In 2065, who gets to decide what “care” looks like?
Join Sayantan Dutta for Amble: Designing Care for an Ageing Society in 2065 - a bold, immersive journey into a future where ageing is not a problem to solve, but a life stage we can design for with dignity, agency and imagination.
Amble is a speculative service-design project that dares to ask the questions we usually avoid: What happens when care becomes transactional? Can services preserve independence without sacrificing connection? What would it take to design a future in which people do not merely live longer, but live more fully?
Created over seven months with Rodd Design Studio and Winchester School of Art, and exhibited at the London Design Festival, Amble brings a 2065 ageing society vividly into view. This is not a distant-future fantasy. It is a wake-up call and an invitation to start designing differently now.
Sayantan Dutta is uniquely placed to lead this conversation. Alongside his work as a senior product designer creating accessible digital products and systems, he brings the rigour of a designer who can move from real human needs to expansive futures. Expect a session full of compelling provocations, visual storytelling and ideas that will follow you well beyond the closing screen.
This is for anyone who wants to design work that matters.
For UX and product designers, it is a chance to see how design can stretch beyond interfaces. For service designers and researchers, it is a reminder that the future is shaped by the questions we choose to ask. For anyone interested in healthcare, technology, inclusion or social impact, it is a conversation you will want to be in.
Don’t join to get comfortable. Join to have your assumptions rearranged.
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