Future Talks

The education of the future(s) is deeply intertwined with its historical roots, drawing upon existing traditions, systems, and methodologies. However, contemporary realities offer unique opportunities for exploring fresh perspectives and approaches that can shape new pathways forward. In this podcast episode, Marea Hildebrand, founder of School of Commons, and Jessica Guy from Fab Lab Barcelona di...

A conversation with crowdfunding platform Kickstarter Welcome to Future Talks, the podcast that shapes the future through innovation, technology, and creativity. These talks will take you to the forefront of ideas, inventions, and groundbreaking projects. Get ready. In this special episode, we had the opportunity to attend the Republica Festival in Berlin. Amidst this vibrant atmosphere, we had th...

🏭 The climate disaster as well as social inequality can be traced back to our current form of production and consumption. Digital Fabrication has the power to shift this system, enabling local production and giving power to communities. Fab City was born to push this agenda and to empower Fab Labs to engage in a bigger mission - from being leaders in technology to finding their purpose. 🔄  ...

🌎 Climate change, energy transition, public health emergencies like obesity: Today we are facing major transitions and challenges which makes # futuring not just all the more vital but also creates a need to make it more inclusive and involve the general population. In this episode of future talks Oscar Tomico, MDEF Co-Director, is talking to Scott Smith, # futurist and founder and managing partn...

💭 The concept of open source has been practised for decades. In Cuba, 1991 – Verde Olivo – the official press of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces published ‘El Libro de la Familia’ (The Book of Family). ‘El Libro de la Familia’ compiles things – from refrigerators to recipes – from the Soviet era and guides on how to repair them. This was a response to the 90’s economic crisis and began to la...

🌎 What has changed in the world? We now globally recognise the existence of climate change. Our perception of what is morally normal has transformed – we now recognise sustainability in professions, our schools strike, and we have begun to listen to transformative ideas. ✨ 📺 In this episode, Kate Raworth and Tomas Diez caught up at the Fab City Summit in Amsterdam during the 2019 We Make The Ci...

💭  How do we create new narratives from local contexts? This is crucial in order to democratise our imaginations of what the future looks like - creating decolonised, philosophical and cultural narratives of local futures. This is rather than a future we currently live in that is dictated by the hands of a few in Silicon Valley. Design is unique in its way it contributes towards the world -...

📌 The plastic problem has now become a mainstream concern - this does not mean that we, as designers, makers and humans can ignore the problem. This calls for a sensibility in our design approach to plastic - creating smaller, more distributed networks of knowledge which are working together to change the plastic problem. Precious Plastics is a perfect example of a community which has created ope...

💭 How does design shape society? How does society shape design, our politics and the way our cities are shaped? Activism can lead to substantial change, however, it requires a system of different actors involved for transformative change to occur. This can be seen in the movement of guerilla gardening which has led to greater visions of greener spaces and community-managed gardens. 📺 In this epi...

📲 Our hyper-connectedness in urban areas can lead us to forget what actually constitutes our wellness. Not just the gym membership, but in fact, the sustenance we put in our bodies. This fuels us to be able to make executive decisions, set our own paths and give soul in what we do. ✨ 📺 In this episode, John Hardy and Tomas Diez visit Valldaura Labs. A campus created by The Institute for Advance...

💭 "Design always implies an intervention." Who are we designing for? What are the consequences of our designs? The way in which we design often has unknown consequences and risks - this calls for contemporary designers to embrace the position of not-knowing, but also recognition of the limits to our abilities. Design is a multi-stakeholder process which includes many non-human actors. In the ackn...