We’ve been focusing on the next generation over the last few weeks, and this is a really exciting project on that theme. A lot of the time we’re teaching young people in order to make their futures better, and while we can’t future-proof that, this piece of art is using creativity to connect with it.…
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Next in our series on the next generation of young innovators and inventors, we’re looking at three youth-led projects tackling plastic waste. What we loved about all their stories was that they weren’t afraid to ask questions and above all, learn. Join us at our Mega Maker Lab this August for the chance to try out…
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Following our announcement of our Mega Maker Lab project, over the next few months we’re looking at the next generation of innovators. What better way to start than with poet Theresa Lola. In her new role as Young People’s Laureate for London she is helping young people reflect their experiences and create space for their…
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This week we’re bringing you news of an exciting new project and focus for Imagination Matters over the coming months. In the run up to the Institute of Imagination‘s Mega Maker Lab in August, we’ll be taking the opportunity to look at the next generation of inventors and what inspires them. Here, meet the Imagination…
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Sci-fi and dystopian stories might seem like pure escapism, but what separates them from fantasy is their roots in our reality. It’s a great example of how creativity and imagination finds a route into solving real-world problems. At this MIT conference, three sci-fi creators tell us how dystopian ideas could inform our tomorrows (and todays).…
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At first, “deep time” sounds quite mysterious, like an astrophysical phenomenon. And in reality it is just as intriguing. These initiatives champion the importance of context on a grand scale. It’s about seeing ourselves as part of a continuum; understanding what’s past as part of the future. Particularly for when we need to remember to…
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Too often, albeit with the best of intentions, we can be guilty of prescribing when it comes to young people and their future. Even indirectly, popular culture, science fiction and the news dictates what adults think is important for the next generation. This piece from Nominet is about a fifteen-year-old who’s changing this narrative. It…
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In general, projects such as this are an exciting advance for science – being able to travel to, land and build on the moon are incredible achievements for mankind. However, the aims of this ambitious ‘lunar library’ initiative go one further: to store the knowledge of thousands of years of humanity. This recognition is an…
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Here’s an exciting new project of the type its creators would probably be only too glad to see copied. When faced with slashed numbers of species and natural resources, the founders of Green Lab in London have come up with an innovative solution. By combining business with a sustainable development lab, they have not only found…
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Conservation is noble and necessary, and something that the vast majority of us don’t need any persuasion to support. But what if studying and preserving the species around us had even more to teach us? In this article from WIRED, Saket Navlakha campaigns for the processes of evolution as a reason for saving animals from…
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