Igor Schwarzmann

Igor Schwarzmann

@igorschwarzmann.com

Design Researcher & Strategist. Secretive Futurist. Product of more than one culture which is fancy for Third Culture Kid. More: igorschwarzmann.com. AMA.

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Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Wow.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social

This is really interesting. Groundbreaking study on the value of libraries and “third places.” “A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users.”

bookriot.comInnovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being"Our research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use"
Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Entered a cafe and asked if it’s okay for me to have a 30 min call from there. The proprietor looked at me intensely and asked: “Are you going to undress during the call? Because it happened before and people come with their kids here. We can’t have that.” Berlin❤️.

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

@wattenberger.com Just read your Fish Eye essay – brilliant! It hits the nerve so hard because of two things. First: I've been thinking a lot about how LLMs can help create a different relationship to physical archives, more specifically to archives of fashion houses. Your thinking helps!

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Second: Love what you did with the The Elves and the Shoemaker. This would be a brilliant interaction when talking about trends. Especially now that we inhabit a post-monoculture word, it's increasingly hard to talk about trends because everyone has their own particular view + data on ... everything

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Annalee Newitz
@annaleen.bsky.social

This book feels more relevant than ever now, set in an ambiguous present-future-past where Russian oligarchs and European social media marketers meet underground fashion influencers in a surreal anti-capitalist capitalist club ...

William Gibson@greatdismal.bsky.social

BookBub has a $1.99 deal on Pattern Recognition’s ebook til December 15

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

As much as I would love to see this happen, the implications that there is an End is creating wrong expectations. I grew up through the era when everyone assumed that Microsoft was dead and will never be relevant again.

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social

I wrote a little end of year manifestation for you'all. MAY IT EVER BE THUS! www.wired.com/story/the-be...

wired.comThe Beginning of the End of Big TechFrom politicians to VC firms, everyone is falling out of love with the massive, money-oriented, global technology titans. In their place, we have the chance to build something open and trustworthy.
Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Apparently we live in the age of podcasts (they are not Wedding anyone — inside joke for the Berlin peeps here). No better time to start using Snipd. It has been my favorite podcasting app for about two years, and I'm happy to pay for it too.

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Their ability to let you highlight sections of an episode has been tremendously useful for a while. Their new feature of allowing you to "speak" to an episode is even more useful. Not only for me, who does research professionally.

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

There’s so much talk about the stratospheric returns that tech companies do and while this is all well and good, I find the rise of a physical product company like alo yoga even more impressive in a way? Started in 2007, now valued at 10 billion, opening up to 100 stores worldwide. Athleisure wins.

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Now, this isn’t advice how to get rich. Idk anything about that. I just find it comforting that the narrative of people starting manufacturing businesses and being successful with them is still alive and well.

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Lets stick to the parental leave theme. Went to see some Richter at Neue Nationalgalerie. Tiny was find with that but had a melt down while looking at Kirchner, Picaso and de Chirico. Decided not to read anything into it.

Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com

Tuning in.

Samantha Culp@samanthaculp.bsky.social

For anyone interested in various forms of “applied sci-fi”, don’t miss this event exploring the rise of "The Future of X" storytelling projects and how to leverage for real change- featuring @annaleen.bsky.social and others! https://csi.asu.edu/calendar/events/reimagining-the-future-of-x/

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