“Six years after U+’s “Founders’ Meeting” in Paris, it is time to take stock of what it has done (and not done), and imagine what happens next.”
With this in mind, Violette Louis-Mathieu, a designer at U+ since April 2024, conducted a series of interviews with eight people who have been involved since U+’s beginning: members of the permanent team, the board, as well as active figures at U+. These included Petra Ardai, Rocio Berenguer, Daniel Kaplan, Juliette Lépineau, Chloé Luchs-Tassé, Yoan Ollivier, Ketty Steward and Brigitte Van der Sande.
Recorded and analysed, these conversations highlight tensions, new or renewed ambitions, and questions that remain or should be open. the resulting report aims to lay the foundations for a collective reflection on what U+ could become.
The interviews were conducted in French and English. The French summaries were translated using translation software, but the quotes were kept in their original language. The original and translated versions are all available online.
Therefore, we suggest you read this document less as a conclusion, than as an invitation to share your own experience and lessons learned!