Entertainment in 2035

The creative, thoughtful insights of young people never fail to inspire us, and the students in our futures lab are no exception. As we investigated the future of entertainment in our futures lab, we kept coming back to one theme: places to be together. This motivated us to look deeper into the future possibilities of places and togetherness that will double as your practice in essential foresight tools. 

First up, artifacts from the future: Everyday items used to make a scenario more concrete and tangible, enhancing our ability to imagine it (and therefore, learn from it). Artifacts from the future can also hold hidden clues to what else has shifted, evolved or changed(e.g. funding, governance, norms). 

What does this poster for The Mall tell you about third spaces in 2035? What small details hint at bigger changes? What values might have grown (or diminished) to enable this future?