2024-05-02T12:17:13-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/82468809/it-s-2023-in-london Nam Henderson 2013-09-23T01:35:00-04:00 >2013-09-23T01:35:39-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lj/ljgqadwn3vf5fkor.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The project identified nine key trends; More globally than city wide connected communities, Neighbourhoods become more important, Collaborative production as well as consumption, Active aging population, Flexible working, Fragile energy supply and environment, Inequality causing skills and housing divides, Increasing collection and use of personal data and Socially divisive access to communication technologies</p></em><br /><br /><p> Future Londoners is a series of imaginary characters, created by Arup, Social Life, Re.Work, Commonplace, Tim Maughan and Nesta, to explore the possibilities of urban life in the future.</p> <p> h/t <a href="http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2013/09/design-fiction-future-londoners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bruce Sterling/Beyond the Beyond</a></p>