Our Art-Driven Innovation database includes projects from the following sub-fields of this theme:
Explanation texts per field are taken from and inspired on:
European Commission, 100 Radical Innovation Breakthroughs for the future (2019) ISBN 978-92-79-99139-4
The Promise is a concise summary of the potential that the Field of innovation has for creating a new future reality.
The Promise boils the many nuances and possibilities down to a future vision. It helps innovators to imagine how the innovation of today will create a “new normal” of tomorrow. As such, the Promise is a valuable input for scenario building and associative thinking processes.
The Promise is connected to the Field of innovation, not to the individual artwork.
The Likelihood indicates when a field of innovation is expected to mature enough to see its impact in real-world applications. The likelihood estimation is based on the current (public) state of the art in the field.
All projects are assigned to a specific Field of innovation within an overarching Group. Following definitions by the European Commission, there are nine different Groups, encompassing 100 different Fields.
Using this classification for searching the database, you can find very different artistic perspectives on the same innovation Field. This supports creative thinking, scenario definition and the creation of innovation hypotheses.
ADI researchers have classified each project’s connection to different responsible innovation drivers for societal and economic value. In this section, they indicate likely values gained with innovations inspired by this artwork.
The value-drivers are based on the ADI goals and contribute to a greener or more careful society. In total, eight value-drivers have been identified. Understanding the stakeholders will help decide which values to focus on in further responsible innovation processes.
ADI researchers have classified each project’s connection to each of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. With this, the researchers indicate likely contributions to SDGs with innovations inspired by a particular artwork. When looking at ways for an organisation to contribute to a specific SDG, this would be a good starting point.
The Stage of Development indicates the maturity of the idea.
The options are:
■ Concept (imagined world)
■ Experiment (controlled world)
■ Prototype (exists in real world)
■ Use Case (used in real world)
This is a concise description of what the artwork is made of and how it looks. What technology or technologies have been applied or combined in the work? What materials were used? Many artists apply what is known as combinational creativity in their work. This means they use technologies or materials for something other than it was intended for, often taking it out of one domain and using it in another. The way the material is used and combined is a valuable source of art-driven idea generation.
The Artistic Interest is an interpretation derived from the artwork. We have divided it into four different categories that each correlate strongly with the potential
Questioning Technology
Humanizing Technology
Exploring new paths to progress
Taking Science out of the Lab
We have found that the Artistic Interest is a good indicator of the role that the artwork can play in scenario building. Some options are better suited for normative scenarios while others are better for explorative scenarios.
