Near Future Laboratory Podcast N°096 - Tobias Revell Stories To Imagine Alternate Futures
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Apr 28, 2025 Tobias Revell, a designer and researcher renowned for his work on speculative futures, shares his insights on imaginative future-making. He discusses his new book 'Practices of Future Casting' and emphasizes the importance of in-person events in fostering creativity and professional connections. Revell highlights how imagination needs exercise like a muscle and reflects on the challenge of translating collaborative studio experiences into digital formats. The conversation underscores the value of speculative writing as a vital tool for understanding and shaping our future.
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Imagination as Future Making
- Speculative writing and imagination are legitimate forms of future making, not just practical applications.
- Imagining futures involves epistemological acts that shape understanding beyond funding proposals or policy-making.
Events Catalyze Career Impact
- Events like Future Everything act as career galvanizers creating long-term impacts beyond immediate outcomes.
- These moments seed networks, companies, and collaborations impacting futures and design practices years later.
Foster Equal Creative Dialogues
- Create and maintain inclusive and balanced spaces where everyone regardless of experience can share openly.
- Encourage vulnerability, equality, and generous feedback rather than critique in creative gatherings.
