Doing Our Homework

How important are our surroundings for us to thrive and be creative? Does it matter where we are when we are working? How will that change in the future? Listen to Lisa Enzenhofer from green4cities who thinks it is super important how connected we are to nature during our worktime because there is so much beauty to explore around us. Timothy Ahrensbach from Denmark wants us to create clarity not only around us, but in our minds, with our clients, our partners, our employers, around how and when to work and on what premises. And Samuel Douek founds his creative place within himself, in his intuition and from experience.

If machines take over all the unpleasant work in the future, which work will we humans do? Are we ready for a life without work? How does routine evolve if we are not doing anything? Jakob Liesenfeld of Lego explains his idea about the value of play, Bernhard König, architect, wants us to learn from plants and think in larger cycles whereas game designer Francis Tseng is eager to see what machines can teach us and how we can teach machines empathy.

Collaboration is not only a question of with who, but also: where. How will the future of work will be marterialized in the spaces that we inhabit? How will collaboration look like when we are not sitting in offices anymore? We discuss workshops which give participants the freedom to think without boundaries and we listen to the creators of a framework in which people are able to shape the future of design – if they want to.

Everyone is talking about the future of work: How will we work in the future? And where? Will we even work in the future? We asked Rohit Talwar, CEO of Fast Future, his thoughts about what things and inventions will shape our future jobs and lives. Lydia Schültken shared creative work hacks for healthier working and British philosopher and author Robert Rowland Smith talked about the journey of the sofa from the home to the office, homey offices and working at home.