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# 26.11.26 | LECTURE with Edmond Lau: Are You A Duppie?
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/26-11-26-lecture-with-edmond-lau-are-you-a-duppie/
- Published: 2026-11-11T13:44:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:44:50.000Z
- Author: Protein

### **Protein LECTURE with Edmond Lau: Are You A Duppie?**

**Thursday 26th November @ Protein Studios, London**

Once, there was no question that bouncy, fresh young things, with their pleasant upbringings and fancy degrees, were destined for a life of stable employment and home-ownership. The yuppie epitomised the laissez-faire life of the 1980s, but today, the same stock of people, with the same educational and social credentials as their predecessors, are finding themselves downwardly mobile. More duppie than yuppie.  

Whether it’s AI fuelled redundancies, brain-rot addled minds, or simply the cut-throat pressures of corporate life, more and more, people find themselves crushed into a thin paste, unable to reconstitute their parents earlier success for themselves. But the death of the professional-managerial dream may actually be a blessing in disguise. Did you really want to work at Deloitte anyway?

Join us on Thursday 26th November for Edmond Lau's LECTURE on duppie culture and why the future of the downwardly mobile isn't all doom. For a taste of what you can expect, you can read Edmond's [Yuppie to Duppie SEED here](https://www.protein.xyz/yuppie-to-duppie/).

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Edmond Lau is a creative strategist and meme artist whose work explores internet aesthetics, emerging trends and the politics of taste. His essay ‘The Dark Mode Shift’ has been cited in *The New Yorker*, *The Guardian* and *The Atlantic*. Formerly an intellectual property and technology lawyer, he now consults for brands across luxury, tech, and media. His writing can be found in publications including *GQ*, *Highsnobiety* and *Jing Daily*. 

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- Doors: 6pm
- Lecture: 7pm
- Drinks + Music: 8pm
- Close: 9pm
- Address: [Protein STUDIOS, 31 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EY](https://www.protein.xyz/r/081eff73?m=d8e3018f-7269-4b8b-ab0a-c176c503edb6)
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