planetary
dreaming
Designing the future
planetary
dreaming
Designing the future
We are facing an unprecedented number of crises. These are complex, mutually reinforcing, and accelerating.
However, crises can also be transformed into opportunities.
This is the mission of Planetary Dreaming
Planetary Dreaming offers design-driven methods and storytelling processes for transformative change, grounded in systemic leadership and design thinking.
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How can we make the complex and often overwhelming findings of the IPCC’s latest report connect with people? The Climate Expedition, a project involving students at the Royal Danish Academy, aims to do just that by transforming dense scientific analyses into creative and accessible formats that inspire both understanding and action.
By Jakob Ion Wille----Published On: May 14th, 2024----Categories: Events----Tags: Collaboration, Education, Experimentation, Future Design, Human culture, Planetary Boundaries, Social Movements, Story telling, System thinking----
Engaging and inspiring everybody to think and act for the future. What we do and don’t in life, echoes in eternity so the future is our client.
By Christian Faber----Published On: April 26th, 2024----Categories: Cases----Tags: Art, Experimentation, Human culture, Story telling, Sustainability, technology, Transforming Humanity----
In a world rife with global crises, from political turmoil to humanitarian disasters, there’s a growing realization that traditional approaches may no longer suffice. We have to expand the way we think, beyond the known limitations of our conscious mind.
By Louise Mazanti----Published On: April 2nd, 2024----Categories: Viewpoints----Tags: Human culture, mindwork, Social Movements, Transforming Humanity----
The video installation aims to promote a new design paradigm with a shift in focus from the human scale and human preferences and needs to a life- or planet-centred view
By Ida Engholm----Published On: August 14th, 2024----Categories: Art projects----Tags: Art, Earth Wisdom, Engagement, Experimentation, Human culture, Social Movements, Sustainability, Transforming Humanity----
A collaboration between art, architecture, and the local community gave birth to a breathtaking space to discuss and explore the deeper dimensions of sustainability
By Morten Meldgaard----Published On: April 22nd, 2024----Categories: Art projects----Tags: Art, Earth Wisdom, Engagement, Experimentation, Human culture, Social Movements, Sustainability, Transforming Humanity----
Three playful provocative, interactive commentaries on systemic issues of consumption, capitalism and sustainability
By Jakob Ion Wille----Published On: April 26th, 2024----Categories: Events----Tags: Art, Collaboration, Engagement, Experimentation, Future Design, Innovation, Prototyping, Social Movements, Story telling, Sustainability, System thinking----
Keynote presentation: About Planetary Dreaming. Introduction by Ida Engholm and Jakob Ion Wille. Explore slideshow and presentation notes.
By Ida Engholm----Published On: April 17th, 2024----Categories: Events, Viewpoints----Tags: Collaboration, Engagement, Future Design, Human culture, Innovation, Planetary Boundaries, Social Movements, Sustainability, System thinking, Transforming Humanity----
On the spring equinox of 2024, the first circle of Planetary Dreamers convened to explore the deeper human capacities needed to foster a regenerative and sustainable future.
By Brian Frandsen----Published On: April 10th, 2024----Categories: Events, Viewpoints----Tags: Collaboration, Earth Wisdom, Engagement, Human culture, Planetary Boundaries, Social Movements, Sustainability, Transforming Humanity----
This exhibition showcases how architecture and design can respond to global challenges, featuring projects that explore how planetary boundaries can inspire new possibilities in design and architecture.
By Brian Frandsen----Published On: May 14th, 2024----Categories: Events----Tags: Art, Education, Experimentation, Future Design, Innovation, Planetary Boundaries, Prototyping, Sustainability, technology----
Turning boundaries into opportunities
By Ida Engholm----Published On: January 19th, 2024----Categories: Viewpoints----Tags: New Economy, Planetary Boundaries, Sustainability----
For better or worse, humans are capable of shaping our future
By Ida Engholm----Published On: March 19th, 2024----Categories: Viewpoints----Tags: Human culture, Sustainability, Theory of change, Transforming Humanity----
In systems thinking, the metaphors are necessarily flipped, so what we perceive as the system's immune response, designed to protect us from dangerous viruses, is what prevents innovation. Our resilience is the problem.
By Ida Engholm----Published On: March 19th, 2024----Categories: Viewpoints----Tags: Engagement, Organizational change, System thinking, Theory of change----
