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Graphic design legend and Yale University professor talks about fighting bias with posters, illustrations, and public art. Live broadcast supported by Tele2. View the lecture: https://stre.lk/tYIK

Dean Johnson, futurist and head of innovation at Brandwidth, explains how the Internet of things relies on continuity of experience. 2:02 — About Dean Johnson and what he does 5:14 — Mobile technologies 8:50 — Story how we developed our first gadget 18:38 — Singlisly taking content 20:27 — How does an iBook work 21:05 — Urban environments 23:50 — The thing about library 25:42 — How do we actually interact with this content 37:26 — Why iPad was so popular and successful 42:19 — Back to the future The lecture took place at Strelka Institute in 2014 in the framework of Urban Routinees. To find more lectures from this conference — follow the YouTube link: https://stre.lk/HN4M

In this episode of Strelka Institute Podcast the director of the Center for Architecture in Vienna Angelika Fitz talks about solving anthropogenic environmental problems, architecture's influence at this issues and why it is impossible to ignore the economy and social sphere, saving the planet. 0:26 — Some information about institution Angelica heading 7:52 — Critically Сare: Architecture for Broken Planet 14:45 — Friendship Centre in Bangladesh 17:27 — How to interact with what is already built 22:29 — Reaction to disasters 27:11 — Barcelona Superblocks 32:47 — Summing up Angelica was part of Strelka X Summer in 2019. Her full lecture followed by Q&A session is available at the Strelka Institute YouTube channel: https://stre.lk/yTF8

Director and storyboard artist of “Rick and Morty” Douglas Olsen talks about creating scenes, cinematic storytelling and strong draftsmanship. The lecture was organized in the framework of The New Normal series of events at Strelka in 2019 and with support from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. To watch it completely with discussion part on Strelka's YouTube-channel: https://stre.lk/OQMN

Dutch artist, inventor, and sculptor Theo Jansen talks about his "artificial life forms" from yellow plastic tubes, and explains how individual elements of these structures work. To watch his sculptures follow the link to Strelka Institute YouTube channel: https://stre.lk/2OUP

Professor of Robotics Illah Reza Nourbakhsh from The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University explaines how we would share our world with robots, and how our society could change as we incorporate a race of stronger, smarter and more connected intelligences. 0:50 — There is story goes about Lake Erie 2:42 — New mediocracy 4:24 — How robots guess what will you order in Mcdonald's and what a car does here 10:06 — Names and termins from philosophical points of view 10:50 — What recaptcha is 12:38 — Robot Smog 17:36 — Bombat Robo 19:43 — Dehumanizing robots 20:37 — Experiment with robots that was done in New Zeland 22:29 — Self-driving car 30:22 — Increased productivity 35:01 — Importancy of time 41:34 — Recommending books The lecture took place at Strelka Institute in 2013. To watch Q&A session with Nourbakhsh you can on Strelka Institute YouTube-chanell: https://stre.lk/ADLT

Norwegian smell specialist, chemist and artist Sissel Tolaas talks about scent as a pure source of information, sniffing as the way to return into childhood, drinking wine for few hours at the exhibition in SFMOMA for reprodising smell of the wine in system, smell memory and scent projects with celebrities' noses. This lecture was held at New Urban Routines Conference in 2014. Watch it including part with questions to speaker on Strelka Institute’s YouTube channel: https://stre.lk/mlSF

Belgian designer and antiques collector, gallery owner, author of three books Axel Vervoordt talks about inspiration by the Japanese wabi philosophy. It based on simplicity and restraint, on a rejection of everything excessive, extreme and artificial, on using natural materials and ancient objects. Vervoordt designed houses for Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. 0:43 — The exhibition in Venice 03:31 — Time, pure and buddism in art 08:40 — Japanese art philosophy 15:47 — Watching and analyzing paintings 24:32 — What wabi-sabi is This lecture took place at Strelka Institute in 2011. Watch the video lecture and browse the archive of Strelka events: [https://stre.lk/v3Oe](https://stre.lk/xBph)

Today in our show Mark Pimlott from Delft University talks about Network Interiors on the example of Montreal, Canada. This lecture was held as a part of New Urban Routines Conference in 2014. Watch the video lecture and browse the archive of Strelka events: https://stre.lk/0S6c

Dutch architect, urbanist, and a co-founder of the MVRDV studio Winy Maas talks about urbanism in daily life. He explains how changes in city's architecture and structure have influence for inhabitants on the examples of Greater Paris and Bordo. 02:40 — What is urbanism 04:19 — Greater Paris is green like Kioto 10:30 — About changing inhabitans 12:12 —The next example about Bordo 20:10 — What looks agriculture like Russia 22:40 — Solving water system This lecture took place as a part of Urban Routines educational program of Strelka Institute in 2013. Watch the video lecture and browse the archive of Strelka events: https://stre.lk/v3Oe