Philip Maughan is a writer and researcher working on creative and commercial projects based in London.

His essays on food and agriculture, science and technology have appeared in Noema, The Guardian, BBC Future and elsewhere.

He also works with brands and startups on everything from content strategy and ideation to bespoke publishing initiatives and campaigns.

Research: Infinity Mirror. Black Almanac.
Contact: Email. Instagram.

Selected links:

A Theory of Evil Design” for Tank Magazine, London
3 October 2024

Now That We’re Here” for Prada, Milan
29 September 2024

Everything Connects” for Greatest Magazine, Los Angeles
12 September 2024

Making Food Out of Thin Air” for Noema, Los Angeles
13 August 2024

Coded Gestures” for Modem, Amsterdam
12 March 2024

The Infinite Surround” for Modem, Amsterdam
22 February 2024

The Compass Inside” for Stone Island, Ravarino
2023-2024

Infinity Mirror” for Antikythera, Los Angeles
December 2023

Our Channel” for Martine Rose and SSENSE, Montréal
16 October 2023

The Rediscovery of Circadian Rhythms” for Noema, Los Angeles
4 August 2023

Meaty, chewy, sticky: how AI’s listening kitchen can redefine the art of cooking” for The Guardian, London
21 July 2023

Cooking Earth” A 132-page handbook published by Medialab-Matadero, Madrid
8 May 2023

Searching Earth For Alien Worlds” for Noema, Los Angeles
12 January 2023

Autogenesis: What Will the Car of the Future Look Like?” for Highsnobiety, Berlin
9 November 2022

How an Asteroid Impact Would Transform the Food We Eat” for BBC Future, London
17 October 2022

Black Almanac: Cooking Earth” at Medialab-Matadero, Madrid
October 2022

Edible; Or, The Architecture of Metabolism” at Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022, Estonia
September-October 2022

Against Localism in Food” for Noema, Los Angeles
7 September 2022

Yngve Holen: Scale Failure” for Kaleidoscope, Milan
22 July 2022

What Will the Metaverse Taste Like?” for Highsnobiety, Berlin
2 June 2022

Decentralalaland” for Kaleidoscope Research Unit, Milan
28 February 2022

What Does the Internet Smell Like?” with New Models for Highsnobiety, Berlin
8 December 2021

Archiving Civilization” for Kaleidoscope, Milan
12 November 2021

From Solar Punk to Spider Silk” for Highsnobiety, Berlin
15 August 2021

The Lost Lionesses” for Martine Rose, London
11 July 2021

Isabelle Boemeke” for Highsnobiety, Berlin
23 April 2021

Collective Reading” with Joanna Pope at Trust, Berlin
23 Feb 2021

What We Do All Day” for Martine Rose, London
11 January 2021

Dialogues” for Prada, Milan
06 January 2021

Club Future” with New Models, Igor Lorok and friends for Highsnobiety, Berlin
09 December 2020

Juliana Huxtable F*cks With Her Demons” for Highsnobiety Magazine, Berlin
11 November 2020

Black Almanac Speculates on Planetary Food Futures” Interview with Mold Magazine, New York
28 August 2020

Incel Protocols” for Mal Journal, London
01 August 2020

The Heron” for Heavy Traffic Magazine, New York City
27 July 2020

NM TopSoil Ep. 33: Escape from Moscow” Podcast appearance for New Models, Berlin
08 April 2020

I Think The Dead Are With Us” for the New Statesman, London
11 June 2015