Design, Transformation, and Future Scenarios

On June 3, 2010, the Buckminster Fuller Institute hosted "Architecting the Future" a day long gathering at American University's School of International Studies as part of the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge events in Washington DC. In addition to presentations by 2010 Finalists, Semi-Finalists, and the 2009 Winner, BFI invited two renowned design thinkers to present Keynote addresses, Hardin Tibbs and Dr. Michael Ben-Eli. Watch their presentation in full below:

ARCHITECTING THE FUTURE-Hardin Tibbs, Keynote.

Hardin Tibbs reflects on his influence from Buckminster Fuller, saying that he gave people the license to think "Big" and how he started his own journey along such lines. He goes onto speculate a future scenario about the transformation of humanity via its emergent and evolutionary qualities as a system, including space for the "spiritual".

ARCHITECTING THE FUTURE- Michael Ben Eli, Keynote.

Michael Ben Eli discusses the renaissance of the concept of "design" and how all aspects of human activity are manifestations of a design process and what that implies about our role as human beings on the planet.