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We tackled it as we did the work we subsequently produced for many of the talks at the conference itself (which will be posted shortly). We created a  mindmap in the very broadest sense – one that worked on two levels, both as a big overall concept and, within that, as a container for smaller images, narratives and details. It was tough getting so much information into a relatively small amount of real estate, but ultimately we thought it did the job of conveying the lively, adversarial quality of Intelligence Squared events.

We were also asked to create a short animation based on the illustration for Wallpaper’s iPad edition, intended to serve as a kind of trailer for the content of the article. Wallpaper we great to work with, and it was a privilege to grace their elegant pages! Here’s the animation:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUK0HIMW55s

The speakers were all great – and we experimented with using crayons for the first time as opposed to markers, which made an interesting change. A highlight for us was meeting Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson and the license to be rude and disgusting that his talk gave us!

Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian, Sociology and Ecomonics

Martin Rowson, The Guardian, Philosophy and Satire

Neal Lawson, Compass, Politics

Duncan Wilson, Arup Foresight, Systems and Society

Alastair Donald, Future Cities Project, Reimagining the City

That should certainly not prevent you from attending in person though. A veritable smörgåsbord of brilliant thinkers awaits those hungry for glimpses into the way we’ll be living our lives in the near and distant future, taking on subjects ranging from extreme longevity to the future of sex.

Even better news is that as a friend of Scriberia you can get a 20% discount on your ticket. So if you’re interested in the longer term future, but haven’t yet figured out what you’re doing next week, use the code SCRIBERIA when purchasing your ticket and activate this generous offer. Oh, and pass it on to anyone else interested in what they’ll be eating, wearing, playing, experiencing, feeling, enjoying and avoiding in the years ahead. http://www.iq2ifconference.com

We recently created this Amazon-themed live scribe at an event organised by Google. While perhaps not geographically accurate, the river’s twists and turns allowed us to create nice ‘pockets’ of content for each of the speakers, culminating with explorer Ed Stafford’s harrowing account of his 2 year trek along the entire length of the Amazon. Actually I’m not sure Ed was too keen on the way he was represented, but the other speakers were happy and we were particularly glad of the chance to draw some pink dolphins.

That debate forms the basis of the second of our IQ2 Shorts animations, released last week on YouTube by @intelligencesquared. We’ve taken an edit of the full debate, focusing on the dialectic between Egyptian youth activist Nora Ayman and New York Times journalist Roger Cohen. Ayman suggests that the changes the revolutionary youth hope for will struggle to take hold while political, religious and class divides continue to fragment society. Cohen on the other hand, argues that though the road may be problematic, frustrating and bloody, those changes are inevitable in an age of global connectedness. We really enjoyed the challenge of shifting to a new cultural context and maintaining sensitivity to that, while continuing to work in a crisp, economical cartoon style. This one was illustrated by Chris, storyboarded by Chris and Dan, animated by Lionel, with portraits of the protagonists lovingly executed once again by Victor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUiN34NRYXg