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
Regenerative Accountant

Emily Harris, FCA is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the ICAEW. 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. After completing an MA in Regenerative Economics (with distinction) at Schumacher College she turned her attention to reconfiguring economic systems to be in service of life.

Martin Lorenz
Conversational Designer

Dr Martin Lorenz is an experienced Identity Designer who has worked for companies like ESPN, NIKE and IBM, universities including Harvard, MIT and NUS, publishers such as Phaidon, Slanted and Viction:ary and social change organisations like Helsinki Design Lab, Nesta and Dark Matter Labs. His book Flexible Visual Systems has been published in English (6th edition), Spanish (2nd edition) and Japanese (1st edition). During a long career spanning professional and academic sectors he has seen the deepening divides in our societies. He understands design as a relational craft, creating space for ideas to manifest in tangible and actionable forms.

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.