Trend Receiver Study
We discuss desirable futures with forward-thinking individuals across the world.
Meet the Trend Receivers who participated in the previous round of the Foresight Academy in 2022 and discover the futures they want to build.
The short video messages capture the main take-aways from our conversations. Enjoy some unfiltered impressions!
UNITED KINGDOM
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Guy Standing
Economist, Professor of Development at SOAS, University of London.
Co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network
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Mark Adams
Head of Innovation at VICE Media
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Georgina Lee
Co Founder of “This Age Thing”
Community Lead for the Design Age Institute at the Royal College of Art
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Rob Berkeley
Founder of BlkOutUK
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Jan Bunge
Director of Squint/Opera
DENMARK
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Carla Camilla Hjort
Co-Founder and former Director of Space10
Coordinator of the farm co-op Social Service Club
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Angela Oguntala
Futurist and Director of the foresight and design consultancy Greyspace
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Martin Thörnkvist
Curator, Context-maker, and Chief Operating Officer of Media Evolution
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Nischa Don Maak
Founder of Career Club Denmark
AFRIKA
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Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo
Intercultural Mediator, Film Producer, FemARTivist, Swiss Parliamentarian
Kenya
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Gbemi Disu
Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon Africa
Rwanda
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Odunayo Eweniyi
Co-founder of Piggyvest and FirstCheck Africa
Co-founder of The Feminist Coalition
Nigeria
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Godfrey Mchunguzi Oyema
Environment Officer at the UN Refugee Agency in Tanzania
Tanzania
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Badara Ndiaye
Cultural Ambassador for Senegal, Visual Artist, Fashion Designer, Model, former NCAA Basketball player
Senegal
USA
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Michelle Hayward
CEO of Bluedog Design
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Eric Lopez
Entrepreneur, NFT Investor, Management Consultant
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Stefan Sagmeister
Graphic Designer / Head of Sagmeister Inc.
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Neil Stevenson
Co-Founder of Harmonic
Principal at Stevenson Design
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Nicolette Stosur-Bassett
Founder of Do It Better Design
Manager of Think Wood
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Dilla Thomas
Urban Historian
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Lyndon Valicenti
Founding Principal of Daylight
CHINA
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Chloe Gu
Director at Skyfield
Co-Founder of Online Lifestyle Hub, Haibao.cn
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Oranda Hou
Business Director of Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai
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Richard Hsu
Founder and Curator of TEDx Shanghai
Professor of Practice at Tongji University School of Design and Innovation
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Andong Lu
Professor of Urbanism and Architectural Theory at Nanjing University
SOUTH KOREA
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Yuri Choi
NFT/Blockchain Strategy Consulting, Startup Management & Investment, Business Development
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Prof. Boyeun Kim
Professor of Digital Media Design at International Design School for Advanced Studies Hongik University
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Leo Kim
Founder and CEO of the agri-tech company N.thing
Jessica Kim
PR at N.thing Translator for Leo Kim
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Sukwoo Lee
Founder of the industrial design studio SWNA