SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT
Everything is constantly changing. New fashion, new cars, new theories, new wars. But if you look closer at the latest stuff, it seems like it has been there before – it just came in a different wrapping. Vintage design? Is a remix. A sequel to a sucessful movie? Is a remix. Right wing turn in european countries? DIY-Culture? Social Media? Normcore? They are all remixes. In other words: all innovations and concepts are re-combinations of existing things and ideas. The future will be the same, but different.

REMIX AND DEMIX

So what are the ingredients of the future? Which existing things and concepts will be remixed in 2023?
 Roman Tschäppeler extracted 222 key words that are lately often used in trend research publications when describing the future – words like YOGA, DRONE, VIRAL or GREEN. Then he arranged these demixed words on 40 combicubes and started remixing the future.

Why this? Almost any combination if these words will form a vision that allows us to think about future developments. By creativly imagining our future, we will gain insight into how we shape the future and what we should do about it. So discussing the year 2023 is discussing the times we are living in right now.

THE AUTHOR
Roman Tschäppeler is alumnus of Zurich University of Arts and Kaospilot School, Denmark. He is co-author of the international bestseller The Decision Book, The Change Book and The Question Book. Amongst many, he is a producer of documentary movies and tries to explain the world with diagrams on a chalkboard. In his atelier guzo he develops and produces trans-media projects. He will be 45 years old in 2023.

Portfolio/Bio (PDF) Roman Tschäppeler (German only)