Philip Maughan is a writer and researcher working on creative and commercial projects based in London. His work on food technology, simulations, astrobiology, and the long-term evolution of life can be seen in BBC Future, Noema, Kaleidoscope and elsewhere. He created the design-research platforms Black Almanac (with Andrea Provenzano) and Infinity Mirror (Antikythera/MIT Press), and collaborates with brands and institutions like Strelka Institute, Prada, Modem, MoMA, Stone Island, Mercedes-Benz and others. See below for selected links or click here to get in touch.

Venice Architecture Biennale (Nuda Paper) • What It’s Like to Bring AI into a Human, Creative Practice with Caution and Curiosity (The GOODstack) • Goldwin 0 Journeys into Art, Science and Nature with OK-RM (Squad Labs) • A Theory of Evil Design (Tank Magazine) • Everything Connects at the Eames Office (Greatest Magazine) • Making “Food Out of Thin Air” (Noema) • Coded Gestures (Modem) • The Infinite Surround (Modem) • The Rediscovery of Circadian Rhythms (Noema) • Meaty, Chewy, Sticky: How AI’s Listening Kitchen Can Redefine the Art of Cooking (The Guardian) • Searching Earth for Alien Worlds (Noema) • Autogenesis (Highsnobiety) • How an Asteroid Would Transform the Food We Eat (BBC Future) • Against Localism in Food (Noema) • Archiving Civilisation (Kaleidoscope) • Isabelle Boemeke: The Nuclear Influencer (Highsnobiety) • Black Almanac Speculates on Planetary Food Futures (Mold Magazine) • Incel Protocols (Mal Journal) • The Heron (Heavy Traffic) • John Berger: I Think the Dead Are with Us (New Statesman)