Educated Guess :: A Liberal Arts School for the Future – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten was established by Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan in 2007. The recent work of the practice focuses on housing in the residential districts surrounding the cities of Zürich, Basel and Munich. 

Despite their love for a more refined, urbane architecture, Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan have light-heartedly embraced the fact that most of their commissions are set in the mundane anonymity of suburbia. Their interest in complex architectural expression has distanced the practice from the craft-oriented mainstream of Swiss architecture. 

The current projects explore the impossible task of reconciling the autonomy of the exterior facade with the typological uncertainty of interior spaces and loose urban contexts.
After teaching assignments at ETH Zürich and TU Munich Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan are currently teaching as guest professors at EPF Lausanne.

Established in 2007, UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating their own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work.

Since 2002, they have been publishing content online, starting with the design blog Speak Up, that ran through 2009 and was one of the most active, entertaining, and well-regarded blogs, even earning a spot in the Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Triennial in 2006 — the only blog included in the exhibition.

Their most popular blog, Brand New, was launched in 2006 and has grown to be the leading site for opinions on logo and identity redesigns with a readership of over 1.25 million page views a month and, like its predecessor, it was also the only blog included in Graphic Design: Now in Production, co-organized by the Walker Art Center and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Active blogs in their network include Art of the Menu, FPO (For Print Only), and Quipsologies.

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1. How does technology impact the future?
2. How will these convergences transform today’s legacy industries?
3. What will happen to the way we raise our kids, govern our nations, generate wealth, and care for our planet?
4. What should we be paying attention to?
5. What should we ignore for now?

These are all questions that creatives are racking their brains over, but most people don't want to admit ignorance.

We've been doing some research in this space. And, of course, we've found many different examples of frameworks that serve as pragmatic tools for evaluating the future. The good news is that we figured we'd save you some time in aimlessly searching through google and get you started with one of the best minds in the space.

In the book BOLD, Peter Diamandis introduces “the Six Ds of Exponentials,” or the growth cycle of exponential technologies: Digitalization, Deception, Disruption, Demonetization, Dematerialization, and Democratization. In this episode, we breakdown each of these stages of adoption, hype, and innovation so that they could be understood across the board.

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So many people wonder how their life is going to turn out. And, most people repeatedly ask the same types of questions over and over.

1. Will I live a good life?
2. Will I have success?
3. Will I make it?
4. Will I have the wealth and influence I need to achieve the things I want? 
5. Etc.

The number one flaw of this mindset is that there's an underlying implication of expectation and ego that one day you might receive some raw materials of life that are better than what you have today. In this episode, we'll break down 3 different supporting points to readjust your mindset to fixate on eternity and not tomorrow.

Point 1: Accept the myth of completion.

Point 2: Don't lose yourself in the tasks and duties of the day.

Point 3: Look for memories in plain sight.

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As the first, official installment of our Well Read segment, we will spend this episode highlighting the life and work of Massimo Vitali. 

This portion of our curriculum aims is to provide a brief biographical and psychoanalytic study of artists and designers we admire. This initial installment may consist of both dialogues and monologues going forward.

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Presentations are hard. Especially if you have to make slides, then you're usually taught to make more of a file folder of information. (i.e. the information monster) then a story rainbow. As a result, most people suffer from these common problems:

1. They introduce stories with jargon.
2. They take forever to get to the point.
3. They don't have a structure in their story.
4. They ramble.

If any of these sound like problems you might have, then this episode is for you.

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"So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard."

If you were moved by this quote, then this episode was created for you. In particular, this episode details the parable of the 3 Bricklayers. And, for about 15 minutes, we conceptually underline the parable with 3 key takeaways.

1. Your attitude determines your altitude
2. The picture you see is the picture you paint.
3. It's important to find your cathedral.

If you want to do work that matters, then this episode outlines how to adjust your perspective.

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Haris Fazlani is a partner at Works Studio--a multidisciplinary design consultancy based in NYC. Some of their past clients include:

• Mineral Health
• Converse
• Reebok
• Peloton
• John Elliott
• Fear of God
• Ryan Leslie
• Heron Preston
• The Dream
• Alexander Wang
• And more

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If you're going after your first big project, then you might find yourself spending way too much time selling things and way less time making them. The problem here is that there are only so many hours in the day. 

So, in this episode, we walk through 4 key points that will help you understand how to make better use of your time spent selling so you can get back to making things again.

1. A New Way of Thinking About Sales
2. Building Your Value Ladder
3. How to Get Started
4. Case Studies

If you like this 35-minute talk, and you want to hear more content, then feel free to hop to our website and click on Contact Us to chat more about it.

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