Digital Legacies: History
Mar 31, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Mar 31, 2022
Julius Wiedemann contemplates the evolution of historical archiving and research in the digital age, and how this data could pave a path to a better future.
Julius was born in Brazil, studied design and marketing, and has lived and worked in Japan, Germany, the US and the UK. He is the Chief Curator at www.domestika.org, a Senior Editor for Design and Architecture at TASCHEN, has edited over a 100 books and has been in the jury of countless awards. Julius’s publications have sold over 2 million copies worldwide, and among his most popular titles are 'History of Graphic Design', and 'Jamie Hewlett'. He lives and works wherever he has wifi.
Articles by Julius Wiedemann
Digital Legacies: Food
Mar 15, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Mar 15, 2022
Julius Wiedemann examines prevalent scenarios pertaining to the scarcity and abundance of food, as relationships between food production and technology grow ever closer.
Digital Legacies: Parallel War
Mar 09, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Mar 09, 2022
Julius Wiedemann delves into the intertwined domains of physical and digital warfare in the present day, examining their effects on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Digital Legacies: Owning content
Mar 02, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Mar 02, 2022
Julius Wiedemann analyses how content production, acquisition, and ownership shape market competition in the era of streaming across mediums of video, audio, and virtual reality.
Digital Legacies: Emissions
Feb 15, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Feb 15, 2022
Julius Wiedemann discusses the intertwined issues of advancing technology and carbon-intensive development models, alongside their repercussions on the climate and energy crises.
Digital Legacies: Nature’s Backend
Feb 09, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Feb 09, 2022
Julius Wiedemann delves into the union of technology and conservation in sustainable reforestation, through the eyes of Brazilian projects Symbiosis Investimentos and Coomflona.
Digital Legacies: Pilots
Feb 01, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Feb 01, 2022
Julius Wiedemann contemplates the creation of a startup ‘Bible’ through the various models by which countries and enterprises explore new ideas and technologies across the world.
Digital Legacies: Role Model
Jan 25, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Jan 25, 2022
Julius Wiedemann examines the immense influence held by public figures, brands, and digital media, along with its implications on truth and public opinion in the modern world.
Digital Legacies: Project Management
Jan 18, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Jan 18, 2022
Julius Wiedemann analyses the ubiquity of digital tools in managing collaborative workplace processes, charting a potential path for their evolution in tandem with technology.
Digital Legacies: Online Gaming
Jan 12, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Jan 12, 2022
Julius Wiedemann dives into the vibrant world of online gaming, its increasing accessibility to people across borders, and the potential benefits of gamification in other fields.
Digital Legacies: Holidays
Jan 04, 2022by Julius Wiedemann Jan 04, 2022
Julius Wiedemann contemplates the digital tools and new rules of engagement that have come to the fore during another holiday season overshadowed by the ongoing pandemic.
Digital Legacies: Dropout
Dec 21, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Dec 21, 2021
Julius Wiedemann anticipates that dropping out of universities will become normal in the coming years and that the future professions will need more skills than degrees and diplomas.
Digital Legacies: Rebirth
Dec 14, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Dec 14, 2021
Julius Wiedemann discusses changing priorities and new paradigms with respect to executive positions in companies, and the effects of these changes on the corporate world at large.
Digital Legacies: Discounting
Dec 08, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Dec 08, 2021
Julius Wiedemann explores the diminishing value of discounting and commercial holidays, as part of the escalating battle between physical retail and the e-commerce market.
Digital Legacies: Business as Unusual
Nov 30, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Nov 30, 2021
Julius Wiedemann contemplates the boom and prevalence of tech-led start-ups over the world, fitting into our commercial and capitalist lifestyles with technology at the core.
Digital Legacies: Naivety
Nov 23, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Nov 23, 2021
Julius Wiedemann dives into the death of naivety and the need to be hyper aware of heinous misinformation and manipulative tactics employed by individuals and societal institutions.
Digital Legacies: Politics
Nov 16, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Nov 16, 2021
Julius Wiedemann examines how technology has transformed the systems and practices behind the game of contemporary politics, along with the unscrupulous tactics it now involves.
Digital Legacies: Delivery
Nov 09, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Nov 09, 2021
Julius Wiedemann examines the emergence of on-demand delivery services, with regards to their exponential growth, strong market allure, and grand designs for global expansion.
Digital Legacies: Valuation
Oct 26, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Oct 26, 2021
Julius Wiedemann explores prevailing systems of financial valuation and the paradigm shifts they have catalysed in various global markets and sectors.
Digital Legacies: Naming
Oct 19, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Oct 19, 2021
Julius Wiedemann delves into the present-day competition over naming rights and recognition, with regards to their applications in online domains, branding, and social media.
Digital Legacies: Climate Change
Oct 12, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Oct 12, 2021
Julius Wiedemann discusses the transformation of attitudes towards man-made climate change with improved climate modelling and increase in extreme weather phenomena.
Digital Legacies: Humility
Oct 05, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Oct 05, 2021
Julius Wiedemann analyses the effects of humanity’s limited capacity to comprehend consequences of the digital revolution and the need for humility in approaching new concepts.
Digital Legacies: Cooperation
Sep 28, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Sep 28, 2021
Julius Wiedemann outlines new models of corporate management that have come to the fore in the digital age as well as the concepts and values necessary for their optimisation.
Digital Legacies: Development
Sep 21, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Sep 21, 2021
Julius Wiedemann talks about the notion of freedom, and how the social and technological changes empower each other.
Digital Legacies: Ageing
Sep 14, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Sep 14, 2021
Julius Wiedemann decodes generation gaps, nostalgia, evolving work environments, and the new skill sets required to survive in a technologically advanced society.
Digital Legacies: Music
Sep 07, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Sep 07, 2021
Julius Wiedemann dives into the metamorphosis of the modern music industry, brought on by the introduction of digital tools and the democratisation of recording and releases.
Digital Legacies: Switch
Aug 31, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Aug 31, 2021
Julius Wiedemann examines the mental strain and attention deficits induced by contemporary demands for multitasking and constant engagement with digital media.
Digital Legacies: Transportation
Aug 24, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Aug 24, 2021
Julius Wiedemann discusses dramatic recent advances in mobility resulting from the onset of location tracking alongside the introduction of autonomous and airborne vehicles.
Digital Legacies: Power Struggle
Aug 17, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Aug 17, 2021
Julius Wiedemann analyses the current climate of information control and its relation to the media’s new role of simultaneously reporting on and influencing global power struggles.
Digital Legacies: Management
Aug 10, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Aug 10, 2021
Julius Wiedemann delves into the evolution of modern business environments, their generational divides, and the effects of readymade systems and real-time feedback loops.
Digital Legacies: Existence
Aug 03, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Aug 03, 2021
Julius Wiedemann decodes the motives behind the privatised space race, its potential effects on tourism, and the need to cooperate in conserving the world we currently inhabit.
Digital Legacies: Nowhere, everywhere
Jul 27, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jul 27, 2021
Julius Wiedemann analyses the merits and drawbacks of constant information exchange in a perpetually connected world, and the blurring lines between real and virtual experiences.
Digital Legacies: Fraud
Jul 20, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jul 20, 2021
Julius Wiedemann explores the various manifestations of deceit and the threats we expose ourselves to while living in a technologically integrated society.
Digital Legacies: Nature
Jul 13, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jul 13, 2021
Julius Wiedemann traces the evolution of relationships between technology and nature throughout history while delving into what they may spell out for the future.
Digital Legacies: Perfection
Jul 06, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jul 06, 2021
Julius Wiedemann examines humankind’s unyielding pursuit of perfection, its effects on technological evolution, and potential to reshape the world through the lens of sustainability.
Digital Legacies: Opinion
Jul 02, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jul 02, 2021
Julius Wiedemann dissects current communication systems, illuminating our susceptibility to misinformation and unquenchable desire to express views in the digital sphere.
Digital Legacies: Popularity
Jun 22, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jun 22, 2021
Julius Wiedemann analyses current definitions of popularity, honing in on how digitalisation has granted greater all-round access, contrasted by demands for constant interaction.
Digital Legacies: Ecosystems
Jun 15, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jun 15, 2021
Julius Wiedemann breaks down the interwoven web of systems, products and services orchestrated to engage and interconnect every aspect of our daily lives.
Digital Legacies: Trade
Jun 08, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jun 08, 2021
Julius Wiedemann traces the evolution of links between trade and international relations, arriving at their current manifestations in the modern digital world.
Digital Legacies: Escape
Jun 01, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jun 01, 2021
Julius Wiedemann discusses how online and personal environments, of work and pleasure, have transformed our lives and are here to stay, for us to adapt to the ongoing pandemic.
Digital Legacies: Control
May 25, 2021by Julius Wiedemann May 25, 2021
Julius Wiedemann unravels the global web of surveillance, tracking and monitoring systems used to constrain and sway the actions and will of humankind.
Digital Legacies: War
May 18, 2021by Julius Wiedemann May 18, 2021
Julius Wiedemann sheds light on the nature of armed conflicts along with their consequences and representations in the media during the current technological age.
Digital Legacies: Value
Apr 20, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Apr 20, 2021
Julius Wiedemann explores the ideas and consequences behind differing values and generational divides as they shape a world in constant flux.
Digital Legacies: Art
Apr 14, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Apr 14, 2021
Julius Wiedemann dissects cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the quantifiable value of tangible art in an increasingly digital world.
Digital Legacies: Surveillance
Mar 30, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Mar 30, 2021
Julius Wiedemann explores how data collection systems have subtly embedded themselves into every facet of modern-day living, with their tradeoffs and potential for misuse.
Digital Legacies: Anonymity
Mar 23, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Mar 23, 2021
Julius Wiedemann investigates the architecture of ‘anonymity’ in the online space today, deeming it as a quest worth reflecting on and one of the greatest luxuries of our time.
Digital Legacies: Fingers
Mar 16, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Mar 16, 2021
Julius Wiedemann delves into the shift in ways we are accessing and interacting with our screen-based world and observes that fingers might now become obsolete.
Digital Legacies: Non-linear Competition
Mar 09, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Mar 09, 2021
Julius Wiedemann decodes the success matrix of digital companies, the business of competition and the importance of pleasure and purpose in the online space.
Digital Legacies: Self-Employment
Mar 02, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Mar 02, 2021
Julius Wiedemann evaluates the state of the post pandemic workspace, the shifts in the system and virtues to nurture in the new world.
Digital Legacies: Privacy
Feb 23, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Feb 23, 2021
Julius Wiedemann dissects user privacy online; from data being surveyed and collected from free platforms such as YouTube and Facebook to 5G and its implications.
Digital Legacies: Conversations
Feb 16, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Feb 16, 2021
Julius Wiedemann discusses the possibilities and quality of conversations, facts vs. distortions, and self-regulation in the online community.
Digital Legacies: Activism
Feb 09, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Feb 09, 2021
Julius Wiedemann debates the role of online activism and how it has impacted the world in the last two decades, from politics to social media and the internet’s trolling culture.
Digital Legacies: Stimulation
Feb 02, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Feb 02, 2021
Julius Wiedemann discusses the habit-building effects of the constant stimulations of the digital world, and how reminders and notifications are now part of our everyday movement.
Digital Legacies: Designing influence
Jan 19, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jan 19, 2021
Julius Wiedemann talks about power and control in terms of how we think and perceive our realities and how much of it can be influenced by silent psychological moves.
Digital Legacies: Zoom (macro to micro)
Jan 14, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jan 14, 2021
Julius Wiedemann hones in on how data is understood, processed, scrutinised at a macro to a micro level and how data analytics impact our lives.
Digital Legacies: Simulation
Jan 05, 2021by Julius Wiedemann Jan 05, 2021
Julius Wiedemann explores the possibilities of the future in the realm of simulations and how predictions can drive us to think beyond our world.
Digital Legacies: Careers
Dec 29, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Dec 29, 2020
Julius Wiedemann questions the connotations of career in a fast-moving digital world and how human skills and technology can work together for the future.
Digital Legacies: Communities
Dec 22, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Dec 22, 2020
Julius Wiedemann delves into the meaning of community and how togetherness works on digital platforms.
Digital Legacies: Final Product
Dec 15, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Dec 15, 2020
Julius Wiedemann discusses the dynamic process that lead towards a final product and the possibilities of user interaction at every stage in the digital world.
Digital Legacies: The original
Dec 08, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Dec 08, 2020
Julius Wiedemann questions the concept of ‘the original’ in an increasingly digitised world, and explores the significance of reality and physicality in the digital realm.
Digital Legacies: Criticism
Dec 01, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Dec 01, 2020
Julius Wiedemann delves into how criticism is communicated through technology and if online moderation for opinions are a necessary evil to combat an excess of information.
Digital Legacies: Self-determination
Nov 27, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Nov 27, 2020
Julius Wiedemann explores how self-determination works as an important tool to aid personal and professional growth, and helps individuals develop a sense of ownership.
Digital Legacies: Remote Work
Nov 17, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Nov 17, 2020
Julius Wiedemann comments on the anticipated paradigm shift in economies, caused by the acceleration of remote work and digital technologies.
Digital Legacies: Sharing
Nov 10, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Nov 10, 2020
To Julius Wiedemann, new forms of sharing has been a clear indication of living in different times - a time where information flows easily, quickly and benevolently.
Digital Legacies
Nov 05, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Nov 05, 2020
In this column, Julius Wiedemann takes up a series of interesting topics as he examines the boundless possibilities and influences of digital technology in designing the future.
Digital Legacies: Reminders
Nov 03, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Nov 03, 2020
Julius Wiedemann contemplates how we use digital technologies to aid our cognitive bandwidths and how our phone’s chiming reminders are more than just a flash on the screen.
Digital Legacies: Hyperlinking
Oct 27, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Oct 27, 2020
Joining the dots with all the information mankind has accumulated till date, hyperlinking might lead to undiscovered ideas, further advancing the 'age of information'.
Digital Legacies: Co-everything
Oct 20, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Oct 20, 2020
Observing the rise of digital collaborations, Julius Wiedemann notes that interdependence is becoming the very fabric of future creation in more engaging environments.
Digital Legacies: Data
Oct 13, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Oct 13, 2020
Julius Wiedemann analyses how data and information are used in a world where digital tools are being democratised to advance technology.
Digital Legacies: Search
Oct 06, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Oct 06, 2020
Julius Wiedemann goes back in time to analyse the path that brought us into a time where almost everyone has access to the knowledge humankind has created so far.
Digital Legacies: Generation Gap
Sep 29, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Sep 29, 2020
Change is speeding up, says ‘digital immigrant’ Julius Wiedemann as he contemplates on generation gaps and the role of technology in causing generations to ‘evolve’ much faster.
Digital Legacies: Connectivity
Sep 22, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Sep 22, 2020
Connectivity in a digital sense has created an unprecedented global civilisation, notes Julius Wiedemann, with information constantly circulating like blood, keeping the world alive.
Digital Legacies: Transparency
Sep 08, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Sep 08, 2020
Julius Wiedemann observes that open technologies, exposed services, communication and see-through materials in architecture fuel a world of increasing transparency.
Digital Legacies: Ownership
Aug 31, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Aug 31, 2020
Julius Wiedemann questions the changing notion of ‘ownership’ within the digital era, which has created the sharing economy, online services and non-physical commodities.
Digital Legacies: An introduction on digital cultures
Aug 26, 2020by Julius Wiedemann Aug 26, 2020
Julius Wiedemann explores the idea of culture, seeking to find patterns that explain the influences and inspirations of technology and the digital era.
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