I and others in the design industry – Tim Power, Ross Lovegrove, Ilse Crawford, Arik Levy, Patricia Urquiola, Satyendra Pakhale and Tom Dixon to name but a few – were recently interviewed for our thoughts on sustainable design. Specifically, what would the sustainable city of the future look like? What is the emerging city skyline of tomorrow?

Each of us was asked the same 10 questions by people involved in the design industry (and also a Zen Buddhist teacher!), and they’re great interviews to watch to compare how an architect interprets the questions, as compared to a product designer, or say a strategist.    

But more importantly, these interviews are amazing, engaging dialogues about the very nature of life.

The link to the 22 interviews can be found here: http://www.designboost.se/index.php/home/boostevent/miniboost.html

And the 10 questions asked are below:

1. “To become a sustainable city, the challenge is to change attitudes and to create desire. Can a bus ever be as hip as an iPhone?”

Hanna Ljungström – designer 

2. “How can we keep sustainability as a hot sexy topic for the many?”

Maria Vinka – designer/IKEA

3. “What does it take to create cities with a soul where the citizens feel belonging and involvement enough to care for it in a sustainable way?”

Ewa Kumlin – managing director/Svensk Form

4. “How can cities emotionally amplify life?”

Kristina Dryza – concept creator

5. “Are sustainable cities those with a rich cultural life?”

Jens Pamp – brand strategist

6. “How do memes emerge and spread in a city? Is there a common format?”

Ted Persson – creative director

7. “Can a city be sustained by the personal stories of the people who inhabit it?”

Jennifer Leonard – designer writer/IDEO

8. “How can we return to the idea of humanising our cities without segregating ‘work’ from ‘play’ and ‘entertainment’ from ‘life’?”

Satyendra Pakhale – designer

9. “When building, are we building for the development of greed, or for generosity?”

Sante Poromaa – Zen Buddhist teacher

10. “The city is an exciting stage for green energy actors – can you imagine the city skyline of tomorrow?”

Iréne Stewart Claesson – design strategist