THE FUTURE ISSUE
THE FUTURE ISSUE
After an unparalleled year of turmoil, placing our trust in the future may either be a much needed lifeline or decidedly fruitless. Whichever your outlook, a new year always brings new challenges and new perspectives, which we aim to shed light on in our latest Issue.
With our FUTURE Issue, reimagine what spaces of the future will look like, take part in a global design competition to fight the impacts of waste and consumerism, join a discussion to shape your idea of the photography of the future, question if this is the age of gender neutral marketing, and ask yourself – 'Do you trust the future?' thanks to our cover artist.
Mervyn ten Dam & Liza Enebeis,
President & Co-President of ADCN
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES
Reimagine spaces of the future to fit our new reality.
If you could tear up the rulebook for how public and private spaces 'ought' to be designed, where would you start? It's Nice That asked five experimental designers, including one of our 2020 Jury Members – Bas Van De Poel, to reimagine spaces of the future for our new reality.
Image below: 'The Home', Bas van de Poel – courtesy of It's Nice That
BREAK THE MOULD
Rethink our entire consumption and production cycle through design.
WHAT DESIGN CAN DO and the IKEA FOUNDATION present the global design competition – The No Waste Challenge. They are on the hunt for radical new ideas and design-driven solutions that address the enormous impact of waste and consumerism on climate change. Do you have what it takes? Submissions are now open until 1 April 2021.
SIGHT SEEING
Shape your idea of photography of the future.
Foam & Pakhuis de Zwijger join forces around the exhibition Foam Talent 2020. Through a series of 3 LIVECASTS, they speak with 6 upcoming artists – the first of which, REBELLIOUS INTIMACIES - SUBVERTING THE GAZE, is Thursday 14 January at 18:30.
'Triggered by a conflict within their family the two artists have found empowerment in desire and subverting the gaze. Their work shows a different future and questions structures of power and influence in visual culture.' – Amelie Schüle, co-developer of this series and Interim Head of Projects at Foam
Image below: Worlds Within Worlds by Guanyu Xu
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
How do you see the future?
With the help of 40 ten-year-old participants, The Rodina created a 'non-violent adventure' game that looks at the children's unique perspective on issues such as future materials, sustainability and cohabitation. This visual dialogue resulted in sketches of building materials, resources and their imaginations.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Is this the age of gender neutral marketing?
As more and more consumers are comfortable about expressing their personal identities beyond the gender binary, urging the conversation to evolve, will 2021 become the year when brands fully embrace gender neutral branding? Imogen Watson from The Drum examines this question.
Image below: Q – the first gender neutral voice for AI created to end gender bias in AI assistants by Copenhagen Pride and Virtue Nordic.
FRONTIER
Get to know our cover artist.
A huge thanks to Dominique van Rhee for being our fourth FRONTIER and designing the cover of our FUTURE Issue. As an all round creative, we asked Dominique for the following:
- Brand of the future: Cactus Plant Flea Market
- Magazine of the future: Dazed Beauty
- Music of the future: Vegyn
- Gadget of the future: MUJI Diffuser
Check out our full interview with Dominique here.
Image below: Dominique's monthly curation of the playlist covers for 'Appelsap Fresh Music Festival'.
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