Designing for the Unknown (DFTU) is a research platform within CONNECT that brings researchers from different disciplines into critical proximity in order to produce new conversations and understandings of research beyond disciplinary boundaries. DFTU aims to aid CONNECT researchers in producing cutting edge research with an awareness of its role and impact in society across technical, social and environmental domains. DFTU operates through the organisation of a series of regular discussions and other events along with developing tools and workshops for developing communicative and critical capacity amongst CONNECT researchers.