Speaking / Raphael Gielgen
Raphael.
In the room.
Raphael Gielgen
Future-of-work trendscout at Vitra
A practical eye. A global field of enquiry.
A different starting point for your next conversation.
Contact route awaiting confirmation.
Audience study / Product School / Exchange image
Not an appearance by Raphael Gielgen.
RG.
Original stage portrait
Reserved for an approved
photograph of Raphael.
01 / What enters the room
From the workshop.
From the world.
For the conversation.
Raphael connects a background in craft with research at Vitra and encounters across companies, universities and communities. Architecture, technology and working life meet in one perspective.
02 / Possible conversations
Four doors.
No fixed script.
Proposed directions.
Titles and focus to be agreed with Raphael.
01
Work is changing.
Technology, culture and the changing nature of what we do.
Space study · Duc Nguyen / Unsplash. Editorial exchange image.
02
Space is a participant.
How physical places can support connection, learning and exchange.
03
Stay a learner.
Looking beyond familiar industries, habits and assumptions.
04
Make sense of change.
Connecting observations into a useful starting point — without pretending to predict the future.
03 / Ways to meet
An impulse.
Keynote
Open a gathering with observations and connections from a changing world.
An exchange.
Moderated conversation
Take an idea further in dialogue with a host and an audience.
Language, duration, topic and availability are confirmed individually. These formats are proposals for the pilot.
04 / The voice behind the perspective
Video excerpt / Selection pending
On record.
A real voice. A real moment.
An approved talk excerpt will appear here.
No video available in this pilot
Original recording needed · 60–120 seconds · Rights and captions pending.
Public conversations
Existing appearances, through the original publishers.
ZKM / Talk & conversation
S+W / Vitra / 2023
Source links, not client endorsements.