Loneliness Isn't a Feeling. It's a Design Choice | Camilla Halford

Connected Conversations · Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 9m

What if loneliness isn't something you feel, but something that was built?

In this episode of Connected Conversations, Elena Petrova sits down with Camilla Halford, founder of Artega and co-founder of The Homing Call, who makes the case that isolation is a design outcome. It is built into our housing, our payment systems, and the shape of our working week. And because it was designed, it can be redesigned.

Camilla's test for any system you live inside is a single question: is this built to serve people, or to serve power?

In this episode:

- Why she says community comes from needing your…