︎︎︎ selected work in random order
Tigeraire commercial product
Design Resurrection product research
Endogenesis editorial writing
MonoCovers product discursive
NFT_AI_OMG_WTF experimental
Areocene research discursive
Deglobalizer product research
The Algae Factory writing consultancy
Bespoke experimental product
East Modernism product discursive
Design Catalyst product research consultancy
Speculative Healthcare research discursive
Bio-Neorealism experimental product writing
CircusCollection product research consultancy
GlobalFutures Lab research curatorial writing
Arco Hacking product discursive
Future Skin research discursive writing
Fake in Italy product discursive
Canavese Connexion research curatorial
Design Gang product commercial
Gringo product research
CDMX Observatory research curatorial writing
Open-Up Outdoor product commercial
Local Interactions experimental discursive
DesignxDeath experimental product
In The Hood experimental discursive product
Selected Writings
Teaching
About
Contacts
Linkdin
©paolocardini
Design Resurrection product research
Endogenesis editorial writing
MonoCovers product discursive
NFT_AI_OMG_WTF experimental
Areocene research discursive
Deglobalizer product research
The Algae Factory writing consultancy
Bespoke experimental product
East Modernism product discursive
Design Catalyst product research consultancy
Speculative Healthcare research discursive
Bio-Neorealism experimental product writing
CircusCollection product research consultancy
GlobalFutures Lab research curatorial writing
Arco Hacking product discursive
Future Skin research discursive writing
Fake in Italy product discursive
Canavese Connexion research curatorial
Design Gang product commercial
Gringo product research
CDMX Observatory research curatorial writing
Open-Up Outdoor product commercial
Local Interactions experimental discursive
DesignxDeath experimental product
In The Hood experimental discursive product
Selected Writings
Teaching
About
Contacts
Linkdin
©paolocardini
Future Obervatory Mexico City (@ CENTRO University)
“Hyper-contextual futures starts from tradition and local nuances, they shy away from pre-packed global visions and priviledge cultural to technological determinism.”
In 2017 I've started a collaboration with Centro University in Mexico City advising and running yearly workshops for the master program on foresight El Diseño del Mañana (the design of tomorrow).
The Observatory aims to provide hyper-contextual future visions through techniques and methodologies that range from critical design and traditional future forecasting to speculative anthropology. The core of the initiative is the will to address the lack of diversity within the speculative design field, heavily based on Northern European and North American perspectives.
Since the start of the CDMX initiative in 2017, different cohorts of Mexican students have been invited to develop future scenarios in which identity and cultural factors have priority over technology and the dominant ideas of progress.
The work done at CENTRO is described and methodologically framed in the academic paper, co-authored with the director od the program Karla Paniagua, Dreamt in Mexico. About the Global Futures Lab Observatory. You can read the text HERE
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Projects listed above by Matilde Breña, Alan Saenz, Ana Gutman & Lizah Pesah, Camila Anaya, Elena Cruz
In 2020 the project has been awarded with the Core 77 Design award for the section Speculative Design and received an honorable mention for the cathegory Education Initiative. The CDMX Observatory is continuing to this days keeping contributing to the collective imaginary and providing an always updated critical reflection on topics that are deeply rooted into the mexican culture.
The Observatory aims to provide hyper-contextual future visions through techniques and methodologies that range from critical design and traditional future forecasting to speculative anthropology. The core of the initiative is the will to address the lack of diversity within the speculative design field, heavily based on Northern European and North American perspectives.
Since the start of the CDMX initiative in 2017, different cohorts of Mexican students have been invited to develop future scenarios in which identity and cultural factors have priority over technology and the dominant ideas of progress.
The work done at CENTRO is described and methodologically framed in the academic paper, co-authored with the director od the program Karla Paniagua, Dreamt in Mexico. About the Global Futures Lab Observatory. You can read the text HERE
Projects listed above by Matilde Breña, Alan Saenz, Ana Gutman & Lizah Pesah, Camila Anaya, Elena Cruz
In 2020 the project has been awarded with the Core 77 Design award for the section Speculative Design and received an honorable mention for the cathegory Education Initiative. The CDMX Observatory is continuing to this days keeping contributing to the collective imaginary and providing an always updated critical reflection on topics that are deeply rooted into the mexican culture.
