Looking back from the future (regnose) is a well tried technique to think about outcomes and many writers and thinkers have experimented with this using different methods and with varying measures of success over the years. Here are just a few of the examples from some of the more colourful characters from my book, A Brief History of the Future (also in German, as Die Visionäre)…
Es waren einmal drei Großmütter. Doreen, Dotty und Carol (Sie könnten es nicht erfinden, auch wenn Sie es versuchen würden). Sie alle lebten glücklich in ihren eigenen Wohnungen, bis ihnen eines Tages gesagt wurde, sie müssten sich selbst isolieren. Alle waren in ihren 70ern und seit mindestens 40 Jahren befreundet. Und so beschlossen sie, dass, dass es viel mehr Spaß machen würde, sich zusammen zu isolieren…
Hygge, der neueste Sofastil, die Farbe des Jahres, neue Kissenkollektionen. Es gibt etwas an diesen Heimtrends, das sich plötzlich fast dekadent und unanständig anfühlt. Man könnte sagen, sie waren immer nur „Lösungen der ersten Welt für Probleme der ersten Welt“. Doch wie wir unsere Häuser formen, feiern, dekorieren und einrichten, ist plötzlich wichtiger denn je. Wir brauchen ein Zuhause, um uns daran zu erinnern, wer wir sind und was wichtig ist…
Genius. That, small but powerful word, is, according to the president of the Salone del Mobile, the new directive being integrated into their official manifesto for 2019. Calling on the legacy of such geniuses from Leonardo da Vinci to today’s top designers it is about focussing on the ability to create and think in a way that will bring fresh ways of looking at the world and coming up with brilliant and effective solutions to today’s problems and challenges…
Boxing for women is not a trend I was expecting to ever write about, nor is it one I imagined I would ever take part in. When trend researchers and futurists see a trend, when they notice a growing amount of people doing something that they themselves are maybe even doing – be it becoming vegan, drinking white tea or wearing purple (none of those naturally apply to me) – then it should be rigorously checked…
What kind of city of the future do we want to live in? Last year I went on a mission to find what makes a city great. Or liveable. Vienna where I live is ranked highly in the various lists a of the world’s most liveable cities. In 2017 it came first again ( 8 years in a row) on the Mercer quality of living ranking…
The Search for Resonance or the Escape from Digital Autism When the founder of WeWork, the co-working and co-living spaces was interviewed recently he spoke… Weiterlesen »Mind Sports
The Annexing of the Town Square: From the Apple Agora to the We-Work third space It almost went unnoticed. Apple earlier this year announced that… Weiterlesen »Town Square
The poet Robert Frost once wrote that “home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” Interestingly… Weiterlesen »Is our definition of HOME evolving?
How many square metres does a person need to live well? The future shift from square metres to share metres. When we think about how… Weiterlesen »From square metres to share metres
