Bruce Sterling called designer Mieke Gerritzen's presentation at the LIFT conference in Geneva "the freakiest, most-out there" presentation at the event. Gerritzen's talk is on "Next Nature," the way that corporatism and nature will mesh more and more as time goes by — think of butterflies gengineered with corporate logos. The talk is a heady mix of what-if and have-you-seen, and manages to make my head swim every time I watch it.
Next Nature — a designer's vision of a nature overtaken by corporatism
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