Designer, activist, academic,
and author of Lo—TEK,
Design by Radical Indigenism.
A leading expert of Lo—TEK nature-based technologies for climate-resilience.
Her eponymously named studio brings creative and conceptual, interdisciplinary thinking to urban projects and corporate clients interested in systemic and sustainable change. Julia regularly teaches urban design at Harvard and Columbia University.
Awards
Press
How indigenous communities protect their sacred places
Most of the best human inventions are born out of a lack of necessity. Rarely in comfort.
Our pick of the most inspiring and original new addresses for a recalibrating break, all on our doorstep
Why Waste is a Socio-political Issue
Lo-TEK: Design-Bewegung setzt auf indigene Technologien
Top 10 Unforgettable Design Quotes of 2020
Our Guide To What To Read, Watch And Listen To This Week
Dezeen Virtual Design Festival
IGTV
Living bridges and supper from sewage: can ancient fixes save our crisis-torn world?
The Guardian: Art and Design
Living bridges and supper from sewage: can ancient fixes save our crisis-torn world?
Culture
Ancient infrastructure, resilient future: Julia Watson’s ‘Lo-TEK’ vision for sustainable cities
Dwell Online
May Already Have the Technology to Survive a Climate Crisis—We’ve Just Been Ignoring It
Harvard GSD
First-ever compendium of indigenous technologies provides a powerful toolkit for climate-resilient design
Borneo Bulletin
For innovative and sustainable design solutions, look to indigenous history
San Francisco Chronicle
Book World: For innovative and sustainable design solutions, look to indigenous history
Activist Post
Shouldn’t More Environmentalists Promote Natural Tech, Not Electrosmog and E-Waste Producing Smart Cities?
Sydney Morning Herald
The natural technologies that could hold keys to climate resilience
Design
The Masai and the Uros teach us how to build
