Salone del Mobile 2022's Events TALK: Radical Nature - the design and science of worldbuilding June 10 th 2022 16:00 - 17:00 (CEST) Add to calendar Details Speakers Pavillion 15, Arena “Design with Nature” The talk curated by international curator Beatrice Leanza, entitled The Design and Science of Worldbuilding, aims to trigger reflection on speculative design and experiential storytelling practices as crucial tools for decision-making processes and long-term strategic planning, both in business and in the political field, geared to the survival of the planet. The pioneering work of Liam Young, an exponent of speculative architecture and filmmaker, Anab Jain, critical designer and co-founded of the Superflux studio, and solar designer Marjan van Aubel has opened the way for various forms of collaborative research in which design, science and fiction merge to analyse the interconnection of themes ranging from automation to energy democracy, and imagining equitable and sustainable futures. Beatrice Leanza Beatrice Leanza is a cultural strategist, curator and critic with a background in Asian studies who was based in Beijing for 17 years. She served as executive director of maat – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, creative director of Beijing Design Week, and co-founded The Global School, the first independent institute for interdisciplinary creative research established in the PRC. Add to bookmarks Moderator Marjan van Aubel Marjan van Aubel Studio is an award-winning innovative solar design practice that brings solar energy into daily life. Designing for a positive future through combining the fields of sustainability, design and technology. The studio is creating lasting change through solar design, integrating solar power seamlessly into our environments such as in buildings and objects. With the goal to make solar power more accessible for everyone. Most notable works are Sunne, Current Table, Power Plant and Add to bookmarks Speaker Anab Jain Co-Founder and Director, Superflux & Professor, Design Investigations, Angewandte, Vienna. A designer, filmmaker, futurist and educator, Anab Jain grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, within the entangled postcolonial landscapes of a fast-growing nation. Through a series of planned and unplanned circumstances, she has made London her home. Although the idea of a ‘home’ remains as expansive as our hearts and minds. Add to bookmarks Speaker Liam Young Liam Young is a designer, director and BAFTA nominated producer who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. Add to bookmarks Speaker
Beatrice Leanza Beatrice Leanza is a cultural strategist, curator and critic with a background in Asian studies who was based in Beijing for 17 years. She served as executive director of maat – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, creative director of Beijing Design Week, and co-founded The Global School, the first independent institute for interdisciplinary creative research established in the PRC. Add to bookmarks Moderator Marjan van Aubel Marjan van Aubel Studio is an award-winning innovative solar design practice that brings solar energy into daily life. Designing for a positive future through combining the fields of sustainability, design and technology. The studio is creating lasting change through solar design, integrating solar power seamlessly into our environments such as in buildings and objects. With the goal to make solar power more accessible for everyone. Most notable works are Sunne, Current Table, Power Plant and Add to bookmarks Speaker Anab Jain Co-Founder and Director, Superflux & Professor, Design Investigations, Angewandte, Vienna. A designer, filmmaker, futurist and educator, Anab Jain grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, within the entangled postcolonial landscapes of a fast-growing nation. Through a series of planned and unplanned circumstances, she has made London her home. Although the idea of a ‘home’ remains as expansive as our hearts and minds. Add to bookmarks Speaker Liam Young Liam Young is a designer, director and BAFTA nominated producer who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. Add to bookmarks Speaker
Beatrice Leanza Beatrice Leanza is a cultural strategist, curator and critic with a background in Asian studies who was based in Beijing for 17 years. She served as executive director of maat – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, creative director of Beijing Design Week, and co-founded The Global School, the first independent institute for interdisciplinary creative research established in the PRC. Add to bookmarks
Marjan van Aubel Marjan van Aubel Studio is an award-winning innovative solar design practice that brings solar energy into daily life. Designing for a positive future through combining the fields of sustainability, design and technology. The studio is creating lasting change through solar design, integrating solar power seamlessly into our environments such as in buildings and objects. With the goal to make solar power more accessible for everyone. Most notable works are Sunne, Current Table, Power Plant and Add to bookmarks
Anab Jain Co-Founder and Director, Superflux & Professor, Design Investigations, Angewandte, Vienna. A designer, filmmaker, futurist and educator, Anab Jain grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, within the entangled postcolonial landscapes of a fast-growing nation. Through a series of planned and unplanned circumstances, she has made London her home. Although the idea of a ‘home’ remains as expansive as our hearts and minds. Add to bookmarks
Liam Young Liam Young is a designer, director and BAFTA nominated producer who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. Add to bookmarks
