Next Nature

Oceans are the least explored subjects in ecology. How can we bring the public to even get interested in issues related to an ecosystem which is not theirs? 🌊 Santa Ramaherison redesigned takeaway packaging to battle ocean acidification. Read more: bit.ly/3XDkVuV

Set in the year 2098, the Rothiemurchus forest is separated from mankind, and replaced by an intelligent robotic infrastructure, designed to maintain the forest. 🌳 Discover Marie Walker-Smith’s project, a speculative scenario on the future of forests: bit.ly/3TzA0Ky

Glass is usually seen as something sustainable because it is recycled endlessly worldwide. However, energy consumption is completely overlooked. Benedikt Peirotén has started a project: redesigning the production of glass using waste streams. 🥂 Read more: bit.ly/3UUXE5z

It's almost impossible to imagine a world without technology. Yet most of us are unaware of how new technologies are introduced, accepted or discarded within our society. The Pyramid of Technology describes in 7 steps how technology can become nature: bit.ly/3Vha1c5

Dora Lionstone's essay “The First Breath of the Earth” accompanied with the photography project “Cosmic Stream” visualizes alternate realities that find their place between fact and fiction, science and imagination in a world that is turned upside-down: bit.ly/3A4Tpwb

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to discover a delicious festive future dinner! We’re serving a 4 course meal, with food from space, insects, lab-designed flavors and meat made from CO2. 🥩 Got curious? Subscribe here: bit.ly/3OQ0qad

People have always been looking to outsource heavy or boring work. Although less common than 'normal' machines, we find robots everywhere: Vacuum cleaner robots, industrial robotic arms and companion robots. Are robots the way to a future in which we will never work again? 🤖

“Those who follow the muses end up in the museum.” —@bruces Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2022

Great event "AI for All" in the @Evoluon in Eindhoven! 🤖Met Bruce Sterling, WALL·E and many others. Organised by @esdit_nl , @nextnature, @TUeindhoven, @TUeEAISI, @Psych_Tech, @Mensvoort. & Visit the exhibition in the Evoluon – it's worth it! ▶️tue.nl/en/our-univers… #AI

Today we're hosting the symposium AI for All at the Evoluon in Eindhoven. Not able to come to the Evoluon, but still want to follow the talks by Bruce Sterling, Marleen Stikker and Hendrik-Jan Grievink? Join the livestream! Register via: bit.ly/3AEoGWO

BOOKTIP: Ways of Being, by James Bridle. This November, we explore the dark and the light side of Artificial Intelligence in the symposium AI for All. But what does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans - or do we share it with other beings?

Spanning 176 pages, the RetroFuture issue of our magazine takes you on a whirling journey to tomorrow’s past & present. Discover universal dreams and nightmares, the greatest and smallest predictions, tangible realities and speculative ideas. Get a copy: bit.ly/3UEeiGM

Last chance to get your tickets for the symposium AI for ALL! Join us November 25th at Evoluon in Eindhoven, where Bruce Sterling, Marleen Stikker and Hendrik-Jan Grievink will where their thoughts and visions on Artificial Intelligence. Tickets & Info: bit.ly/3NYhiex

The video artwork Tribe Tower (Studio SMACK, 2022) is part of a bigger project, Tribe, that addresses group behavior and how we consider certain values and behaviors important without knowing exactly why. Now on show in our expo RetroFuture: bit.ly/3N0tefm

What will AI bring us? Who benefits a technoprivilege, who is left behind? How can we combat the dark side of AI? Join us November 25th in Evoluon Eindhoven for the symposium AI FOR ALL – From the Dark side to the Light 💡 More info: bit.ly/3V5Xc58 @TUeindhoven

If AI enters the cycle of the ecosystem as an accepted organism, new symbioses could be established. FORSY-A is a speculative project in which Maike Gebker explores the potential of technology as a tool to design for the more- than-human world. Read more: bit.ly/3VOo2PA

Design studio XAARCHIVE trained an A.I. with a series of aerial images of the region of Salta, Argentina to understand what logic emerges from these topological formations and how that could affect the construction of urban sites! 📷️: Xaarchive Studio

We're looking for interns! Will you join our team as an editorial intern, experience design intern or media production intern? Visit our website for more information and to apply: bit.ly/3TnwTWf

Artist duo Driessen & Verstappen created Deep Dive (2016), an interactive work of art in which the viewer can zoom in on an image endlessly. By digging deeper and deeper you will constantly discover new areas to explore. 🪐 Visit our expo RetroFuture until March 25, 2023!

Visiting IDFA this month? We've got some tips for you! We went through the program and selected 5 films or virtual experiences related to the Next Nature philosohpy. Want to add to our list? Let us know your must-see in the comments! 📽️ @idfa #idfa