Joe Pease's videos are ontological shocks - all the hidden processes of modern life brought to the surface
Hard work, happy accidents, the pleasures of ritual: why, in a digitally-saturated age, we still love “analogue” tech
Mirror molecules, the soul of a smartphone, and dismissive rave: more audio-visual to reveal what's beneath the surface
“The magnificent here and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone, and ours only for a time.” Natality lessons from D.H. Lawrence
“People used to be born into communities, then found their individuality. Today people are born individuals, then find their communities.” Here comes the Post-Individual
“Tired of the hustle… wanna hear the leaves rustle”. And other advertising strategies for the ultimate client, devised by The Agency for Nature
From a designer’s perspective, AI is like the new version of plastic - distorting everything, at great ecological cost
Hard Art says: “Everything today is about story, about attention, about making people feel something fully enough to do something about it"
Rob Hopkins’ Ministry of Imagination has produced a manifesto of what-if policies - from the most starry-eyed to the costed and practical
BIG PICTURE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, NEW ECONOMICS, INGENUITY, MANIFESTOS, POLITICAL CULTURE, PRACTICE, REGEN ECONOMIES, TECHNOLOGY, YES WE CANpat kaneimagination, rob hopkins, transition network
The public needs input, and consensus, on how they should shape AI in their lives. Belgium’s Citizen Panel on AI promises much
The "15 minute city" is toxic here - but in 50 other cities, they're removing "masculine desires" from urban planning
We need to think of "technics", rather than technology, said Bernard Stiegler - showing how they harm or heal us as humans
The domestic robot gets closer with Figure 01, powered by Open AI. But does automated servitude degrade our humanity? Or liberate it?
With K-Pop giants SEVENTEEN headlining Glastonbury, South Korea’s long-term soft power strategy is truly paying off
The original sustainable architect, an evocation of time and tide, one year in a flower-farmer's life: A/V for Spring
Another Q for Spring: how can we get beyond "talking shops", and head for deliberative democracy?
Can stone return as a viable and sustainable material for buildings and constructions?
A laughter cafe, a healing cafe, a soup cafe, a mending cafe... Anything but yet another coffee cafe, pleads Bridget McKenzie
With the latest and coming wave of neurotech devices, the truth is that your brain may need a lawyer
“We need a conception of the human-made world that acknowledges its continuities with this planet’s other systems”, says Tom Chatfield