethink how we respond to issues such as climate justice, gender equity, cultural decolonisation, digital futures, and alternative economies. Rather than offering top-down solutions, the Lab centres community knowledge and lived experience. Through research, strategy, facilitation, storytelling, and co-creation, Lagori works closely with communities and organisations, creating conditions where solutions can emerge collaboratively rather than be imposed externally.
The collective is intentionally structured as a member-governed space, where decision-making and learning are shared. This model challenges the dominant hierarchies often present in social impact and design spaces, making room for slower, more reflective processes rooted in accountability. It is a space where unlearning is valued alongside learning, and where uncertainty is embraced as a generative force rather than a problem that needs to be resolved quickly.
Lagori’s approach is playful yet deeply political. It asks critical questions such as: Who gets to imagine the future? Whose knowledge is legitimised in the process of decision-making? And what does justice look like when it is designed collectively rather than dictated by power? By creating room for experimentation, dialogue, and collective reflection, Lagori encourages participants to move beyond extractive systems and towards more regenerative, equitable ways of living and working.
Functioning as both a laboratory and a living practice, Lagori Collective demonstrates that alternative futures are not abstract ideals but tangible possibilities. Through collaboration and curiosity, Lagori continues to build spaces where imagination becomes a tool for action — and where inclusive and hopeful futures can begin to take shape.
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