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Our European office
Near Future Laboratory Sàrl
CP 242
3960 Sierre
Switzerland
The Near Future Laboratory is a thinking, making, design, development and research practice speculating on the near future possibilities for digital worlds. The Partners are:
Julian Bleecker
A designer, technologist and researcher at the Design Strategic Projects studio at Nokia Design in Los Angeles. He lectures and leads workshops on the intersections of art, design, technology and the near-future possibilities for new social-technical interaction rituals… Continue reading →
Fabien Girardin
A researcher and engineer active in the domains of user experience, data science and urban informatics. His research mixes qualitative observations with quantitative data analysis to gain insights from the integration and appropriation of technologies in urban environments… Continue reading →
Nicolas Nova
A consultant, writer and researcher. He undertakes field studies to inform and evaluate the creation of innovative products and services. His work is about exploring and understanding people’s needs, motivations and contexts to map new design opportunities and help designers and engineers… Continue reading →
Tactical Research Associates
Our practice involves working closely with creative, thoughtful experts within various domains of work depending on the needs of any particular project. Our associations with a wide network of well-respected and accomplished practitioners makes it possible to work from concept development to construction of unique digital designs.
Nick Foster
Nick is a post-disciplinary designer with specialisms that include making things, drawing, photographing things and thinking things. Nick is the co-founder of the Designer’s Camera Club and has recently moved to San Francisco from London.
Jed Berk
Jed explores ideas related to the transient point in nature where evolution might occur. In this work he employes emerging technologies to create technological biotopes of semi-domesticated, biologically inspired sculptures that live in network-based ecosystems.
Will Carter
Interaction designer specializing in mobile media. He is primarily interested in exploring new forms of entertainment and services that utilize emerging technologies to expand how we interact with our communities and our media.
Ted Renwick
Technical designer who likes to find out how things work and understand the processes behind them, which often leads to new solutions and discoveries. He graduated from The Emily Carr University of Design after spending at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee; where the focus was on design process and theory
Jayne Vidheecharoen
Designer, illustrator, animator, maker, and speculator. Jayne loves that hazy space between our real and online life and she’s especially interested in systems that create opportunities for collaborative free play. She is also currently a grad student in the Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design.