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Collective Futures

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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25.01.2022 @joanielemercier s "portal to the stars" has been wowing crowds in Wirral. The light show Constellations has been taking place across the weekend on a huge water screen on West Kirbys Marine Lake to create an immersive experience through breath-taking 3D visuals. Commissioned by Wirral Borough of Culture, Constellations takes audiences on a journey among the stars.... Visitors have been transported from the heart of a black hole into deep space, traveling through the planets and stars as the projection explores the limits of the universe. The series is designed to inspire local communities to rediscover their neighbourhoods and spend time connecting whilst stargazing. As his first project by the sea the French artist described the 100 meter tunnel above the sea, created by the installation, as an unexpected event caused by the strong winds, intense rain and reflections on the water surface. Citing Mother Nature as an surprise co-producer of the installation. #inspiration #design #art #community See more

23.01.2022 SPACE10s new Urban Village Project: A Vision for Liveable, Sustainable and Affordable Homes. The culmination of many of their human-centered design research projects, were excited to see their plans rollout. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF LIVING SUSTAINABLY? #futurescenario #designinspriation #designresearch #architecture #urbanplanning #sustainableliving

21.01.2022 "Youve been swimming in gravity since the day you were born. Every cell knows where down is. Easily forgotten. Your mass and the earths mass calling to each other Feel the small dance its always there think of the alignment of the bones, limbs, towards the centre of the earth length of the bone Youve been falling in gravity since the day you were born" Extract from The Stand (The Small Dance) by Steve Paxton, read aloud as part of Performance Arti...sts @dancingwithgravity immersive piece at the Atmosphere launch night. As part of the design experiment art and cultural experiences were woven into the design research, allowing visitors to be both research participants and audience members. #art #culture #design #designexperiment #socialexperiment #wellness #publicspace #urbanplanning #servicedesign See more

21.01.2022 We couldnt have said it better ourselves. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF RETAIL? ... #retail #futurescenario #design #inspiration See more

21.01.2022 Art or a social experiment? Level by Hans Hemmert, Berlin. Hans Hemmerts shoe extenders, produced in various heights, make everyone 6 1/2 feet (two meters) tall. The extenders made their debut at an event thrown in conjunction with Personal Absurdities, a 1997 exhibition at the Galerie Gebauer Berlin. At that party, everyone saw eye to eye. ... HOW CAN WE ADJUST OUR ENVIRONMENT TO HELP PEOPLE BETTER CONNECT? #art #design #socialexperiment #design #playfulresearch See more

21.01.2022 Alone but together. This is something that came up time and time again in our research findings from Atmosphere. From parks to libraries, to co-working spaces and even restaurants and movie theatres, people seek out spaces where they can do activities alone but still surrounded by others. On the reverse side, we also found that people seek out shared spaces to make new friends and interact with like-minded people. Spaces that allow for... selective intimacy facilitate connection by giving people this choice around interaction, allowing them to feel relaxed and enjoy connecting to others in whatever way suits them best. #designexperiment #socialexperiement #designresearch #urbanplanning #publicspace #community #connection #socialresearch #art #culture #design See more

20.01.2022 @wingnutandco supplied all the beautiful ceramics and vessels that were used to create the wellness installations for our design experiment, Atmosphere. The installations were also used to present the @additionstudio bath salts that participants used to fill their footbaths. As part of the group wellness rituals performed at Atmosphere, participants helped create footbaths, which they could then soak their feet in as they viewed the performance art piece b...y @dancingwithgravity. Atmosphere used rituals to create incidental interaction that would facilitate connection. Immersive sensory experiences were used to ground people and help them tune into the present moment, making it easier for them to connect to others who were sharing the same experience. How to drive connection and community is at the heart of all our research. Connected communities have the power to drive positive change and find better ways of living. #community #connectivity #wellness #ritual #design #designresearch #socialexperiment See more

18.01.2022 We create public art and cultural experiences that provide insights to inform future designs, services, and experiences, whilst providing entertainment and cultural enrichment. #art #culture #socialexperiments #designresearch #socialresearch #design

17.01.2022 As a Collective we come from a range of disciplines. This allows us to constantly infuse the Collective with the latest information, innovations, techniques, technologies and practices across a wide range of industries including research, design, art and culture. #designresearch #art #culture #design

15.01.2022 "3GATTI has envisioned a giant inflating heart for the british pavilion at the 2020 venice biennale. The heart will beat inside the space, inflating when visitors show an interest, but slowly deflating if no one is interested. The concept behind the proposal is to create a spatial language which represents contemporary british culture and sentiment. the vision creates a bold metaphor to visualize the forces that are pushing people in and out of the U.K." @designboom #designinspiration #socialexperiment #art #design #playfulresearch

14.01.2022 56% of visitors felt less lonely after visiting @atmos__phere. Atmosphere was a design experiment made in collaboration with @freshprince.studio and @studio_rjm for #melbournedesignweek, supported by @ngvmelbourne. Atmosphere aimed to investigate how the design of public space could improve wellbeing by helping reduce modern ailments such as loneliness and anxiety. Read more about the findings from the experiment on our website. Link in bio. #designresearch #art #culture #design #cfexperiment

13.01.2022 Dreamy pink drinks by our friends at @bodriggybrewingco, made with @maydetea and @chase_distillery gin for the Atmosphere launch night. The guys at Bodriggy just opened their own space in the Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford. If you like locally crafted beer and buzzing community vibes we definitely recommend stopping in!

13.01.2022 "You’ve been swimming in gravity since the day you were born. Every cell knows where down is. Easily forgotten. Your mass and the earth’s mass calling to each other Feel the small dance it’s always there think of the alignment of the bones, limbs, towards the centre of the earth length of the bone You’ve been falling in gravity since the day you were born" Extract from The Stand (The Small Dance) by Steve Paxton, read aloud as part of Performance Arti...st's @dancingwithgravity immersive piece at the Atmosphere launch night. As part of the design experiment art and cultural experiences were woven into the design research, allowing visitors to be both research participants and audience members. #art #culture #design #designexperiment #socialexperiment #wellness #publicspace #urbanplanning #servicedesign See more

11.01.2022 @additionstudios designer wellness objects, the Circle Oil Burner and Neue Void Incense Burner created subtle scents that visitors could use to tune into their environment, themselves or the others around them. Atmospheres research findings found that sensory elements help ground people, making it easier for them to connect to themselves and the present moment and therefore others around them. Do you feel more connected to others when... your more present? How do you ground yourself? #design experiment #socialexperiment #wellness #connection #loneliness #cfexperiment See more

10.01.2022 67% of visitors felt less anxious after visiting @atmos__phere. Atmosphere was a design experiment made in collaboration with @freshprince.studio and @studio_rjm for #melbournedesignweek, supported by @ngvmelbourne. Atmosphere aimed to investigate how the design of public space could improve wellbeing by helping reduce modern ailments such as loneliness and anxiety. Read more about the findings from the experiment on our website. Link in bio. #designresearch #art #culture #design #cfexperiment

10.01.2022 We are a Design Research Lab on a mission... ... #designresearch #socialresearch #socialexperiment #art #culture #design See more

10.01.2022 1:1 interviews examined how Atmospheres design impacted peoples emotional experience of the space and how that, in turn, affected connectivity. One thing we heard a lot was that psychological safety facilitated people connecting. Various design elements created a sense of security, including a distinct space that felt protected from the outside world and the reassuring manner in which staff guided people through their experience of the space. While it mi...ght seem obvious, spaces must make people feel safe, especially when we consider the use of public space and the role it plays in connecting us to our local community and the broader city. Too often in the built environment, psychological wellbeing is compromised in the face of the competing agendas of functionality and aesthetics. But, as weve learned, psychological wellbeing needs to be prioritized if spaces are to be successful in helping people to connect. #design #socialexperiment #safespaces #builtenviroment #publicspaces #lonliness #wellbeing #designexperiment See more

08.01.2022 Our lovely Atmosphere water bearers in full look by @ce.lovestore. As part of the social experiment we used performance art and group rituals to investigate how shared experiences effects human connectivity. Read more about the experiment and findings on our website. Link in bio #socialexperiment #wellness #ritual #performanceart

07.01.2022 Research from our design experiment Atmosphere demonstrated that selective intimacy and a connection to nature are both important aspects that help facilitate connection and wellbeing in shared spaces. Selective intimacy means people feel they have a choice in whether they interact or not with others in the space. We discovered that this choice makes people feel more comfortable and relaxed, which in turn helps them to be more open and connected. ... We also found that connection to nature (through sensory elements, such as the sound of running water, birds chirping, or a view of the natural environment) promotes relaxation and decreases anxiety. Being relaxed and comfortable makes people more open and connected. #connection #community #designexperiment #designresearcg #wellbeing #nature See more

04.01.2022 From bakeries to pubs to designer concept stores, thriving local retail has always been a place for community connection and daily interaction. As our world becomes increasingly globalized and we get more of our consumer goods from online retailers, what happens to our local retail industry? More importantly, how is local community connection affected? We believe that as we become increasingly digitalized people are craving more physica...l experiences. How can retailers service this need? Is the store of the future selling experiences? What role does design play in reimagining the store of the future? #localretail #thehighstreet #community #connection #design #experienceeconomy #storeofthefuture See more

04.01.2022 Community managed carbon footprints are an interesting example of how communities can work together to affect change. Community-managed waste and energy generation, as a way to decrease carbon emissions, is something that we at CF are interested to learn more about. As individuals, we can feel powerless and overwhelmed with how to affect change. At a larger scale, globalization, growing political apathy, turbulence, and digital echo chambers makes change s...eem almost impossible. But at the community level, effecting change can be more manageable, and when that change spreads, very powerful. How might we drive a community connection to make change possible? What role can communities play in helping us to be more sustainable? How might we help communities collectively manage their carbon footprint so that we can lower global carbon emissions? #designresearch #sustainability #climatechange #community #carbonfootprint See more

04.01.2022 76% of visitors felt more relaxed after visiting @atmos__phere . Atmosphere was a design experiment made in collaboration with @freshprince.studio and @studio_rjm for #melbournedesignweek, supported by @ngvmelbourne. Atmosphere aimed to investigate how the design of public space could improve wellbeing by helping reduce modern ailments such as loneliness and anxiety. Read more about the findings from the experiment on our website. Link in bio. #designresearch #art #culture #design #cfexperiment

03.01.2022 65% of visitors felt more connected to those around them after visiting @atmos__phere. Atmosphere was a design experiment made in collaboration with @freshprince.studio and @studio_rjm for #melbournedesignweek, supported by @ngvmelbourne. Atmosphere aimed to investigate how the design of public space could improve wellbeing by helping reduce modern ailments such as loneliness and anxiety. Read more about the findings from the experiment on our website. Link in bio. #designresearch #art #culture #design #cfexperiment

01.01.2022 At our core, we are social researchers, using a human centered design approach to help us better engage with and learn from our audience. We use art and cultural events to bring attention to the social issues we care about, but we also use the events to conduct our research, the findings of which we hope to use to effect change. In this way our events both encourage research participation and bring awareness to the research topic at han...d! Stay tuned for our next event! #designresearch #art #culture #events #immersiveexperiences See more