BLiQ

Education is a topic we ourselves have spent many hours thinking and discussing about. We believe it is the most important factor determining the future of society because it is where everyone from children to adults learn and form their view on the future - be it their own individual one, or for the world as a whole.

When approached by Prof. Dr. Jörg Kayser to support a project completely rethinking the education of educators in the state of Berlin, it naturally spoke directly to our hearts. The assignment was to create a new Berlin State Institute for Qualification and Quality Development in Schools (BLiQ), affecting thousands of current and future teachers.

We were involved as experts in the field of creative and technical thinking. We created first visions on how people could interact in the new building, how it could be layouted and how the grandness of the opportunity could be communicated - long before it was even announced internally. Building on current research into how education can become more flexible, adaptable to new technologies and a fast changing world, we were able to support the initial stages substantially.

A lot of our initial ideas on the ways of working in the BLiQ, space layout and vision have persisted and made their way into the final plans, when it was first announced in early 2025. It is still not final and will evolve over the coming years, but we were happy to have contributed a small part to it, to try and push it into a more innovative and future-proof direction.