Ruben PaterFutures for the Few, Realities for the Rest: Designing in the Face of the Climate CrisisDesigners love imagining utopias, setting trends and exploring future markets. It is even fair to say that designers are somewhat obsessed…Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
Ruben PaterCrypto-anarchismThe media can’t seem to get enough of Bitcoin, Blockchain, NTFs, web3 and other crypto buzzwords. Not in the least because it has made a…Nov 21, 20221Nov 21, 20221
Ruben PaterStatement at the New European Bauhaus Festival— This statement was read at the first New European Bauhaus festival on June 11, 2022. The video can be watched here.Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Ruben PaterTrading FuturesTwo decades ago Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby introduced the term speculative design. The use of speculation by designers has existed since…Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
Ruben PaterA Better Environment Starts With OurselvesI was only eleven but I remember it well. The slogan of the 1988 Dutch campaign for climate change awareness: ‘A better environment starts…Dec 9, 2021Dec 9, 2021
Ruben PaterA Study Into 21st Century Drone AcousticsInside a house in Peshawar, Babak turns up the volume of the radio. The voice of a Pashtun singer is blaring through the house. It’s not…Sep 27, 2021Sep 27, 2021
Ruben PaterThe Machine as Curator: The Evolution of the Machine AestheticTime and space died yesterday. We are already living in the absolute, since we have already created eternal omnipresent speed.Sep 27, 2021Sep 27, 2021
Ruben PaterDesigning Without EgoImagine a Skype interview from a youth hostel in Tokyo at 11 PM. No video, only sound. Noisy beer-drinking tourists behind me. Contrary to…Sep 27, 2021Sep 27, 2021