This roundtable invites you into a shared space for reflecting on what it means to age alongside technology. Together, we will explore how memory, forgetting, and time shape our relationship to digital life, and how experiences of obsolescence are felt in the body, in work, and in everyday habits.

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Through guided reflection, storytelling, and discussion, participants are invited to share lived experiences, thoughts, and unfinished stories. You might recall a technology that shaped your coming of age, a skill you were encouraged to leave behind, or a moment where you felt out of sync with the pace of change.

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Join us for an afternoon of collective reflection, conversation, and story telling. No preparation is needed, and sharing is always optional. Silence, listening, and half-formed thoughts are welcome.

Using accessible AI tools, you will “vibe design” your own object — moving from feeling to image to 3D form. Through guided prompts and experimentation, you will generate and shape a design that reflects how you want to live with your device, rather than be led by it.

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The workshop is open to anyone curious about spending less time on their phone, becoming more present at home, or exploring new ways of creating with AI and 3D tools. Whether you are completely new to 3D or already familiar, this session offers a different, intuitive approach to making. 

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You will leave with a ready-to-print 3D file, and perhaps a new ritual for where your phone belongs. 

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We will provide access to the tools (Leonardo AI and Meshy AI). Please bring your own laptop.

We cannot wait to spend a long weekend with new and old friends exploring softer directions for digital futures.

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Softer Digital Futures is a conference for actions and for taking part in a larger narrative. It’s a conference for collaboration, participation, for dreaming, feeling hope and creating change.

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Ticket sales will open in May, you can sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know.

Whether you're a creative looking to build a portfolio, a freelancer who wants to build a website for a client or a passion project, or if you’re just curious about websites, this workshop is for you!

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The event is suitable for absolute beginners, but if you have a bit of experience and you would like to join, you are very welcome. 

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We will take you through the full process of designing, building and publishing your site. Including a quick introduction to domains and mapping. The goal is to get something live and published by the end of the second workshop.

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Tickets include 6 months of free monthly personal plan for Readymag for each participant.

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During the evening Rifke will share some of her favourite projects, talk about inspiration, her love of trinkets and how her playful perspective shapes the way she designs for the web.

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We will serve pizza and facilitate a conversation on inspiration, play and curiosity, and celebrate the quirky and poetic internet.

We are happy to help with all and any kinds of projects, but are also more than welcome to absolute beginners. If you do not have a project to bring, you can also be matched with a learning project or tutorial that fits with your interest and goals. Bring a laptop

You will get to try your hand at using the basic building blocks of programming to draw and animate with code! The event is suitable for absolute beginners, but we can also try to accommodate if you come with more experience and are looking for inspiration for the next steps in your learning. Bring a laptop.