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Prototyping the Omata One

 A Printed Circuit Board with blue callouts
Sketching in Hardware
 May 2025
HARDWARE PROTOTYPE PRODUCT DESIGN MORE...

Cluster Sequence Cataloger

 Alternative text for the cover image
Practical Vibe Coding
 March 2025
SOFTWARE AI CODE MORE...

VibeWriter

 Alternative text for the cover image
What is ‘writing’ in Vibe mode?
 March 2025
AI SOFTWARE GAME DESIGN PROTOTYPE MORE...

Ghostwriter Selectric

 An image of the Ghostwriter program
Companion Creative Intelligence Muse
 December 2024
SOFTWARE AI PROGRAMMING PROTOTYPE MORE...

A Newspaper from an Artificially Intelligent (Near) Future

 Near Future Laboratory Design Fiction Imagine Harder
Extrapolating AI Trends Into A Newspaper
 December 2024
DESIGN FICTION FACILITATION WORKSHOP MORE...

Work Kit of Design Fiction Online Edition!

 The Work Kit of Design Fiction Online Edition
A Million Futures In A Single Box Of Idea Cards!
 October 2024
CODE GRAPHIC DESIGN PRODUCT DESIGN MORE...

Imagine Harder 2024 — What Are Possible Futures of Work

 Group photo from Detroit Imagines Harder October 16-18 2024
Imagining A Future of Work — Through An Employee Handbook
 October 2024
DESIGN FICTION FACILITATION WORKSHOP MORE...

Near Future Laboratory x Brain Dead x Gary Hustwit “Eno”

 Poster for Brain Dead x Near Future Laboratory x Gary Hustwit Collaboration
Why Does A Film Need To Be The Same Everytime?
 August 2024
COLLAB EVENT FILM ART+TECHNOLOGY MORE...

Hyper Island x Near Future Laboratory

 Hyper Island Vision Week 2024 Animated GIF of Student Podcast Covers
Futuring Through Podcasting:91 Podcasts Implying Possible Futures
 August 2024
COLLAB DESIGN FICTION DESIGN SPRINT FACILITATION MORE...

Tech Concept Lab AI Futures

 Hyper Island Design Sprint Participants
May 2024
DESIGN SPRINT WORKSHOP DESIGN FICTION MORE...

ANDI Innovation Land Summit 2024

 Julian Bleecker Keynote Address ANDI Innovation Land Summit 2024
May 2024
KEYNOTE WORKSHOP FACILITATION EVENT MORE...

The Work Kit of Design Fiction

 Near Future Laboratory Work Kit of Design Fiction
March 2024

SxSW 2024 Imagine Harder: Prototyping Impossible Futures

 SxSW 2024 Panel With Avi Bar-Zeev and Andrea Ion Cojocaru
March 2024
PANEL PRESENTATION FACILITATION TALK MORE...

PoemOS

 An illustration of a robot poet python programming
March 2024
PROGRAMMING PROTOTYPE AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MORE...

Causal Islands Unconference

 Presenting at Causal Islands LA 2024
March 2024
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION EVENT MORE...

2023 Imagine Harder Summit

 Attendees in front of the Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills Michigan, September
How to amplify the value of imagination?
 September 2023
SUMMIT WORKSHOP FACILITATION LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT MORE...

TV + GenAI Design Fiction Sprint

 Confidential GenAI + TV Design Fiction Sprint
June 2023
WORKSHOP DESIGN SPRINT MORE...

The Work Kit of Design Fiction

 Illustration of dogs playing with the 2023 Work Kit of Design Fiction
February 2023
MERCH TOOLS PRINT PRODUCTION CODE MORE...

SuperSeminar

 Near Future Laboratory Global HQ
January 2023 - December 2024
COMMUNITY FACILITATION LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION MORE...

Bloomberg Hyundai Art Technology Lab

 Host Cemma Cairney for Bloomberg Art+Technology Lab Season 05 Episode 09
December 2022
TALK PRESENTATION VIDEO MORE...

AIGA Design Fiction Keynote 2022

 A cover slide image for a Design Fiction keynote
October 2022
KEYNOTE TALK PRESENTATION MORE...

LACMA Solarpunk Worldbuilding

 A rendering of Los Angeles County Museum of Art as it is in an adjacent timeline where Solarpunk values are integral to the world
October 2022
DESIGN FICTION MORE...

Netflix The Future Of..

 Netflix Future Of Cover Image
June 2022
TALK PRESENTATION INTERVIEW MORE...

Netflix Atlas Film Technical Consultant

 Atlas film poster
May 2022
FILM FUTURES ARTIFACT GRAPHIC DESIGN PRESENTATION MORE...

ADM Futures of Food

 Vending machine from a possible future.
January 2022 - May 2022
DESIGN FICTION FUTURES DESIGN FUTURES ARTIFACT VIDEO PRODUCTION MORE...

Car and Driverless

 Car and Driverless a magazine from a possible autonomous vehicle future
January 2022
DESIGN FICTION FUTURES ARTIFACT MAGAZINE VISUAL DESIGN MORE...

Apple Design Design Fiction 101 Workshop
November 2021
WORKSHOP FACILITATION LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT EVENT MORE...

IKEA Life at Home

 An image from a spread showing Near Future Laboratory's contributions to the IKEA 2021 Life at Home Report Magazine.
October 2021 - December 2021
DESIGN FICTION SEMINAR PODCAST MORE...

General Seminar

 General Seminar cover image for a platform for sense-making
January 2021 - December 2030
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FACILITATION MORE...

Near Future Laboratory Podcast

 Near Future Laboratory Podcast Cover Images
December 2020 - December 2030
FACILITATION INTERVIEW AUDIO PRODUCTION COMMUNICATION MORE...

OMATA Annual Report From The Future

 Cover of the OMATA Annual Report from the Future
May 2020 - January 2021
DESIGN FICTION STRATEGY FUTURES DESIGN FORESIGHT MORE...

Facebook Social Futures

 An image of an innovation schema
October 2019
DESIGN FICTION WORKSHOP FUTURES DESIGN FORESIGHT MORE...

Roblox Design Fiction 101 Workshop

 Roblox Design Fiction Workshop Faciliated by Near Future Laboratory
May 2019
WORKSHOP PRESENTATION MORE...

Geneva Map for an Autonomous Vehicle Future

 A map of Geneva from an Autonomous Vehicle Future
April 2019 - September 2019
DESIGN FICTION URBAN DESIGN MORE...

Primer Speculative Design 2018

 Default SEO Image for Near Future Laboratory
October 2018
KEYNOTE TALK EVENT MORE...

Quick Start Guide for a Self Driving Car

 A view of the printed Design Fiction artifact of a self-driving car quick start guide
What's The Quick Start Guide In An Autonomous Vehicle Future
 October 2015
DESIGN FICTION FUTURES DESIGN WORKSHOP FACILITATION MORE...

Google Creativity Lab Design Fiction

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April 2015
KEYNOTE WORKSHOP MORE...

IKEA Catalog

 An animated flip through the IKEA Catalog from a Near Future by Julian Bleecker
Home Futures as an IKEA catalog
 January 2015 - March 2015
WORKSHOP DESIGN FICTION STRATEGY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT MORE...

Winning Formula

 Two pages from Winning Formula a Design Fiction newspaper from a possible future of sport.
The Future of Sports in a Newspaper
 March 2014
DESIGN FICTION VISUAL DESIGN WORKSHOP MARKETING/COMMS MORE...

TBD Catalog

 Cover image of TBD Catalog
The Future as a Product Catalog
 October 2012 - December 2023
DESIGN FICTION VISUAL DESIGN FUTURES ARTIFACT 3D DESIGN MORE...

Corner Convenience

 Default SEO Image for Near Future Laboratory
Convenience (Store) Futures
 January 2012
DESIGN FICTION WORKSHOP DESIGN SPRINT FACILITATION MORE...

Curious Rituals

 Cover of the Curious Rituals Book
Rituals & Behaviors In The Connected Age
 January 2012
BOOK RESEARCH VIDEO FILM MORE...

Failures and Design Fictions Workshop

 Near Future Laboratory Global HQ
October 2010
WORKSHOP FACILITATION TALK CONFERENCE MORE...

SxSW 2010 The Design Fiction Panel

 SxSW 2010 Design Fiction Panel
The South by Southwest panel where we introduce the practice of Design Fiction, with Bruce Sterling as respondant.
 March 2010
PANEL FACILITATION PRESENTATION DESIGN FICTION MORE...

Drift Deck

 An image of the Drift Deck cards splayed out on an orange background
Like 'Oblique Strategies' But For The City
 September 2008
GRAPHIC DESIGN THEORY MORE...

Slow Messenger

 The World's Slowest Instant Messenger
February 2007 - May 2007
DESIGN FICTION PROTOTYPE PRODUCT DESIGN MORE...

PSX

 An image of a logic controller wires and ribbon connectors
January 2007 - January 2008

WiFi.Bedouin

 Near Future Laboratory Design Fiction Imagine Harder
January 2004 - December 2005
ART+TECHNOLOGY MORE...

PDPal

 The PDPal Coat of Arms consisting of the PDPal character avatar with a squirrel sitting on its head
PDPal is a multi-platform public art project that allows audiences to map their personal vision of a public space
 January 2003 - December 2004
ART+TECHNOLOGY MORE...