Olly is a multidisciplinary designer, researcher and maker who obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from the UK, before working in the design industry for a decade. He is an alumni of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Circular Economy course and ran a sustainability team at a leading design consultancy in the UK. He has worked on a variety of design and innovation projects, as well as gaining experience in natural material building design and construction. In 2024, he graduated from the Master of Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities from IAAC, and now co-runs the zero agriculture course and intensive organic gardens at Valldaura labs.