Season 2

Dec 17 @7pPST - Season Closer

Despite the pandemic, we had a lot of fun this year inviting our friends and colleagues to debate and riff about random topics. We always have a lot of fun so for our season finale we’re inviting some of our friends from DFI for some wacky antics to close out the year right.

Adam Zeiner - sr. designer of interactions at the Design Institute for Health, board member DFI
Andrés Valencia - Founder, Principal Change Consulting
Dana Martens - Director, UX Designer Teach for America
Vu Nguyen - Principal UX Designer at Informed XP
Jose de la O - Founder & Owner delaO design studio
Sarah Hendrix - VP, Treasurer Design Futures Initiative

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Z-TOPIA Dec 17 - Season Closer from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Dec 13 @11aPST - Community Show

Tune in as we invite guests from our community to be on our panel and share articles/projects they find interesting, compelling, weird, or downright absurd.

Z-TOPIA Dec 13 - Community Show from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Dec 10 @7pPST

Pupul Bisht - Creative Lead & Network Weaver | Next Generation Foresight Practice (NGFP) at School of International Futures (SOIF)
Anthony D Paul - Strategist at Wabtec

Z-TOPIA Dec 10 - Transhumanism and Ubuntu Ethics from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Nov 29 @11aPST

Burton Nitta - burtonnitta.co.uk
Julien Tauvel - Designer and futurologist. Co-Founder, Imprudence

Z-TOPIA Nov 29 - Burton Nitta & Julien Tauvel from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Nov 15 @11aPST

Scott Smith - Managing Partner, Changeist
Madeline Ashby - Futurist and Science Fiction Writer, Changeist

Check out their new book, How to Future

Z-TOPIA Nov 15 - How to Future and the Borders of Sci-Fi Folklore from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Nov 12 @11aPST

Joe Tankersley - Futurist & Author @ Unique Visions
Ryan Leveille - North America Director (Digital Experience) Coca Cola

Z-TOPIA Nov 12 - AR/VR/MR for Tourism, Sports, & the Workplace from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Oct 25 @11aPST

Alisan Atvur - Senior User Research Lead, Novo Nordisk
Chris Livaudais - Designer & Executive Director of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)

Z-TOPIA Oct 25 - Digital Dollar Stores, Transparent Wood, & AR for Dogs from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Oct 22 @7pPST

Dr Pierce Gordon, Ph.D. - Social Innovation Researcher/Catalyst
Rhonda Holberton - Artist & Professor, San Jose State University

Z-TOPIA Oct 22 - Racist designs, Design Justice and Mycelium from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Oct 11 @11aPST

Design Fiction Collective - N O R M A L S

Z-TOPIA Oct 11 - Design Fiction Collective N O R M A L S from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Oct 8 @7pPST - Speculative Futures APAC Leaders

Masaki Iwabuchi - Speculative Futures Tokyo Leader
Ollie Cotsaftis - Speculative Futures Melbourne Leader

Z-TOPIA Oct 8 - Urban Lilly Pads and Sushi Teleportation from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Sep 27 @11aPST - 4 Black Skinny Tees

Sami Niemelä - Founding Partner, Strategic Designer & Advisor Nordkapp
Ben Bashford - Head Of Design at WhereIsMyTransport

Z-TOPIA Sep 27 - 4 Black Skinny Tees from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Sep 24 @7pPST - DFI Fam

Mary Lukanuski - Senior Director, Product Design at Zendesk
Dana "Doc" Martens - DFI Special Programs, Speculative Futures NY Leader
Luisa Ji - Co-Founder Nomadic Labs, Speculative Futures Ottawa Leader

Z-TOPIA Sep 24 - Climate Migration and Flying Home Security Drones from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Sep 13 @11aPST

Simone Rebaudengo - Founding Partner at oio.studio
Cecilia MoSze Tham - Social Technologist × Futurist | Principal at Futurity

Z-TOPIA Sep 13 - Cyclical Futures & Hacking the COVID Gig Economy from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Sep 10 @7pPST - A Sign of the Times

Chris Noessel - Senior Design Lead | Supply Chain Business Assistant (AI) at IBM, Author of Designing Agentive Technology
Dan Levy - Founder and Lead Strategist for More Space for Light

Z-TOPIA Sep 10 - A Sign of the Times from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Aug 30 @11aPST

Leah Zaidi - Futurist/Foresight Expert, Senior Associate @Future Today Institute
Fernando Galdino- Futurist/Research Fellow @Envisioning

Z-TOPIA Aug 30 - Life will find life from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.

Aug 27 @7pPST

Frank Spencer - Founder & Creative Director at Kedge (Foresight, Innovation & Strategic Design); Lead Instructor at The Futures School
Ivy Mahsciao- Founder & CEO, evrmore

Z-TOPIA Aug 27 - AI, Ethics, and Intentional Evolution from Design Futures Initiative on Vimeo.