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sustainable production
Last Friday, Nicole assisted in a roadmapping exercise for sustainable production of palm oil and coffee in Indonesia and Thailand. Together, 40 scientists from the Netherlands, Indonesia, Thailand […]
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book publication: the pearl diver – the designer as storyteller
The DESIS Philosophy Talks are feedback loop encounters in which design practice and philosophical reflection cross-fertilise. Over the years, Pantopicon co-founder Nik Baerten contributed to various of its […]
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Energy consumption in European households and communities
Pantopicon co-founder Nicole Rijkens joined the kick-off of the ENERGISE project (acronym for European Network for Research, Good Practice and Innovation for Sustainable Energy), a pan-European research initiative […]
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Designing Privacy
Last week, Pantopicon (Toronto) in collaboration with Toronto based design studio DoUC, had the pleasure of facilitating a thought provoking panel discussion around the theme of ‘Designing Privacy’; […]
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The City of Antwerp dives into the Future
Pantopicon is taking Antwerp’s Department of Energy & Environment (EMA) on a trip to the future! Together we’ll be exploring a broad range of future developments which might […]
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Foresight UM Master Students
Throughout this month, Pantopicon’s Nicole is teaching a foresight course at the University of Maastricht in which she’s taking a group of 45 master students in Sustainability Science […]
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Smart Circular Cities
A new year, new projects coming up. Pantopicon has been granted the assignment to research any opportunities ‘Smart Tech’ and the advent of ‘Smart Cities’ can provide in […]
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book publication: we are wanderful – future forward
Together with Virginia Tassinari, Nik Baerten was invited to contribute a forward-looking chapter on design in future times for “We are wanderful“, a book covering 25 years of design […]
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It’s official!
We are proud to announce that Nicole, one of Pantopicon’s co-founders, obtained her doctoral degree yesterday. After a powerful defense the dissertation committee especially praised Nicole’s work for […]
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Genk in Transition
Pantopicon is kicking off a visioning trajectory with the city of Genk on ‘Art Education of the Future’. The city is ambitious and would like to develop a transition vision […]
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