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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 19h

Ayesha enters Singapore’s Long Island Crest Concordia, a spectacular speculative architecture on reclaimed land. www.gregorymoulinet.com/syntopia #Singapore #FutureCities #Architecture #DesignFiction #SpeculativeFiction

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you were born without a country. No land. No state, what would you do? For us, the Bajau, we designed one ourselves. www.gregorymoulinet.com/syntopia #Bajau #Stateless #SeaNomads #ClimateFiction #Solarpunk

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A migrant boat is capsizing. Ayesha dives in before Sea Shepherd arrives. Below, a pod of dolphins monitors the chaos above. www.gregorymoulinet.com/syntopia #Freediving #migrantrescue #Dolphins #SeaShepherd #migrantboat

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If the sea erased the ground beneath your people, what would you do? www.gregorymoulinet.com/syntopia #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #Bajau #ClimateAdaptation #SpeculativeFiction

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

SYNTOPIA EPISTEME Audiobook Chapter 5 After an all-nighter at the Low-Tech Lab of La Rochelle, Ayesha places a single word in the middle of an ideation wall: SYNTOPIA. #Ideation #Solarpunk #DesignThinking #Syntopia #LowTech

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Are post-2023 first-time authors genAIration becoming guilty until proven human? gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/guilty-unt... #AIWriting #Authorship #AIDetection #GenerativeAI

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Immerse in Syntopia on Google Play Special Promotion on eBook and Audiobook Keywords: SYNTOPIA EPISTEME #ebooks #audiobooks #googleplaypromo #booktok #solarpunk

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SYNTOPIA EPISTEME Audiobook Chapter 4 A migrant camp builds a geodesic dome through the night with metal rods and salvaged truck vinyl, just before a police raid. #Syntopia #audiobooks #solarpunk #coDesign #geodesicdome

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A submarine drone needs rescue An underwater drone called ‘Serpentis’ designed to map the ocean is caught in a ghost net. Its designer dives to go rescue it. #audiobooks #spotify #Solarpunk #submarinedrone #digitaltwin

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ayesha discover the Low-Tech Lab of La Rochelle. She notices the use of beautiful salt bricks. Low-tech. High impact. #LowTech #Solarpunk #DesignFiction #CircularDesign #Audiobook

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WWLD? What Would Leonardo Do—today? What would he explore? What would he question? What would he refuse? A speculative design essay. gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/wwld #AI #Design #LeonardoDaVinci #DesignFutures #speculativedesign

An hypotetical Linkedin Page for Leonardo Da Vinci presenting himself as "Disegnor of Futures. And using AI as a camera obscura for the inner workings of the human mind.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SYNTOPIA EPISTEME Audiobook Chapter 4 In Nantes, Ayesha takes a shortcut through a botanical garden and enters a tropical greenhouse. She finds a plant that doesn’t belong here... Yet it thrives. #Solarpunk #Spotify #Audiobook #Nantes #JulesVerne #ElevenLabs

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SYNTOPIA EPISTEME Audiobook Chapter 3 Ayesha waits underwater inside a glass box. A dolphin approaches. Pings. She sends a drawing back through sonar. Headphones on. #Solarpunk #Dolphin #Sonar #SoundDesign #Audiobook

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cameron tonkinwise @camerontw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Was invited to a conference session on AI and Design that appeared to have been designed by a so-called-AI as it was difficult to parse, but was themed 'dramaturgy,' so I sent this low production value 5min video in place of the one they extruded for/of me vimeo.com/1228457444

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If and only if Brechtian genAI

Short invited presentation to 'Always Question AI'

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

'Did you use AI?' is increasingly becoming the wrong question. I'd like us to move on to 'How did you use AI?' in this new article, 'The Cost of Authorship.' gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/the-cost-o... #ArtificialIntelligence #CreativeProcess #DesignPractice #Audiobook #Authorship

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SYNTOPIA EPISTEME audiobook Chapter 3: A blue whale reports an incident #AudioFiction #Solarpunk #OceanFiction #SoundDesign #Audiobook Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2vy79iU... Buy on Google Play: play.google.com/store/audiob... youtube.com/shorts/VBu3V...

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SYNTOPIA EPISTEME Audiobook Chapter 3 Intro #amazonkindle #solarpunk #audiobook #spotify

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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

At least 124 environmental defenders were killed in 2025. Organized crime, extractive industries and authoritarian governments all contributed to the violence, a new report says. insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...

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An Environmental Defender Is Murdered Every Three Days - Inside Climate News

At least 124 people were killed in 2025 for protecting their homelands, forests, farms and waterways from pollution and other harms, according to a new report.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SYNTOPIA EPISTEME is now a 12-hour immersive full-cast audiobook. Much of the story happens on or under water, so sound became part of the narrative itself. Headphones on. #Audiobook #AudioFiction #Solarpunk #ElevenLabs #Spotify open.spotify.com/show/2vy79iU... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAME...

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SYNTOPIA EPISTEME | Official Audiobook Trailer | AI AUDIO CINEMA™

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Julia Piaskowski @jpiaskowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

mind blown at the contrast of how we are considering chatbots to be conscious while simultaneously refusing to acknowledge the humanity of immigrants, prisoners, so many other groups. What has happened to us?

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have very specific wishes for Anthropic's IPO in October: 1) that it happen (thus triggering payout to authors) 2) that it fails spectacularly immediately afterward And then send Lina after them

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An Immersive Solarpunk Audiobook. UNABRIDGED · DRAMATIZED · FULL CAST · AI VOICES · VOICE REPLICAS · SOUND DESIGN · ORIGINAL MUSIC · IMMERSIVE · AMBIENCE September 15 on Spotify. open.spotify.com/show/2vy79iU... #solarpunk #audiobook #spotify #elevenlabs #designfiction vimeo.com/1224588430

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SYNTOPIA EPISTEME Audiobook

The old world is sinking... ...but one young woman is designing a new one. Not a utopia. Not a dystopia. A syntopia. Immersive Solarpunk Audiobook A Design Odyssey exploring the possibilities of the ...

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

What would AI look like without Empires behind it? gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/ai-wo-the-... If an "Indigenous AI" or AI—TEK is possible and if it is... what exactly would it do? #ArtificialIntelligence #AI-TEK #DesignFiction #solarpunk #IndigenousAI

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Floating Studio exercise asks a demanding question: what if students must first design the ground beneath their work? gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/the-floati... #DesignEducation #solarpunk #CircularDesign #SustainableDesign #DesignForAutonomy

Floating artificial island with a geodesic dome on top of it and people working in and around the site with a few boats and birds.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller What new model should we design? What existing model/system should we make obsolete? #BuckminsterFuller #SustainableFutures

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The Narrative Kernel A framework to transition from design theory to practice gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/the-narrat... #DesignEducation #SystemicDesign #DesignFutures #SpeculativeFiction #SYNTOPIA

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Matsutake Strategy Designing on Capitalist Ruins at the End of the World gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/the-matsut... What can a mushroom teach us about resilient design and the concept of 'scaling'? #DesignEducation #BiocentricDesign #SystemicDesign #Syntopia #FutureDesign

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The Matsutake Strategy

Designing on Capitalist Ruins at the End of the World

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

www.instagram.com/p/DakyaHMTwA... My friend, Pungky, a conservationist working in the Jungle of South Sumatra and one of the real characters in my novel, has just published this post on Instagram and Facebook.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A new substack article: Design as Leadership gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/design-as-... If institutional authority is becoming both more rigid and less capable, where should we look for leadership? #DesignLeadership #DesignEducation #SystemicDesign #BiocentricDesign #SYNTOPIA

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This is not an AI picture... Two days ago, I finally got my hands on the hardcover version of my book. I also ordered a 200 RMB Kindle reader just for this picture. Taking this picture in the exact way I dreamed it gives a particular sense of achievement.

1 paperback pocket size book, 1 hardcover book, and 1 greyscale kindle reader, all showing the cover of SYNTOPIA EPISTEME, a Design Odyssey by Gregory Moulinet. Available in immersive audiobook by late september 2026 on Audible.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Fairy Tale of Design Education Beyond employability for a world that may not hold together gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/the-fairy-... An 18-minute audio version is also available. #DesignEducation #SystemicDesign #DesignFutures #BiocentricDesign #DesignForLife #DesignEthics

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The Fairy Tale of Design Education

Beyond employability for a world that may not hold together

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This Substack article, “Design Through Diegesis,” explores how speculative fiction can become a serious pedagogical tool for design by creating worlds where systems, technologies, ethics, politics, and consequences can be experienced hyper-realistically. gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/design-thr...

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#DesignFiction #SpeculativeFiction #Booktrailer #Indieauthors #Dystopian Here the BookTrailer of SYNTOPIA EPISTEME a Design Odyssey, released today on Amazon Kindle, Hardcover and paperback, available here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYLK9BJY

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This fountain-pen illustration shows young Ayesha in the orphanage dormitory, designing and building a drawing desk from discarded PVC flex banners, string, and whatever tools she can find behind the orphanage's kitchen. #FountainPenDrawing #SpeculativeFiction #BookIllustration #NewBookRelease

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Why do dystopias feel so easy to imagine, while desirable/sustainable futures are much more complicated? gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/dystopia-i... This article 'Distopia is Cozy', looks at our strange cultural comfort with total collapse.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

What if the hero our time needs was a designer? “The Designer with a Thousand Faces” post is now on Substack. gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/the-design... In this article, I discuss how I came to write a novel instead of a non-fiction book about design.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

To my current and former students Is beta-reading right for you? gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/to-my-curr...

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To my current and former students

Is beta-reading right for you?

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I wrote a book. I am deliriously happy to type that little sentence at last. Curious? I’ll share the blurb by DM. If you’re still up for 800 pages, I’ll send the draft in a week, hoping for your feedback by the end of March 2026, using a short survey I have prepared.

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

A series of brilliant arguments by Owen Jones, dismantling Israel's hasbara through the words of a professional propagandist, Michelle Obama's speechwriter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnch...

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Obama Aide’s VILE Genocide Denial: Where Do You Even Begin?

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