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open-ended is a community of multidisciplinary creatives and technologists. We platform innovators from around the world, with a lens on positive impact. Join us as we create thoughtful connections and generate new ideas across tech, culture and creativity. Find out more at openended.design
Episodes
36 episodes
Responsible Tech
Ego Obi (Google), Konstantina Palla (Spotify) & Samantha Niblett (Labour: Women in Tech) moderated by Suhair Khan Ego Obi, a senior Google executive who has had almost two decades at the forefront of building technologies...
Ecology & AI
Seetal Solanki (Ma-tt-er), & Chance Coughenour (Google Arts & Culture) moderated by Morgan Meaker Digitally preserving and democratising access to cultural heritage, Chance Coughenour coordinates cultural heritage pre...
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Creativity & Intelligence
Marcus du Sautoy (University of Oxford), Rebecca Fiebrink (UAL) & Ben Cullen Williams (Ben Cullen Williams Studio) moderated by Suhair Khan Ben Cullen Williams, a London-based artist exploring the dynamic space...
Generative Art
Harry Yeff (Reeps100) in Conversation with Suhair KhanHarry Yeff, known as Reeps100, is a multi-disciplinary artist and researcher, specialising in voice, technology and performance. He has visualised the voice for ov...
AI, Robotics, and Art
In this conversation, Sougwen Chung (Scilicet Studio), Freya Murray (Google Arts & Culture), and Suhair Khan (open-ended design) talk about the confluence of machine learning and robotics with artistic practice.Could we imagine an en...
Imagination, Design, and Technology
In this conversation, artist and designer Es Devlin speaks with Suhair Khan about how to thoughtfully engage technology to push the boundaries of imagination across art, culture, and design.This conversation is part of open-ended design’...
Placemaking in the metaverse
In this conversation, Arthur Mamou-Mani (Mamou-Mani Architects), Shajay Bhooshan (Zaha Hadid Architects), Jen Haugan (Nexus Studios), and Suhair Khan (open-ended design) speak about placemaking and designing for the metaverse. Who defines the m...
The Next Billion Creatives
In this conversation, Whitney Richardson (Apple, The New York Times), Greg Robson (Kintanna Ventures), Dara Huang (DH Liberty), and Suhair Khan (open-ended design) speak about how the role of creatives, architects and designers is changing with...
Creativity, Digital Platforms, and Ethics
In this conversation, Diana Alcausin (WeTransfer), Mariasole Pastori (Diorama), Emily Benn (Editor, Councillor City of London), Dayo Olopade (Amazon Studios, YouTube), and Maxim Zhestkov (zhestkov.studio) speak about ethics, bias, and innovatio...
Design Across Networks
In this conversation, Tom Dixon OBE (Tom Dixon), Karen Kang (TikTok), and Amon Kale (Central Saint Martins, LVMH) consider the role of creatives across digital platforms. They discuss the ways in which creativity is being decentralised, the ro...
Diana Campbell, The Transnational Curator
We continue our planet focused season this week with curator Diana Campbell, who is committed to fostering a transnational art world. Championing socially engaged artistic practices of underrepresented artists and regions has earned her recogni...
Shloka Nath on Funding Climate Action
This week’s open-ended conversation is with the versatile Shloka Nath, head of sustainability and policy at Tata Trusts in Mumbai. Shloka Nath is a thought leader focused on funding climate in India across business and society.At the center of ...
Hussam Dakkak, The Architect Archivist
This weeks conversation is with architect and teacher Hussam Dakkak. Hussam has been the founder and program director of the AA Jeddah Visiting School since 2015, which critically archives and studies Makkah, a city sacred to all Muslims...
Katie Patrick on Gamifying Planet Earth
This weeks conversation is with Katie Patrick, an environmental engineer and software designer based in San Francisco. Katie works at the intersection of environmental behaviour, gamification, and technolo...
Shezad Dawood on Climate, Creativity and Virtual Reality
We kick off the new year with a conversation with multimedia artist Shezad Dawood, who works across the disciplines of painting, film, sculpture, performance, virtual reality and digital media. His ...
Whitney Richardson on Journalism and Climate
This week’s Open/Ended conversation features Whitney Richardson, a creative visual strategist who uses technology, events and journalism to connect people around the world.Over ...
Anab Jain, Future vision on climate
To kick off Season 3, we are excited to welcome Anab Jain - designer, futurist and filmmaker.As co-founder of Superflux, Anab leads a seminal design practice that is responsive to the challenges and o...
Josie Wells on Black feminism
#19 Josie Wells is an award-winning journalist and founder of Footnotes and Indexes, a New York-based book club that aims to initiate personal growth and fost...
Blaze Lightfoot Jones-Yellin on Environmental Justice
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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg on Nature, Art, and Technology
This week’s Open/Ended conversation features Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, a multidisciplinary artist who examines the r...
