A presentation at UX Copenhagen in in Copenhagen, Denmark by Angelos Arnis
Photo by Daniel Beltr Ross Sea, Southern Ocean, February, 2007 Our collective futures Designing for the last earth á Angelos Arnis · Design Operations Manager at Smartly.io
Preface Joint Frontiers • 2 personal paradigm shifts • Putting everything in context • The liminal space • The holistic designer • Where do we go from here? Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
A paradigm shift Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
The fundamental job of design is not great design Karl Fast Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
A (second) paradigm shift Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
We must abolish the tyranny of business as usual Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Powering through the Polycrisis… Joint Frontiers • which is planetary • which is social • which personal Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
The hardest learning is unlearning! Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Politically neutral, never demanding, the popular perception of design threatens to override its criticality and obscure its capacity to engender agency. We are at risk of losing sight of design’s part in enabling us to live well with each other and to live wisely with finite resources. Susan Yelavich Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Quiz time! We will move now to Mentimeter so take out your phone! Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Slide 12 We are now in a liminal space Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash Dark Hallway Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
But we are not alone… Joint Frontiers • Hmnty Cntrd • Sustainable UX • Design Justice Network • Joint Frontiers • … and so many others Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Embrace transdisciplinarity Joint Frontiers • Commons movement • Degrowth movement • Intersectional feminist movement • Solidarity economy movement • P2P movement • Buen Vivir movement Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Our collective futures are complex and the result of choices we make in the now Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Build equitable networks Small Local Decentralised Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
To navigate through indeterminate futures… On a personal level On a social level On a planetary level Resilience Rigour Decolonize Degrowth Regenerative Distributive Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Design like an ecologist: Joint Frontiers • Ecosystem diversity • Cyclical consumption • Resilience • Human use within constraints Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Slide 20 The holistic designer Photo by Daniel Beltr Indo Muro mine toxic waste runo . Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, July, 2009. Our Collective Futures ff á Joint Frontiers Angelos Arnis
prefigurative life-centered transition A (working) definition of holistic design A life-centered design approach that acknowledges the complex interplay of social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental factors in order to create more just and equitable futures. Holistic design entails working in small, local and open groups to ensure that the work results are contextualised and accessible to all. Inspired by Terry Irwin, Cameron Tonkinwise, Gideon Kosso Our Collective Futures f Joint Frontiers Angelos Arnis
Levels of holistic designers Contributor Practitioner Driver Avoid doing active harm Facilitate & collaborate Practice change Inspired by Michael Narberhaus and Aryne Sheppard - Reimagining Activism Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Concepts & Practices • Systems • Systems thinking • Sustainability • Regenerative design • Sufficiency • Circular design • Justice • Buen Vivir-centric design • Decolonisation • Decolonizing design • Ethics • Inclusive design Inspired by: Sustainable and Responsible Design Education: Tensions in Transitions Joann Boshnert, Matt Sinclair, Emm Dewberry Our Collective Futures a a Joint Frontiers Angelos Arnis
Holistic Design Mechanisms Joint Frontiers • Researching • Multi-level perspectives • Mapping • Megatrends • Sensing • Scenarios • Imagining • Visions Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Researching Knowledge Based on David Chandler - Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Mapping Causality Knowledge Based on David Chandler - Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Sensing Causality Knowledge Emergence Based on David Chandler - Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Imagining Causality Knowledge Emergence Agency Based on David Chandler - Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Multi-level perspectives Landscape Macro Regime Meso Niches Micro Emergence Diffusion Reconfiguration Remixed by the MLP Framework by Frank Geels Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Multi-level perspectives Landscape Macro Developments Landscape developments put pressure on existing regime Regime Meso Niches Micro Emergence Diffusion Reconfiguration Remixed by the MLP Framework by Frank Geels Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Multi-level perspectives Landscape Macro Developments Markets, consumer preferences Science Industry Culture Regime Policy Meso The regime is dynamically stable Technology Niches Micro Emergence Diffusion Reconfiguration Remixed by the MLP Framework by Frank Geels Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Multi-level perspectives Landscape Macro Developments Markets, consumer preferences Science Industry Culture Regime Meso Policy Technology Small networks of actors support innovation on the basis of expectations and visions Learning and experiments take place Niches Micro Emergence Diffusion Reconfiguration Remixed by the MLP Framework by Frank Geels Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Multi-level perspectives Landscape Macro Developments Markets, consumer preferences Science Industry Culture Regime Meso Policy New con guration breaks through, taking advantage of ‘windows of opportunity’ Adjustments occur in regime Technology Niches Micro Emergence Diffusion Reconfiguration Remixed by the MLP Framework by Frank Geels fi Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Multi-level perspectives Landscape Macro Developments New regime influences landscape Markets, consumer preferences Science Industry Culture Regime Meso Policy Technology Niches Micro Emergence Diffusion Reconfiguration Remixed by the MLP Framework by Frank Geels Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Megatrends Elin Hiltunen - 10 megatrends for 2020’s a Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Scenarios Scenario 3 Scenario 1 a possible future Scenario 2 Steen Svendsen - A futurist’s toolbox Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Scenarios Scenario 3 Scenario 1 Wildcard 1 Wildcard 2 a possible future Wildcard 4 Wildcard 3 Scenario 2 Elin Hiltunen - 10 megatrends for 2020’s a Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Dat points that we have mapped Visioning Long-term vision a Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Visioning Long-term vision Emerging and imagined dat points Our Collective Futures a Joint Frontiers Angelos Arnis
Visioning Long-term vision Better understanding on the current regime and niches emerging Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Visioning Long-term vision Informed by megatrends that are shaping our narratives Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Visioning Long-term vision The vision is de ned from wildcards, scenarios, and failures fi Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Mutualism Practice with transdisciplinary communities Stewardship Co-Design Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Recap Joint Frontiers • We are part of the liminality • We need to be equipped to adapt • Holistic designers are emerging • There are a lot of tools and practices ready for us • Design local but in the open Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Support / Contribute / Design change …or build your own, tomorrow Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. Carl Jung Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
Thank you! https://bento.me/angelosarnis Joint Frontiers Our Collective Futures Angelos Arnis
In this closing keynote, I dove into how designers can use their skills and tools to influence a truly green transition and shape a sustainable, equitable, and just future for all. I talked about how strategic design, sustainable thinking, and systems approaches can help us create solutions that benefit our communities and the world we live in.
for free. You
can too.