Future Trends & Landscape Architecture : Who designs the future Annimac Futurist & Trend Forecaster Hassell Landscape Architecture Discipline Conference 2008 Rottnest Island 13 th June 2008

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au3 Speed of change Change Grandfather experienced in one year We experience in one day

June 2008www.annimac.com.au4 Speed of Change : Younger means faster...

June 2008www.annimac.com.au5 I’m never having kids. I hear they take nine months to download.

June 2008www.annimac.com.au6 Parallel Universes Kids live them.

June 2008www.annimac.com.au7 This morning : Three global trends Three LA trends

June 2008www.annimac.com.au8 Three Global Challenges 1. Technology

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au10 Three Global Challenges - Technology By % jobs not exist now 80 % technology not imagined yet

June 2008www.annimac.com.au11 Japanese Robanoid 2006 Future Receptionist ? Design assistant ?

June 2008www.annimac.com.au12 Likely jobs in next 20 years : Director of Emerging Thought Chief Zookeeper - of people Home Mood Enhancement Consultant MyPlace Consultant UD planner Virtual Community Facilitator Telepathic Communications Coach Holographic Landscape Modeller Robanoid Paralegal “Legaloid”

June 2008www.annimac.com.au13 Three Global Challenges Technology Call Centre - Asia

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au15 Three Global Challenges 2. Climate change

June 2008www.annimac.com.au16 Three Global Challenges Climate Change Global warming Sea levels rising 2° = 1 metre Droughts Floods Earthquakes Volcanoes Violent Storms

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au19 Three Global Challenges 3.Peak Oil : The Big Rollover

June 2008www.annimac.com.au20 Three Global Challenges Peak Oil OIL BUYERS MARKET The Peak of World Oil Production CHEAP & EASY-TO-EXTRACT OIL US North Sea Forecast oil production Past oil production We are here Previous Rollovers SELLERS MARKET BIG ROLLOVER

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au22 Three LA Trends 1. Multidisciplinarity

June 2008www.annimac.com.au23 Three LA Trends - Multidisciplinarity Challenges of : professional demarcation standards of practice educational exclusivities

June 2008www.annimac.com.au24 Three LA Trends 2. Shifting values & attitudes

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au27 Life is drawing without an eraser

June 2008www.annimac.com.au28 Chi master class with MIT engineers

June 2008www.annimac.com.au29 Albany Highway Williams Western Australia 2004

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au33 Three LA Trends 3. Generational gap

June 2008www.annimac.com.au34 Generations Baby Boomers 1945 – 60 age Generation X 1960 – DotComs 1975 – Ferals 1990 – now to 15 Generation X 1960 – Generation Y 1980 – now to 25 wikipedia

June 2008www.annimac.com.au35 Baby Boomers $100 for speeding $250 for misleading the public

June 2008www.annimac.com.au36 Boomers & technology That’s the phone, dear, Here, try the remote That’s the phone dear. Here try the remote.

June 2008www.annimac.com.au37 Boomers Care

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au42 Three LA Trends - Generation Gap Generation X

June 2008www.annimac.com.au43 Gen Xers

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au45 Gen X Lifestyle Dog What ! No lemon wedge ?

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au47 Three LA Trends - Generation Gap DotComs

June 2008www.annimac.com.au48 DotComs

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au50 DotComs Relationships

June 2008www.annimac.com.au51 Three LA Trends - Generation Gap Ferals to 15

June 2008www.annimac.com.au52 Ferals to 15

June 2008www.annimac.com.au53 Parallel Universes

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au56 Facing the future in Landscape Architecture :

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June 2008www.annimac.com.au58 HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR : 2029 * Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions * Tasmanian Devil plague threatens Australasian crops & livestock * Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped * Iran still closed off; physicists estimate 10 yrs before radioactivity at safe level

June 2008www.annimac.com.au59 Headlines 2029 * France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica * No other country helps the beleaguered nation * George Z. Bush says will run for Pres in 2036 * Postal Service raises price of 1 st class stamp to $17.89; mail delivery only on Wednesdays * 85-year $75.8 B study confirms : Diet & exercise are keys to weight loss.

June 2008www.annimac.com.au60 Headlines 2029 * Global cooling blamed for citrus crop failure - for third consecutive year * Fuel stations open only on Tues & Fri. * Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights * Average height of pro basketballers now 288 cms / 9 ft 7 ins * Law requires all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters & rolled-up newspapers to be registered by January 2030.

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