Future of Museums

Background on how Muslims define home, work and a third space: One space in the domestic sphere (the family and the home); a second space is the sphere of civic engagement (including school, work and other forms of public participation); and a "Third Space" where individual, sometimes professional, and sometimes transgressive acts are played out: where people let their "real" selves show.

Nice questioning of what foresight and futures thinking are and could/should be. I like the idea that we shouldn't be looking for best practices as that partially defeats the purpose.

It was bound to happen: Data Cuisine isall about cooking up infographics that you can literally eat: a pizza that conveys the patterns of 100 years of Italian immigration, for example, or a salmon mousse that explores the environmental impacts of commercial fishing over the past decade.

For the past few years, the "sharing economy" has characterized itself as a revolution. Across the U.S., high costs of living are driving more of the employed toward "side hustles," i.e. unprotected freelance work, the kind fostered by the sharing economy. 

There ought to be a way that this result could be used in museum marketing: come visit us...you won't have to be alone with yourself and we're way better than self-administered electric shocks!

Not sure what they're up to at this site, but I thought it was interesting that they choose the word "Television" to convey the idea of everyone being involved and sharing in a community.

BlingCrete -- functional properties of concreate with a reflective quality ArboSkin -- bio-plastic that can be worked like wood Mushroom materials -- biodegradable packing material made from fungus WoolAluminum -- wool with the structural stability of aluminum (obviously!) Wooden Textiles What will artists do with these? What will museums do?

Shoes based on literature. Looking for ways to cross-polinate can be an effective way of keeping customers interested in your product.

Could empathy in society be enhanced by technology? Could machines sense our emotions better than our friends and family can and broadcast that data to them?

"The British Library Big Data Experiment"