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Andy Marsden

Design Lead, Design & Technology

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A sustainable future

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Missions

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Practices

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Andy Marsden works as a Design Lead at Nesta.

He is responsible for leading design thinking and methodologies across various social innovation projects, shaping how design approaches are used to address these challenges. He has a background in industrial design having worked across consumer and luxury sectors. and is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Browse content from Andy Marsden

A tool to support local clean heat planning

Project Update
07.11.25

Early learnings through testing a clean heat plan in Plymouth

Project Update
26.09.25

Test-and-learn portfolios for systemic change

Blog
04.09.25

What do households want from clean heat neighbourhood schemes?

Report
02.07.25

Prototyping clean heat neighbourhoods: testing the communication of area-based low-carbon heat

Project Update
29.04.25

Understanding public perceptions of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Project Update
03.04.25

Areas of collaboration for clean heat neighbourhoods

Project Update
07.11.24

Net zero: the ideas

Report
04.09.24

Policy blueprinting: a tool for 21st century policy design

Project Update
07.08.24

Clean heat: coordinating the switch street by street

Report
27.06.24

The path to net zero for small-to-medium enterprises

Project Update
19.06.24

Coordinating clean heat: learning from our workshops

Project Update
17.05.24

Future subsidies for heat pumps

Report
14.03.24

Everybody needs green neighbours

19.12.22

Money Saving Boiler Challenge: supporting evidence October 2022

Report
10.10.22

Helping homeowners optimise their boiler flow temperatures with step-by-step advice: results of a randomised controlled trial

Report
10.10.22

Changing boiler settings to save money

Project Update
05.07.22

Investigating the link between boiler flow temperature and emissions

Project Update
21.04.22

For people and planet: moving beyond human-centred design

Blog
13.04.22

A sustainable future: who are we innovating for?

Project Update
14.12.21

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