What spaces will we need for innovation in the future?
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Built environment futures. Strategic foresight for urban development with Vivid Futures; Professor of Practice, Future Cities, Cardiff University; member APF, Future Matters Collective. #Foresight Love sci-fi, street art, & football: Brentford FC & BCWFC
What spaces will we need for innovation in the future?
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The power of visualisation of change in specific places. Great talk by Professor Chris Ryan, RMIT
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Using futures to enable creative technology innovation.
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Some takeaways from the annual Smart Cities Congress in Barcelona
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Great to see this on new @wecanmake.bsky.social development: community-led, community-built, community lived-in affordable homes. Starting to unlock the thousands of micro-sites around our cities for much needed housing. Proper job @melissamean.bsky.social & co!
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Really enjoyed watching Power Station last night @wshed.bsky.social Inspiring stories about how a neighbourhood can come together & - despite all the obstacles - achieve something amazing while having fun along the way. Just the dose of positivity I needed!
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Why I love Bristol. Seeing the fabulous Joy Crookes, one of my favourite singers, with 200 people, in a club 200 yards from home.
She is amazing! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
We were out there for the quarters, the semis and then this. Was immense. We were directly behind the goal for the penalties
28.07.2025 10:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Incredible match. Extra time for the third match in a row. We were right behind the goal for the penalties. Champions of Europe again!
27.07.2025 20:57 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lionesses do it again: win, but put us through the wringer. On to the final!
23.07.2025 00:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Anticipation building for England-Sweden in sunny Zurich. Cmon!
17.07.2025 18:26 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really enjoyed talking futures for the built environment at University Design Forum annual conference www.linkedin.com/posts/profes...
26.06.2025 06:57 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How to build affordable homes within planetary boundaries? Great to hear @melissamean.bsky.social @cityofsound.bsky.social @indyjohar.bsky.social at the launch of the MULTIMAX Playbook. wecanmake.org Hosted by @wshed.bsky.social
16.06.2025 21:14 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1How can engagement with the future enable more transdisciplinary and impactful research?
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Sam. I agree. Iβve long been of the school that βpeople become their behavioursβ and we need to make the right choices easier. (Viz kerbside recycling in UK)
15.05.2025 11:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Me too. Eagerly awaiting this.
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13.05.2025 07:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Caught 2 great exhibitions @tatemodern.bsky.social about art, technology & the future. Geeked out on vintage tech art at the wonderful #ElectricDreams then explored art & imaginaries of the future in #AYearinArt:2050
09.05.2025 17:28 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1On VE Day, I remember my Dad (centre) who, aged 18, was on the D-Day landing & fought his way across Europe. And I worry that, with the passing of this generation, we're losing our collective memory of what happened in Europe, how lucky we've been these past decades, & how precious peace is.
08.05.2025 08:30 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Lovely, intimate theatrical experience in a Bristol Hackney cab, hearing the stories of drivers in our city www.mayk.org.uk
07.05.2025 18:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The @lyrafest.com Poetry Slam @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social tonight was awesome. So many amazing poets. A treat for the ears & the mind
04.05.2025 20:46 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A lovely night out eating noodles, then drinking Bristol-brewed ales, with some of our lovely colleagues from Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, who live across the water here in Bristol. Thanks for organising @jgwilliams.bsky.social
30.04.2025 21:34 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Great to deliver opening keynote, with Juliet Davis, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, to #AUDE2025 We explored how using engagement with the future, particularly through design futures & co-creation, can help shape better buildings & places @cugeogplan.bsky.social
30.04.2025 10:43 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A tour de force on the history of & arguments for council housing from @municipaldreams.bsky.social at this w/e Festival www.brh.org.uk Fascinating how the same battles - quality vs quantity, public vs private, dense vs extensive play out again & again
26.04.2025 12:53 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Super-informative talks about the highs & lows of garden-city suburbs & council housing in our city as part of Bristol Radical History Festival
www.brh.org.uk Next up @municipaldreams.bsky.social
It was great to get a home win in the West London sunshine. Buzzing
19.04.2025 19:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A 4-1 victory in the West London sunshine. COYB #BrentfordFC
19.04.2025 16:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Second book talk of the week, the polymathic Margaret Heffernan to a packed theatre @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social on the benefits of embracing uncertainty and the importance of the arts to so many areas of our lives. @andrewkelly.bsky.social @gillkirk.bsky.social
17.04.2025 21:18 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I'll be there. Looking forward to it!
16.04.2025 10:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Guess who was at my local bookshop @bookhaus.bsky.social this evening? @stephenoram.bsky.social talking about his new book We Are Not Anonymous & discussing with @timkindberg.bsky.social how to write about the future. Monday evening treat.
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