Long Now cover image

Johanna Hoffman: Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Foster Resilience and Co-create the Cities We Need

Long Now

CHAPTER

Eneropa - A Speculative Futures Tool for Exploration of Europe's Energy Future

speculative futures can be a powerful way of balancing between the parts of our brain that work with long-term vision and other parts that are more focused on the here and now. One example of what that can look like is a 2010 project called Eneropa. This uses speculative design for exploration of what Europe might look like in 2050. It depicted this future based on renewable energy production where Europe's old boundaries are dissolved, replaced by new fictional states.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner