Culture and the futures we make
An evening on how the creative industries shape what we imagine, desire and become.SAVE THE DATE
November 20th, 2026
→ Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
What role can the creative industries play in designing a new future?
On November 20, during the We Are Warming Up Festival, Futures & Sustainability and Creatives for the Climate bring together designers, makers, storytellers and futures thinkers in Amsterdam. Together we explore how culture shapes the images of the future we carry, the lifestyles we aspire to, and the stories that make change feel possible.
The room brings together people from across the creative industries, alongside voices from design, foresight, impact and business. This mix is intentional: new images of the future emerge through difference, not sameness.
This is an invitation to step back from the brief and the deadline and ask a larger question: what futures does our work make more likely? It is a chance to explore creativity as a force for aspiration rather than just communication, and to connect with others who believe the way we imagine is part of how we change.
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Past
events
Shaping the Transition
march 2026, amsterdam
(re)Designing Sustainability
october 2025, amsterdam
(re)Imagining Sustainability
june 2025, amsterdam
SEPTEMBER 2026, amsterdamFutures of Governance
Contributors
Futures & Sustainability is shaped by a growing network of thinkers, practitioners, and creatives including Indy Johar, Alexandra Pimor, Loes Damhof, Derk Loorbach, Ben Robinson, Krizna Gomez, and more who contribute their perspectives, practices, and energy to our events and workshops.
We collaborate with people across futures thinking, sustainability, design, culture, and systems practice — bringing different ways of seeing into the room.
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Indy Johar
Architect and Co-founder, Dark Matter Labs
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Alexandra Pimor
Earth Law Center
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Loes Damhof
UNESCO Chair, Futures Literacy
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Derk Loorbach
Director of DRIFT
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Krizna Gomez
Futurist and co-founder Rogue Union
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Shishani
Singer and Songwriter
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Ben Robinson
Founder, Proud Robinson + Partners
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Anne-Wil Dijkstra
Tony’s Chocolonely Foundation
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Anna Krotova
Sustainability Lead and Author
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Gilberto Morishaw
Creative Regenerative Futures Foundation
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Michel Scholte
Impact Entrepreneur
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Erik Korsvik Østergaard
Good Morning April
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Rae Charmaine Mutsau
Singer-songwriter
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Suzanne van Straaten
Sprinklr
