Design Futures – Opening Keynote

The future is uncertain and complex, requiring new methods and tools for mapping and untangling the nature of change. This talk explores how we can use design as a tool to explore what futures might feel like, question and challenge our assumptions and give actionable guidance on how to navigate change with clients and partners.

About the speaker:

Tobias Revell is a digital artist and designer from London, he is Design Futures Lead at Arup Foresight. He is approximately 47.6% of research and curatorial project Haunted Machines, a member of technological research outfit Supra Systems Studio and teaches at several design schools. In his practice, he lectures and exhibits internationally on design, technology, imagination and speculation. He is completing a PhD examining design’s role in the social construction of AI at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Previously he held several leadership roles in design at University Arts London and was founding director of design research studio Strange Telemetry.