futures activism

Analysis of +500 futurists' forecasts of life in the year 2030 depicted in one data visualization infographic.

Limited edition risograph zine made from the collaboration of artists and 25 world-renowned futurists.

50-foot multiplayer game (played over 3 hours) where players buy and build futuristic sustainable cooling tactics. 

Panel discussion about AI's role in the future of storytelling, where (ironically) one of the panelists was an AI-robot. 

Innovation workshop series at Burning Man to co-create sustainable solutions to reduce cooling power usage (CO2 emissions).

In-depth qualitative research with 55 international futurists exploring futuristic and SciFi ways to keep our warming planet cool. 

Speculative fiction article for QRCA magazine showcasing futuristic research technologies and sciences in the year 2030.

Five (5) experiments that pit humans against AI to identify signals and trends, and apply various foresight methods.

Maker laboratory experience for children to imagine themselves in the future, then design and prototype beverages for the future.

Multi-player (30 people) monopoly game event where players bid on future states and tech, and align on 2030 business strategies.

Research white paper surveying 155 insights professionals and 24 futurists on the future of insights (augmented by AI analytics).

Design Fiction (speculative futures) newspaper that time travels back from the year 2030 with news of cautions and opportunity.

1,0000 dermatologists were asked "What is the future of skincare?" and they replied with their futures thinking exclusively in emoji texts.

Experiment with 500 random people asked to draw where they feel the future ("Where on your body do you feel the future?").

Hands-on (literally) futuring activity where plant materials symbolize trend drivers and arrangements are metaphors for future states.

Study contrasting the differences in 2030 foresight between China & USA  (including analyzing AI images of the future from each culture).

7k people were surveyed "How do you feel about your future?" and responses were analyzed by Heartbeat.ai emotion-recognition AI.

Life-size hi-res livestream connection between drought-plagued Kigali, Rwanda and NYC to discuss a water-scarce 2030 world.

>100 methods published in the Assoc. of Professional Futurists' Knowledge Base of Foresight methods were counted and classified.

Multi-person (20 people) VR "futures party" to explore future lifestyles together but alone.

50 young adults imagined the people, lifestyles, jobs, technologies, etc. in the year 2035 - with the UN's SDGs in mind.

Multi-person (15 people) improv acting out a day-in-the-life of living on the ISS in 2050 (space living) to identify pain-points for innovation.