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Supporting a city in the prefiguration of a Third Place
At the beginning of 2018, we assisted the city of Marmande and the Val de Garonne tourist office in the prefiguration of a hybrid venue dedicated to the future of festivals on a 40,000m2 industrial wasteland. This prefiguration phase aimed to define the conditions of feasibility and success of the project, to launch a community while proposing a pre-operational scenario. Abandoned since 2009, this wasteland is destined to become a place of emergence for the creative industries.
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Morning OS: Uncovering the town of Bagnolet
A new start and project awaits Ouishare’s Paris team thanks to Morning OS, a newly-converted coworking space in the city’s outskirts that we plan to bring to life. With our boxes unpacked and ambitions ignited; we want to bring together collectives and projects that accelerate urban transformation in the Parisian outskirts.
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Unwrapping the futures of work: Ouishare's stage at FutureFest
Ouishare is running a series of sessions discussing The Future(s) of Work at this year’s FutureFest, powered by Nesta. As content curator for the Ouishare stage, I discuss the limits to analysing the future of work through solely a technological or employment perspective, and how Ouishare will expand on the debate through it’s forward-thinking sessions.
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Holochain: the beginnings of a brave new internet (2/2)
An in-depth exploration of how holochain is building a more human internet. One that puts its users at the center.
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Fixing the internet: how holochain wants to change the way we interact
Let us start with a rather simple but necessary statement: The internet is as amazing as it is dreadful. It is time to fix it, make it more human, and holochain wants to be this tool.
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To Scandinavia and beyond: how a learning expedition fostered a community around mobility
As part of the Mobility as Networks study made by Le Lab Ouishare X Chronos, 16 partners and eight team members went on a five-day Learning Expedition through three Scandinavian cities to meet and get inspired by the actors designing the mobility of tomorrow.
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Creating safe spaces: how re-designing an office can lead to new ways of collaboration
A leading automotive company in Germany wanted its employees to design their new office in a collaborative way. To help them achieve this, Ouishare created a safe space for workers to solve internal problems and develop a collaborative culture.
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Designing for a better society: how tiny houses can have a huge impact
Interview with Ricardo Mayor on the role of designers and architects crafting our social tissue. We explore how the tiny house model was adapted to respond to the current refugee crisis. From how new production models can empower citizens and change our relationship with refugees, to ultimately changing the way we design cities.
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The vaccine for fake news? More fake news.
Interview with Ruurd Oosterwoud, founder of DROG, on how becoming a fake news factory can make us immune to the tactics behind misleading viral stories.
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How basic income can change the way we think about work (and money)
What would you do if you got 1.000 euros per month, no strings attached? Would you quit your job? Pay your debts? Save enough money to travel around the world? Would you start your own business? Would you do some volunteer work?
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BlockChain, The platform for trust and social scalability
How exactly is the blockchain expected to change our economy? It is less about removing the middleman than automating its function: providing trust. And coincidentally, it also challenges the existence of omnipresent brands.
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Concrete examples for utopian ideals: how the Sharing Cities movement is paving the way
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