Value Translation builds on decades of interdisciplinary work. Spanning design, economics and accounting, it blurs the lines between professions and interweaves diverse techniques and experiences.
We (Emily, Martin and Linnéa) all met through Dark Matter Labs where we have worked in different configurations on complex system change. We are forever grateful to Dm and its ecosystem for the opportunities and learnings that have informed this work.
Emily Harris
Polycapital Accountant
Emily Harris, FCA is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the ICAEW who also holds an MA in Regenerative Economics (Distinction) from Schumacher College. Completing her training with Deloitte in London, she was a manager in their Big Ticket Restructuring Team during the 2008 global financial crisis, before moving on to hold international CFO positions. Emily established Dark Matter’s Next Economics Lab, runs a regenerative accounting and economics practice and is committed to building practical tools for life-ennobling economies.
Martin Lorenz
Conversational Designer
Prof Dr Martin Lorenz is the Conversational Design Lead at Dark Matter Labs. He holds a B.A. in Graphic and Typographic Design from the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) in The Hague, Netherlands and a M.A. and PhD in Design Research from the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is the co-founder of TwoPoints.Net, FlexibleVisualSystems.info, Coding Systems and the School of Systems. Martin has taught Design since 2003 at over a dozen design schools around the world. His book Flexible Visual Systems has been published in English (6th edition), Spanish (2nd edition) and Japanese (1st edition).
Linnéa Rönnquist
Strategic Designer
Linnéa is an architect and strategic designer, committed to enabling local systems change. With experience from across the planet, she uses systems thinking, design practices, and behavioural sciences to hold shared explorations of what lies behind emerging symptoms, such as mental ill-health, nutrition decline, or polarization, to inform new approaches that centre relationships and care. Linnéa currently works for a public sector city innovation unit in Sweden, where she applies her craft to grounded, complex challenges.