Adapt or Die: Richard Curtis sharing ideas on the future of design at VIVID 2014 with AGDA...pecha kucha style. New languages, symbols and codes. New technologies, bringing man and machine closer to one another. New data more visible and transparent than ever, creating new choices. Video available here http://vimeo.com/104917583

1. Tomorrow comes today
Vivid 2014

2. 2015 2019

3. Dystopia
What keeps you
up at night?

4. Utopia
What do you
dream about?

5. loquor
ergo cogito
ergo sum
I dream in words

6. Language is changing
1 new word every 98 mins
…lulz…spong…chenzed…

7. ‘The body language of the internet’

8. Emoji Dick

9. More than words
Language will grow
beyond letters and numbers
…new languages will form
and evolve to socialise
new patterns and codes,
new symbols and pictures.

10. Txt & tweet the classics
Romeo & Juliet
FeudTween2hses--Montague&Capulet.
RomeoM falls_<3w/_JulietC@mary Secretly
Bt R kils J's Coz&isbanishd. J fakes Death. As
Part of Plan2b-w/R Bt_leter Bt It Nvr Reachs
Him. Evry1confuzd---bothLuvrs kil Emselves
The Catcher In The Rye
jdsalinger: Rich kid thinks
everyone is fake except for his
little sister. Has breakdown.
@markchapman is now
following @johnlennon

11. Read 700 words per minute

12. Listen to a song in 2.5 seconds

13. 1 week…or 12 weeks?
A.N.Other
agency
‘Sprint relay’ ‘Marathon’

14. More human…

15. …or more machine?

16. Democratisation of data

17. …more visible

18. …and more transparent

19. The future is a product
of the choices we make.
The rise of conscious
consumption will
change brands
forever.

20. Everyday robots just touch thumbs.
Vivid 2014
Richard Curtis
Chief Executive Officer
rcurtis@futurebrand.com
@radarblur