September 15–17, 2026 | Protein Studios | Shoreditch, London, UK

What if inclusive design considered not only how people move through a space, but how that space makes them feel?

Neuroplaces: The Inclusive Design Show debuts in London September 15–17 as the UK’s first B2B exhibition and conference dedicated entirely to neuroinclusive and accessible design solutions for workplaces, public spaces, and the broader built environment.

Taking place at Protein Studios during Shoreditch Design Week and the London Design Festival, the three-day event brings together architects, interior designers, workplace strategists, accessibility specialists, manufacturers, researchers, and other professionals exploring how environments can better accommodate different sensory, cognitive, and physical needs.

The event approaches inclusion from multiple angles, including acoustics, lighting, color, materials, tactile surfaces, sensory spaces, furniture, wayfinding, assistive technology, accessibility, and biophilic design.

Where Nature Enters the Conversation

One of the program’s most relevant sessions for professionals interested in biophilic design takes place September 16, when Oliver Heath, Founder and Director of Oliver Heath Design, presents a keynote exploring the connection between nature and the growth of biophilic design.

The session moves beyond the idea of biophilia as simply adding greenery to a space. Instead, it explores a broader, sensory approach to human-centered environments and how design can better respond to human biology, wellbeing, focus, and restoration.

Topics will include applying biophilic principles to workplace and institutional environments and considering sensory variation, lighting, acoustics, materials, environmental systems, and zoning when designing for different needs throughout the day.

That distinction is important. Plants can be a powerful element of biophilic design, but the larger opportunity is to consider how multiple characteristics of an environment work together to strengthen people’s experience of a space.

Plants as Part of Inclusive Environments

The role of plants will also be visible on the exhibition floor. Urban Planters, a UK interiorscape company specializing in indoor and outdoor planting, is a Gold Sponsor of Neuroplaces and is participating specifically around the relationship between biophilic design, planting, and wellbeing.

This connection raises an interesting question for designers: as greater attention is given to sensory needs and neuroinclusive environments, how might planting become part of that conversation?

Thoughtfully designed planting can contribute visual complexity, natural variation, texture, spatial definition, and connection with nature. But Neuroplaces’ broader message also reinforces why inclusive design should avoid assuming that every person experiences an environment in the same way. Designing supportive spaces requires considering the complete sensory experience and the needs of the people using them.

Experiencing Sensory Design Firsthand

Neuroplaces isn’t limiting the discussion to presentations.

The Neuroplaces Reset Lounge, created by Sonda Studio, will give visitors an opportunity to move through four distinct sensory environments and observe how each affects them. Designed as both a retreat from the stimulation of the exhibition and an experiential installation, the space asks visitors to become more conscious of how their surroundings influence how they feel.

Other exhibitors and demonstrations will explore sensory regulation, acoustic control, lighting, tactile materials, adaptive environments, accessibility, and technologies intended to help spaces respond more effectively to individual needs.

Expanding the Meaning of Human-Centered Design

The ideas being explored at Neuroplaces point toward a broader evolution in how architects and designers think about human-centered environments.

Creating a beautiful space is one goal. Creating a space that recognizes differences in sensory processing, cognition, mobility, comfort, and connection with nature requires another level of consideration.

Biophilic design has an important place within that discussion—not simply as a visual design trend, but as one potential component of environments designed around human experience.

As conversations about neuroinclusive design, wellbeing, accessibility, and biophilia increasingly intersect, Neuroplaces offers an opportunity to ask a valuable question:

How can we design environments that don’t expect people to adapt to the space, but instead create spaces capable of supporting more of the people who experience them?