Predicaments from the Designer's Workbench with Matt Cottam, Tellart

​​This month’s Futurespaces sessions are supported by HYZ Studio.

​For 25 years, Tellart has designed the experiences behind some of the world's most-watched stages — the World Expo, the Olympic Games, COP, the World Economic Forum, the World Government Summit — along with the public spaces, brand spaces, and products people encounter every day. Their name means the art of telling, and their work treats emerging technologies like machine intelligence and robotics as raw materials to be shaped, the way other studios work with wood, metal, or glass.

​Matt Cottam is Tellart's Principal Designer. He's taught at RISD, Umeå, and the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design — but he's also a paramedic on the US federal disaster medical team, a rescue diver, and an ocean racing sailor who's crossed the Atlantic more than once. It's an unusually wide aperture for a designer, and it shows up in how Tellart approaches its work: designing not just for humans, but for the much larger system humans live inside.

​This Thursday, join us for "Discovery, Prescription and Magic Carpets: Predicaments from a Designer's Workbench" — an intimate, live presentation where Matt walks through Tellart's projects to unpack what it actually takes to lead innovation as a strategic partner, design studio, and production house all at once.

​Sit Spot – Reconnecting with the Living World

​Netherlands Pavilion at World Expo 2025

​Philippine Pavilion at World Expo 2025

​​​​About our Sponsor

​​HYZ Studio creates immersive, story-driven experiences for museums and brands. They design interactive environments that turn audiences into participants, focusing on meaningful, memorable engagement.

​​​​​About Futurespaces

​​​​​​Founded and led by Josh Goldblum (Bluecadet) ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Futurespaces offers live webinars and in-person tours that provide valuable insights into the creative process of creating contemporary experiences.