Liam Young
Film director and architect | Described by BBC as The man Designing our Futures
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Liam Young works at the intersection of design fiction, architecture, and storytelling. The BBC called him The man Designing our Futures.
His films and installations explore the blurred boundaries between fiction and reality in how we imagine and build the future. Liam's keynotes help audiences see how speculative design can shape real-world outcomes.
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Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future
Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to house the entire population of the earth -- and imagine answers to what is possible, and what is sustainable, for the planet.
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