Abstract
Expo 2025 Osaka opened on April 13 in Dreamland under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” and defined the venue as “People’s Living Lab.”
2025 Timeline and Evidence
The Expo will take place from 13 April to 13 October 2025 for a total of 184 days.
The theme is set in three directions: Saving Lives, Empowering Lives, and Connecting Lives.
Technology, national display, public space and operational services together constitute the experience.
In-depth research
The Expo is not a collection of individual pavilions, but a city that runs for a short time.Transportation, queuing, shade, language, digital identity, and volunteer service often have a more direct impact on the public’s judgment of the future than the exhibition.
Design Response Design Response
01 Check information and physical burden with full visitor journey.
Keep clear artificial and offline paths outside of digital services.
Incorporation of high temperature, rainy days and peak flow into the experience design.
AURELIS observation
Future experiments of true public value should involve people of all ages, languages and abilities, not just look at technology.
Source of sources
01 https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/overview/
Keywords
Expo 2025 Osaka / People’s Living Lab / Public Experience / Future Society
