Future Days

As we move through our cities and suburbs, we’re part of an invisible flow— the design of the urban grid itself.  As we look the future, we have an opportunity to reimagine these environments. How will the remote work revolution affect office spaces and commuting patterns? How can cities mitigate the impacts of climate change? Join us as we speak with Samuel Assefa, Director of the California Gove...

Coffee— hard to imagine civil society without it. And yet, the coffee industry creates significant carbon emissions, and its markets don't provide a living income to most of the world’s farmers. If climate change continues, this farming could be unsustainable.  But there is another way. In this episode, we talk with Grayson Caldwell, Senior Sustainability Manager at Bellwether Coffee, a new c...

In this episode, we talk with Brooke Hopper, Principal Designer Emerging AI & ML at Adobe. We take a look at Adobe's new product Firefly, which puts advanced AI imaging tools in the hands of millions of creatives. We discuss the history of AI imaging tools, how people are using them, and where this field is going. We'll also talk about the implications of changing copyright laws, int...

What happens when artificial intelligence learns to write code? Join us as we talk with AI expert Matt Welsh about this brave new world. Matt believes that AIs will eventually replace software engineers, and he is working on a new platform, Fixie.ai,  that deploys AI “agents” that can talk to each other and collaborate on the design and deployment of software.  These kinds of solutions will make i...

In Part 2 of our Climate Series, we talk to Jonathan Strauss, co-founder and CEO of Climate Draft, an organization that is accelerating the transition of top talent to climate related work.  Topics covered: Jonathan's journey from traditional  startups to emerging climate tech The vast investment of capital pouring into climate technology Changing the conventional narratives about solutions t...

Part 1 of 2 in our Climate Change series,  recorded live at SF Climate Week . This panel discussion features Tim Wolters and Leah Bowes, co-founders of CrowdSolve . Crowdsolve is a platform that accelerates climate startups at scale.  We talk about how individuals can invest in this new crop of companies, what climate technologies are promising, and how the narrative about climate change is evolvi...

How do we design for a changing world?  How will technology change culture?  Future Days is a podcast that explores these questions, diving into the forces that are shaping design and creativity today and how we plan for a world of tomorrow.  Join us, Peter Brambl and Joanna Ellis, co-founders of the creative strategy company Belmondo. We’ve spent years collaborating with innovators working at the...