Ben Lowdon

@MrLowdon

Head of Product Design . Services, Futures, Maps & other nerdery. Previously , Future-maps, etc. Having fun with

Berlin & London
Joined July 2009
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  1. 15 hours ago

    As it's today, here is a great resource about typography in Scifi

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    Feb 28

    One more from on MSCHF, who created This Foot Does Not Exist: ‘Spot’s Rampage’ Art Project Ends in Malfunctioning Disaster

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    Feb 28

    .'s "The Future Mundane, background talent & how the way we choose who to focus on is around heroes: (2/2)

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  4. Feb 28

    Prepping for & reading up on frequency bias (also known as Baader–Meinhof phenomenon), and then realised that this is the second time this that I have seen Baader–Meinhof mentioned today... Or is it 🤔😕

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    Feb 27

    TOMORROW: we'll be talking with of and Matt Ward of at 11aPT/2pET/7pmUK. Watch live: 📺

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    Feb 27

    🚨🚨🚨 What are *you* doing right now that might be a crime in the futures? 🤔🤔🤔 Come celebrate World Futures Day by exploring future crimes with the security crew 🚓🚓🚓 Our session will be led by the incomparable 👇👇👇

    On Monday March 1st come discuss some during the You, Marcela Capaja, , and yours truly will be talking about what habits might become crimes in the future. Sexual misconduct? Drug us…
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  7. Feb 27

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  8. Feb 27

    Researching new themes for & going to post interesting people that we should all know more about. First is Sissel Tolaas. I'm blown away. Everything she does is just so fresh

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    Feb 25

    Meanwhile on the shelves of Philip K Dick's Sporting Goods.

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    Feb 25

    This gave me chills

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    Feb 22

    Excited to announce Futures x Design (FxD), our new 2-day, immersive, design-driven workshop that provides a hands-on intro to futuring, hosted in partnership w/ 1st session launching Sat 4/17 & Sun 4/18! Learn More & Apply:

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    Feb 20

    I do not believe in using/ teaching mindfulness practices to create a more "productive", "effective", "efficient" global workforce under late capitalism. That's unethical. Pure and simple.

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    Feb 17

    If you're interested in biotechnology, the design of the human body, and epigenetics, catch up on our recent episode wit and Emilia Tikka? 🔗

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    Feb 14

    STARTING NOW! We're talking with & to talk about wild and weird things we've seen recently in futures and design. WATCH LIVE 📺

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    13 Dec 2020

    Cyberpunk af

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    This father creates "Death Stranding" suit to protect his baby from coronavirus. Cao Junjie, a father in Shanghai, designs a safety pod for his baby.
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  16. Feb 10

    Oh gosh, this made me cry laughing

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    "I'm here live. I'm not a cat." A lawyer logged into the 394th Judicial District with a cat filter on and couldn't turn it off. This may be the funniest video I've seen this year.
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    Feb 9

    I did a B-side of the cover of for the cover story that finally didn't get published. In it we see how the future we want is our past. Also the original cover in full size.

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    Feb 6

    . & join us next Sunday 2/14 11aPT/7pmUK!

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  19. Feb 1

    Note to self - Creme fraiche is not a good milk substitute in coffee. Never repeat experiment! In tomorrows experiment: mozzarella

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    Jan 31

    is essential for radical imagination when it bridges the gap/teases out the tension between the 'what if' and the 'what is' - specially when it shows the speculative reality isn't rooted in an ambiguous future or far, faw away place.

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    Graphic designer Vladislav Ivanov really outdid himself with this “footage” from St. Petersburg today.
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