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"The hardest thing a person can ever do, is think from another 's point of view" Digital Strategy & Story consultant | Storywise Amsterdam, Netherlands I'm an innovator in digital story design: a narratologist, problem-solver, thinker and doer. I combine business, data and systems-smarts, with problem solving in strategy & story. I started out as a pro musician, songwriter and marcom freelancer. I wrote TV Jingles, a theatre play, video and film scripts, taught media production, and worked on a … [see more] |
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"A'ohe pau ka 'ike i ka halau ho'okahi - all knowledge is not taught in one school" Entrepreneur | Terra Oahu O'ahu Hawaii, United States I am the Founder of Terra Club. Terra Clubs are the private, luxury "base camps" for the modern explorer. Terra Oahu is our original location, an ocean and mountain view estate, sitting on the edge of an ancient ravine and surrounded by a 7-acre organic orchard. Our members experience the power of this unique land … [see more] |
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"There is no try, only do" Founder and CEO | Blurb San Francisco, United States Back in the day, I was CEO of two start-ups in San Francisco, Personify and then Verb. But then 2001 hit and the crash happened and there was no proverbial room at any of the VC inns. So I started photographing again (I have a degree in Art/Photography) and in a former life worked for … [see more] |
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"Future thinking" Strategic Consultant | Lorrimer Consulting Sydney, Australia I have over 25 years of experience as a major projects architect and strategic planner for the delivery of successful projects from masterplans to iconic buildings. Supplementing more than 20 years as a consultant, I spent 5 years as client to some of the world’s leading architects on 3 iconic museums in the UAE. I … [see more] |
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"Turn Off The App: GO OUTSIDE" Entrepreneur | @turnofftheapp Barcelona, Spain I'm 29 years old (as of December 2017). 12-26 y/o: I read a lot, traveled a lot, observed the world, attained several university degrees. That wasn't a waste of time. 26-now: Entrepreneurship. Wish I'd started at 12 years old. … [see more] |
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"I like too many things" Designer, Architect, Photographer, Dj, Co-Founder | Meera - Art on Ethical Clothing Berlin, Germany I studied graphics and sustainable architecture; got into photography through my passion for travelling. My greatest love though is music and I collect records and dj to this day. Still trying to figure out how to combine all the things I love, while managing to make a living. Currently starting a new project (Meera), putting … [see more] |
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"to embody & live, know, connect, transcend, share, care and dare in common frames of references" Journalist, Scholar, Futurist, Consultant, Facilitator, ... | various GLocally.... Berlin, Germany "I had a couple of lifes: technician and engineer, planner, consultant, sales and marketing, infographics coiner, environmental management and research, curator, futurist, educator, facilitator, ... in fields as wide as: environmental education, culture, youth, media,... My function is capacitity building along and across scales and cultures in an appreciative, attentive style typical for concerned generalists, … [see more] |
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"Rage against the corners." Architect | Perkins+Will San Francisco, CA, United States Leah's big-picture visioning and integrated, R&D-style approach to architecture stems from her multi-discipline background. In 2014 she graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture and Minor in Fine Arts from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and, prior to architecture, Leah studied structural engineering for four years. Her architectural thesis, MECHA:spore, afforded her the opportunity to investigate … [see more] |
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"Make useful and beautiful things" Designer | Office for Visual Affairs New York, United States I'm a UX Designer and entrepreneur and run a multidisciplinary user experience design studio in New York. Previously I worked at the New York Times and at Google's Creative Lab in New York. After launching a retail and public opinion startup I decided to start my own design practice: The Office for Visual Affairs. I … [see more] |
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Investigator, Organizer, Storyteller, Physical Artist Washington, D.C., United States Redefining Outdoors(wo)man. Environmentalist. Scientist. Designer. Physical Artist. Currently as a Research Fellow with Conservation X Labs I look for ways to distill grand challenges in water and biodiversity conservation to focus the ingenuity of humanity to solve these grand challenges. … [see more] |
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"whose brain is in the networks and whose soul is with the water sprites" Artist | UCL / freelance / University of Leeds Berlin, Germany I am an interdisciplinary practitioner with a passion for the environment, digital media and understanding the world’s complex networks. I now work creatively as a researcher, designer and community engagement specialist at the intersection of arts, science and technology. I have excellent project management and team working skills, honed over the last 15 years of … [see more] |
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"Design One of Everything" Designer | Caon Studio Sydney, Australia I am the Creative Director of an industrial design studio located in Sydney, Australia. We like to accept any challenge that our clients pose to us, but are fundamentally focused on two key aspects of design - function and aesthetics. Spaces and products need to function well so as to stimulate and not annoy, and … [see more] |
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"Consultant in design systems and design" Design | 6¢ Design Brooklyn, United States My largest client now is the Times Square Alliance, in New York. I am commissioning NYC designers to develop new public furniture solutions for this dazzling public space. We have seen some great ideas and I can’t wait to prototype them on the plaza. Other clients include The Local Development Corporation of East New York, … [see more] |
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"Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human." Editor | The Alpine Review Toronto, Canada I am a magazine obsessive caught in the space between print obsession and digital addiction. I’ve spent my career poking, prodding, pushing and telling stories across platforms, as a reporter, as a collaborator and as a maker of so many of the damned things. As well as freelancing here and there, I’m currently the co-editor … [see more] |
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"ICT for a Sustainable World" Director | Techné Verde San Francisco, United States I wear varous hats and work with different orgs and on different projects. Techné Verde is a non-profit under the Buckminster Fuller Institute involved with online tools for collaboration and evolutionary culture. I am also Associate Publisher of SynergeticPress.com. Long history in technology from late 80s digital media revolution, working in desktop publishing (Verbum magazine … [see more] |
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"Dedicated to creating new types of interactions and experiences" Co-Founder, Experience Designer | Tessellate Studio New York, United States Tessellate is an experiential design firm dedicated to creating new types of storytelling environments. We span across the disciplines of technology, architecture, and interface design. Our mission is to create new audience experiences and immersive environments by merging the physical and digital worlds in new ways. … [see more] |
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"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. Horace Mann" Sustainable Futurist, Climate Speaker and Serial Entrepreneur | ALOHAS ECO-Center Hamburg, Germany As a UN SDG Advocate, I am on a mission to empower Billions of Global Citizens to live an Adaptive Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability within our planetary boundaries. I am striving to globally reform the agriculture, food and beverage industry. I do this in several ways; by speaking globally on Climate Change and Food … [see more] |
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"Keep an open mind, don't be afraid of change, learn to love the unknown" Designer - Entrepreneur Sydney, Australia 25+ years experience as a senior product/service designer in London, Director of Operations and four times entrepreneur/startup experience within Telecommunications, Education, Cloud CRM and SaaS Collaboration Platform. Consulting over the last seven years in Australia in the areas of New Growth Innovation, Service Design, Product Design, Organisational Design, Customer Experience and Business Strategy within leading … [see more] |
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Co-Founder | Tessellate New York, NY, United States I believe that great design should be a positive force for change and should be accessible to everyone that it touches. Great design should not just serve the Big guys, and more importantly it should be accessible to the smaller entities. My work spans many disciplines and types. From branded environments to museum exhibits and … [see more] |
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"Creative interdisciplinarian by nature" Principal | buildings + food Inc. West New York, New Jersey, United States My creative path - art, architecture, urban design and planning, exhibition planning and administration, and museum-related business development - has been sustained by a tenuous but still holding right brain left brain equilibrium. I'm looking to mix it up in new ways with a bunch of talented, wild and crazy, fun-loving folks. … [see more] |
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"Rethink, Redefine, Ideate, Build, Bridge, Impact" Co-Founder | dsignthinkr LLP Singapore, Singapore A graduate from School of Architecture, and MBA in International Business, I started my journey in designing and building homes, before embarking on a long career in marketing and strategy for enterprise software and info-comm technology innovators such as IBM, Motorola and SAP. With background in architecture, I evolved into a proponent in design thinking, … [see more] |
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"best time to solve a problem is immediately" Presenter & Cultural Producer | Frankly Group + Freelance Sydney, Australia Head of Curation for TEDxSydney, presenter, interviewer and writer. I worked at the ABC for eons hosting all manner of radio and television programs in arts, design, culture, music. My hosting roles included Radio National’s By Design, The Sound Lab on Triple J, Art Nation on ABC TV and The Movie Show on SBS. As … [see more] |
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"clarify, simplify, inspire" Director | Urbanac Sydney, Australia I navigate the space between planning, architecture and development. Ever noticed that your planners, architects, engineers and land owners all seem to speak different languages? I specialise in helping them to focus and communicate to solve your complex urban problems. For the past 25 years I have pursued a career in urban design and planning … [see more] |
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"“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”Lewis Carroll" Founder CEO | BORN PARTNERS Tel Aviv, Israel WE CREATE BESPOKE FUTURES IN A WILD WORLD BORN IS A NEW KIND OF A FUTURES RESEARCH & STRATEGY FIRM, SUITED FOR BOLD IDEAS & ORGANIZATIONS IN A WILD WORLD. BORN. WE SERVE FUTURE PIONEERS. TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION. WE LIVE IN A NEW ERA. AN ERA OF UNPRECEDENTED AND SUDDEN RADICAL TRANSITIONS. THESE CONSTANT SEISMIC SHIFTS … [see more] |
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Head of Service Design at EY - Customer & Digital | EY Tel Aviv, Israel I am a strategic design practitioner using the design/creative thinking for finding needs and solving problems. And I can't believe I'm getting paid for it! I work with and for people, making sure business organization and social innovators understand them better and are able to create meaningful and relevant new offers. … [see more] |