New York, 2050: A Possible Future

Immersive installation exploring New York as a net-zero city

Created by Superflux and Ingka Group (IKEA)
Sound score and spatialisation by James Bulley

COAL+ICE, Asia Society, New York, US (13 February–11 August 2024)
Action Speakers Summit, New York, US (September 2023)

The immersive installation New York, 2050: A Possible Future, produced by the UK-based studio Superflux with Ingka Group (IKEA) for their Action Speaks summit in New York (2024), presents a vision—through sight, sound, and smell—of a thriving net-zero city, where New Yorkers have transformed the way they live to ensure a hopeful and resilient future. The piece was further exhibited as part of COAL+ICE at the Asia Society Gallery, New York (2024).

Further information on the project here.

Acknowledgements

Commissioned by Ingka Group (IKEA) for the New York Climate Week 2023.
Superflux thanks to our commissioners and their partners, Time C02 and Project Drawdown.

Superflux would like to thank our close collaborators Ludvig Liljekvist, Lorenz Isler, Ylva Doyle as well as Sofia Tärneberg, Pontus Lundgren, Stephanie Macmillan, Sarah Jane King, Todd Reubold, Simon Mulcahy, Shyla Raghav, and extend thanks to Ingka CEO Jesper Brodin and CSO Karen Pflug.

Concept, Creative Direction, Experience Design and Production by Superflux
Graphic Design and Exhibit Architecture by Isometric Studio
Fabrication by New Project
Graphics production by DMR Graphics
Audio visual by ATD
Lighting by 4wall
New York 2050 projection visual created by Cream Projects
Sound design by James Bulley Studio
Native Grasses by Interior Foliage Design
Scent by AromAtom
Scent diffusion by Scent Marketing Inc.
NYC 2050 text by Madeline Ashby
Summit Dialogues curated by Xynteo