Provocation presented at the 2021 ImaginationLancaster Design Summit - Flourish Together. The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging everyone, including researchers, scientists, artists and designers to examine what lessons can be learned from this period and to reflect on how we can collectively build back better futures. As designers, how can we engage with the wider design research and practice ecosystems within this new landscape of research for recovery? How can our research communities work together to achieve this ambitious goal?