Our Cultural Engineers are united by their desire to make a change and enhance the world we live in. They express this in different ways ranging from beautiful design work to environmental awareness, while always creating fun and remaining true to their modern conscience.
These are inspirational individuals who don’t just dream, they do.

Introducing Vidhura Ralapanawe, picked by Guardian readers to become a Cultural Engineer, who helped create a pioneering eco-factory in Sri Lanka
Kevin had been obsessed with space since his childhood; his earliest memory, he believes, was watching a US-Soviet space mission on the television in 1975
Mark wants to put an optimism of ambition about the future and critical thinking into the heart of culture
Two young friends have turned the tragedy of knife crime into a positive call to arms, breaking down barriers between communities that should be living side by side
The Heritage Orchestra is pulling instrumental music into a raucous future, and Chris Wheeler is helping to lead the way
Outsider artist Kevin Harman is putting a brick through the window of the establishment, literally
In a dusty workshop off Brick Lane, Benedict Radcliffe is blurring the boundaries between industrial design and the world of fine art
From pioneering organic clothing to inspiring the next generation of thinkers, David Hieatt is proof of the maxim that those who can, do
Makers and lovers of all things film have a new way to appreciate the medium, thanks to Fabien Riggall
A change is brewing in the graffiti world, spearheaded by a collective of artists who are breaking all the rules