Fremtidens Laboratoriet - Norge 2040
This project, designed as an exhibition, was the result of a collaboration between the Ministry of Local Government and Modernization (KMD), the School of Architecture and Design in Oslo (AHO) and Design and Architecture Norway (DOGA) to explore future scenarios through strategic use of design.
During the exhibition, visitors got to experience four versions of life in 2040 through digital services, designed objects and lived situations. While encountering and exploring different situations, visitors experienced what the future may look like and what might be at stake for the inhabitants of Norway in 2040.
KMD based the scenarios on predicted driving forces and trends, that might affect Norwegian society. based on two key variables; Trust and degree of Change in the public sector.
The project aimed to shed light on the city dwellers’ experiences though immersive scenography, therefore we looked at what services they would encounter in each scenario, both digital and analog, and how these services could then be designed in a way that addressed important societal as well as individual issues.
In the course of the project, we used a proprietary design method from AHO called “future faceting” and developed nuanced instances of the services and experiences of the future. This process made it possible to experience the future scenarios in a realistic way - and gave us several insights into how life can be experienced in our everyday in the Norway of 2040.
Winner of AHO Design Awards 2019
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Scenario 1: “Spranget” - Høy tillit og høy grad av endring At Nordic Green Data, the employees work with ethical storage and handling of data - something that requires high, interdisciplinary competence.
Here we encounter topics such as trust and data as well as ‘trusted data’ as currency - where we get to see how Norway can be an important player in ethical, climate-friendly data storage.
This scenario shows what is possible when trust is a resource for industry and society, and change is citizen-oriented. But here it also becomes clear that such a society is demanding both at an overall level as well as at an individual level.
Citizens have to constantly keep up with the high expectations of professional and personal competence, as well as societal participation
This may seem ideal in theory but is less so in practice
Students: Bedannita Mukherjee, Hanna Øfsti, Erlend Grimeland, Elias Olderbakk, Aurora Fiveland, Geir Atle Hustoft, Alvilde Jerpseth, Fredrik Just, Anna Endal, Thomas Wang Johannesen, August Eriksen, Jonas Vetlesen, Shengwen Lin, Martin Bøckman, Vegard Hartman, Julie Sandvoll, Joakim Kallestad, Elena Wong and Xinglin Gao
Researchers and teachers: Einar Sneve Martinussen, Aleksandra Z. Fischer, Ted Matthews, Mosse Sjaastad & Kai Reaver
Design og Arkitektur Norge (DOGA): Benedicte Wildhagen
Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet (KMD): Nina Morrison, Anja Gjærum, Hanne Cecilie Bjørka & Kristin Haugse (Rambøll)
Halogen: Adrian Paulsen
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