IfConference

Episodes

1. 9

   Amanda Rendshaw: The Art Museum. The Art Museum. A resource unparalleled in any medium.

   http://www.iq2if.com Phaidon's Amanda Renshaw introduces us to the Art Museum: 10 years in the making; open 365 days a year, 7 days a week and 24 hours a day; it houses 3,000 exhibitions, 650 collections from 60 countries; and is 992 pages long... Take a tour through Phaidon's latest creation.…

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   Dec 19, 2011

   14m
2. 8

   Mark Post: Meet the new meat

   http://www.iq2if.com 'A vegetarian in a hummer is much less damaging for the environment than a meat-eater on a bicycle'. Today's techniques for rearing livestock are unsustainable, particularly if global meat consumption doubles - as it's predicted to do - by 2050. Artificial meat, argues...

   Dec 19, 2011

   10m
3. 7

   Jeremy Myerson: Yoyos, see-saws and other dynamic design challenges of ageing

   http://www.iq2if.com Catering for YoYos and accommodating See Saws are just two design challenges thrown up by the UK's ageing society, says Jeremy Myerson. Getting old is as disruptive as adolescence: moving home, changes in health, confusion over new technology and sexual diseases - all require...

   Dec 19, 2011

   16m
4. 6

   Chris Sanderson: Living and designing in the DIY Age

   http://www.iq2if.com Chris Sanderson the trend analyst and co-founder of The Future Laboratory, argues that we're moving towards an 'Anarchonomy'. The internet has created a generation used to sharing ideas, exploring their own creativity, and who want increasing control over how products are…

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   Dec 17, 2011

   14m
5. 5

   Patrick Blanc: The vertical garden, from nature to cities

   http://www.iq2if.com In any city, anywhere, says Patrick Blanc, a naked wall can be turned into a Vertical Garden and be a valuable shelter for biodiversity. Drawing on travels to Taiwan, India and Malaysia, Blanc began developing his living walls inside using mainly tropical plants. Today his...

   Dec 12, 2011

   20m
6. 4

   Iain Sinclair: Ghost Milk - Calling time on the Grand Project

   http://www.iq2if.com In this talk, urban shaman Iain Sinclair argues that we live in the age of the Grand Project, when political and economic elites decide that big visions are required to improve districts and cities. The London 2012 Olympics encapsulate this trend towards "retro-futurism" and...

   Dec 8, 2011

   21m
7. 3

   Stephen Bayley: A circular saw, a Gauloise and a little red wine

   http://www.iq2if.com In this talk, design guru Stephen Bayley argues that we need to reinvent Britain as a workshop. Cultures which manufacture are more socially cohesive, respectful and they acknowledge hierarchies. Most important of all, manufacturing teaches, at a fundamental level, the...

   Dec 7, 2011

   17m
8. 2

   Christopher Choa: The rise of the aerotropolis

   http://www.iq2if.com Christopher Choa, the award-winning urban designer and native-New Yorker, argues that in the 21st century the most successful cities will grow up around airports rather than vice-versa. Living in an "aerotropolis", we will relate to neighbours thousands of miles away. There...

   Dec 7, 2011

   19m
9. 1

   Sarah Harper: Extreme Longevity

   http://www.iq2if.com Sarah Harper is Oxford University Professor and world-expert on ageing. In this talk she asks whether we want to enter a world where we live for 200 years? Maybe we do, maybe we don't, but it is certainly something we should be discussing, because it is looking like being...

   Dec 7, 2011

   15m