usman haque

@uah
297 Followers
48 Following
101 Posts
architect • artist • designer • composer
co-founder HAQUE TAN
creative director @ umbrellium
cso @ starling technologies
workhttps://haque.co.uk
HAQUE TANhttps://haquetan.com
umbrelliumhttps://umbrellium.co.uk
musichttps://uah.haque.co.uk
usman haqueMay 6, 2025
Rachel Coldicutt has movedMay 6, 2025
Popping back to re-up this survey for UK-based technologists and technologish folk. Do you think there's a gap for a professional body to represent and build the field of socially liberal, progressive technologists? Survey open till 21 May https://www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-survey-society-for-hopeful-technologists
Survey: Society for Hopeful Technologists — Careful Industries

Are you a UK-based technologist interested in joining a body that acts in solidarity against the excesses of extractive platform capitalism? Complete this survey to help shape the Society for Hopeful Technologists.

Careful Industries
usman haqueApr 22, 2025
jamesbridleApr 22, 2025
The wave of transphobia engulfing the British ruling class and rippling through society in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling is abhorrent. Please do what you can, starting by writing to your MP. You can do it here. Do it now. https://www.writetothem.com/
WriteToThem

WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.

usman haqueOct 15, 2024
jamesbridleOct 15, 2024
Very happy that Ways of Being is now available in Spanish! ¡Estoy muy feliz de que 'Modos de existir' ahora esté disponible en español! 🇪🇸 https://www.galaxiagutenberg.com/producto/modos-de-existir/
usman haqueJun 28, 2024
gsvossJun 28, 2024
Incredibly happy to have a glowing review of 'Systems Ultra' in MIT Technology Review! Please do not underestimate the amount of ice-cream I have celebrated with ✨ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/06/26/1093692/book-review-technological-complexity-problems
Learning from catastrophe

Three books reckon with technological complexity and the wicked problems it creates.

MIT Technology Review
usman haqueApr 10, 2024
jamesbridleApr 10, 2024
The Guardian asked me to write about Amazon and AI. I'm trying to avoid tech criticism because it's always so despairingly predictable, but if you'd like to know what connects your local Tesco's and the IDF's war machine here you go: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology (with a particular shout out to Sven Lindqvist's "Dig Where You Stand", which taught me at least to stick to the money.)
So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you

This is how these bosses get rich: by hiding underpaid, unrecognised human work behind the trappings of technology, says the writer and artist James Bridle

The Guardian
Show threadusman haqueMar 19, 2024

We are also super excited to announce a project that’s been under wraps for months: Wild Imaginarium, our new interactive entrance for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children – a groundbreaking artistic and architectural intervention, combining human creativity in the built environment with artificial intelligence.

More on that soon, but for now here’s a peek: https://haquetan.com/wild-imaginarium/

HAQUE TAN - Wild Imaginarium

Wild Imaginarium, by HAQUE TAN, is a groundbreaking artistic and architectural intervention, combining human creativity in the built environment with artificial intelligence.

Show threadusman haqueMar 19, 2024

We want to create unforgettable architecture, systems & experiences that get people working together, co-creating diverse shared futures. Today’s technology governs how we relate to each other across the planet, shaping how we interact with our habitats and take action upon the world.

To address complex symptoms like the climate crisis, we aim to transcend conventional boundaries, blending physical and digital, human and non-human, natural and artificial.

usman haqueMar 19, 2024

Absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of HAQUE TAN, a new design studio combining the scale of architecture with the ingenuity of art and the eccentricities of technology. Led by @lingQL and myself, our mission is to make spaces more democratic, inclusive and culturally-driven.

More info on our website: https://haquetan.com/ where you can also sign up to our newsletter!

HAQUE TAN - Design for Shared Futures

HAQUE TAN is a design studio combining the scale of architecture with the ingenuity of art and the eccentricities of technology. Led by Ling Tan and Usman Haque, our mission is to make spaces more democratic, inclusive and culturally-driven. We create unforgettable architecture, systems and experiences that get people working together, co-creating diverse shared futures.

usman haqueMar 8, 2024
vMar 8, 2024
as a little celebration of all the lovely things people have been making on Downpour over the last few days... I made a compilation of the pets of Downpour. enjoy! https://downpour.games/~admin/pets-of-downpour
"the pets of Downpour" by V (officially)

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Downpour
usman haqueFeb 26, 2024
does anyone have recommendations for a solid, lightweight newsletter platform (free of charge)? several hundred subscribers, might (???) increase to >1000 in the next year or so. was happy with tinyletter but it's switching off shortly.