With our modern lives undergoing a period of rewilding, our vision of tech futures is in flux. Canvas8 spoke to digital pioneer, academic, and author Sue Thomas about how brands can use technology to leverage humanity’s affinity for nature and merge the digital with the great outdoors.

From ‘groundscrapers’ to biophilia, companies are scrambling to design new offices that focus on people’s desire to connect with nature and to look after their wellbeing. As people reflect on how they want to work, corporations can use design to create a new generation of desirable workplaces.

Killing two birds with one stone, real estate developers in the Greater Toronto area are turning underused shopping malls into a wealth of much-needed residential, commercial, and green spaces. The proposed ‘grey-to-green’ project touches on themes of urban rewilding and shifts to digital retail.

Britons are having a love affair with plants. From terrariums and cacti to Living Walls and hanging baskets, they want to tap into their affinity with nature. With urbanisation making the natural world more difficult to access, biophilic design is reconnecting people to nature in built environments.