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Lukas Yonis Abubeker
Lukas Yonis Abubeker

Lukas Yonis Abubeker

Barcelona

A designer and creative director with more than a decade of experience. Since 2019, the climate crisis has pushed him to develop a critical perspective on technology, social progress, and economics.

Previous Posts
The Grand Canyon with a gradient map applied. There is a gold leaf texture applied on top of the gradient map.

Crossing design’s climate skill chasm

The tools, mindsets, and actions that got us here won't get us there.

A street fighter intro screen. "Fake people with 12 fingers" vs. "The literal planet you're on."

Designers, choose your player: AI or Earth

🍄 Growth Imperatives, No. 12

A woman set in a 'solarpunk' future creates artificial rain for her garden.

Does ‘climate branding’ miss the bigger picture of systems change?

This sub-category in branding acts like FlexTape on the ruptured water tank of climate change.

A woman read a text message from her Friend AI wearable.

What makes a friend?

🍄 Growth Imperatives, No. 11

A woman at a desk using her laptop while the room fills with water

Do we really need to learn about the climate crisis? We’re just designers, after all.

In the design industry, the climate crisis seems like a spectator sport. How can reimagining our arms-length relationship with it help push us toward action?

A series of meteors hit a cloud-covered earth at sunset. Vantage point is in-between the cloud layers

🍄 Growth Imperatives No. 10: Origins

This week, we look at how the stories we tell ourselves affect the narratives we act out.

A macro of a bee's wings.

How can design be "inspired by nature" without greenwashing?

While biomimicry is a step in the right direction, do we misunderstand what parts of nature we’re supposed to mimic?

A man sitting at a desk. Many people surround him and do his tasks: holding his phone, holding his cigarette, etc.

🍄 Growth Imperatives No. 9: Convenience

This week, we have insights on convenience and its effect on fulfillment, mental health, and communal bonds.

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