Jamie Brassett is Reader in Philosophy, Design and Innovation at University of the Arts London, UK. He has worked at Central Saint Martins since 1995, across all disciplines. Jamie started MA Innovation Management in 2008 and ran it for 11 years. He DJs better now than in the 1990s. John O’Reilly is Senior Lecturer in Practice as Research, Teaching and Learning Exchange, University of the Arts London, UK. Philosopher, editor and journalist, John has specialisms in illustration, popular culture and recent Continental Philosophy.
There is a societal need to diversify our thinking about the future, moving beyond the troubled metaphors of blank slates, open roads and sleek machinery. This collection seeks to broaden and deepen our philosophical understanding of anticipation, helpfully questioning how creativity and imagination can serve to reframe the present. Cynthia Selin, Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society/ School of Sustainability/ Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes/ Arizona State University; Associate Fellow, Said Business School/University of Oxford