BUBBLE FUTURES PLATFORM
> We are Bubble Futures: a platform giving the stage to designers, reflecting on the present, speculating on the future.
> *competition results*
accelerate the city
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THOUGHTS, IDEAS + PROJECTS BY FUTURE THINKING, CRITICAL DESIGNERS
The Accelerate The City competition invited designers across the world to engage in an effort to design a more resilient urban future. Following a three step process, designers were challenged to: 1) Pick any city across the world; 2) Pick a major issue in that city; 3) Design a more resilient future addressing that issue.
Whether this was on the individual or collective, micro or macro, digital or tangible, product or space, was entirely up to you. We asked you to question the fundamental causes of city-wide, and world-wide issues, their flows, conditions, and effects. Following the ethos of Bubble, we then asked you to operate across multiple spheres, reaching beyond convention to improve urban resilience through a creative, design-led solution.
WINNER
Another “Occupy Central”
Jie Zhang, Pinyue Fan
WINNER
Feral Rooftops
Ariane Lourie Harrison, Yuxiang Chen, Brett Rappaport
WINNER
Solace Under Shade
Sahar-Fatema Mohamedali
ACCELERATE THE CITY - RESILIENT URBAN FUTURES
User Defined is where we connect and celebrate with our global network of designers. Here, we share your ideas for a better world, and enable conversations with designers, creatives, and visionaries.
THE MEMORY CAPSULE
Michelle Leong
London, UK
GARDEN OF
BELFAST DELIGHTS
Rebecca McConnell
Belfast, UK
TERRA NOVUS
Chris Millar
London, UK
BUBBLE PUBLICATIONS - ISSUE NO.1
ISO:LATION – SPACES + PLACES THAT FIGHT LONELINESS – DOWNLOAD
The ‘Eliminate Loneliness by Design’ Competition provided you a public platform to tackle the issue of loneliness and isolation in society through design. We challenged you to set your imagination alight, and consider the systems, spaces, and interactions that could generate meaningfulness and connection in today’s world.
Whether this was on the individual or collective, micro or macro, digital or tangible, product or space, was entirely up to you. We asked you to question the fundamental causes of loneliness, their flows, conditions, and effects. Following the ethos of Bubble, we then asked you to operate across multiple spheres, reaching beyond convention to tackle the issue of loneliness through a creative, design-led solution.
1ST PLACE
‘From Eliminating to Elevating’
Gandong Cai, Mingjie Cai
2ND PLACE
‘Let it Rain’
Dominique Cheng
3RD PLACE
‘Mind Craft’
Jan Sikora, Ewa Siostrzonek, Kataryzna Maliszewska
BUBBLE IDEAS
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INSPIRATION
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