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Who is he?
Liam Young is an internationally-renowned Australian architect and speculative filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He teaches design, fiction and future thinking at some of the world’s top universities such as SciARC and Princeton University in the U.S., the Royal College of Art in the U.K. and the Strelka Institute in Russia. Through his studios — Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today and Unknown Fields Division — Liam has developed award-winning projects exploring the future of technology and its lesser-known consequences for society and culture.
Why are we collaborating with him?
Daimler TBA needs a new method of producing and communicating ideas, concepts and business strategies that deal with an increasingly uncertain future. To do that, we collaborate with experienced designers who can combine intellectual concepts with magnetic storytelling that can travel the world. Liam is widely recognised as one of the world-leaders in his field, and his work is regularly featured in some of the most-read tech and design publications like Wired, Dezeen, Designboom and ArchDaily.
What are we collaborating with him on?
Liam is developing a speculative concept around how trucks and buses could aid in the climate migrant crisis — to explore how their reach, scope and infrastructure could be deployed to help all the people who have been or will be displaced by the breakdown of our changing climates.
Hungry for more?
Listen to Liam’s conversation about prototyping future worlds on Mind & Machine podcast.