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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
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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
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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 TALK 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
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Tech Concept Lab AI Futures

 Hyper Island Design Sprint Participants
May 2024
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ANDI Innovation Land Summit 2024

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

SxSW 2024 Imagine Harder: Prototyping Impossible Futures

 SxSW 2024 Panel With Avi Bar-Zeev and Andrea Ion Cojocaru
March 2024
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Causal Islands Unconference

 Presenting at Causal Islands LA 2024
March 2024
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2023 Imagine Harder Summit

 Group photo
August 2023
SUMMIT WORKSHOP FACILITATION LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT EVENT 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
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SuperSeminar

 Near Future Laboratory Global HQ
January 2023
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
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AIGA Design Fiction Keynote 2022

 A cover slide image for a Design Fiction keynote
October 2022
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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
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Netflix The Future Of..

 Netflix Future Of Cover Image
June 2022
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Netflix Atlas Film Technical Consultant

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

ADM Futures of Food

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

Car and Driverless

 Car and Driverless a magazine from a possible autonomous vehicle future
January 2022
DESIGN FICTION FUTURES ARTIFACT MAGAZINE VISUAL DESIGN 3D 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
DESIGN FICTION SEMINAR PODCAST MORE...

General Seminar

 General Seminar cover image for a platform for sense-making
January 2021
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Near Future Laboratory Podcast

 Near Future Laboratory Podcast Cover Images
December 2020
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OMATA Annual Report From The Future

 Cover of the OMATA Annual Report from the Future
May 2020
DESIGN FICTION STRATEGY FUTURES DESIGN FORESIGHT 3D DESIGN MORE...

Facebook Social Futures

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

Roblox Design Fiction 101 Workshop

 Roblox Design Fiction Workshop Faciliated by Near Future Laboratory
May 2019
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Geneva Map for an Autonomous Vehicle Future

 A map of Geneva from an Autonomous Vehicle Future
April 2019

Primer Speculative Design 2018

 Default SEO Image for Near Future Laboratory
October 2018
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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 Future
October 2015
DESIGN FICTION FUTURES ARTIFACT FUTURES DESIGN WORKSHOP FACILITATION MORE...

Google Creativity Lab Design Fiction

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April 2015
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IKEA Catalog

 An IKEA catalog from a possible future
Home Futures as an IKEA catalog
January 2015
WORKSHOP DESIGN FICTION STRATEGY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT VISUAL DESIGN 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 VISUAL PRODUCTION MORE...

TBD Catalog

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

Corner Convenience

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

Curious Rituals

 Cover of the Curious Rituals Book
Rituals & Behaviors In The Connected Age
January 2012
BOOK RESEARCH VIDEO FILM DESIGN FICTION 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
March 2010
PANEL FACILITATION PRESENTATION DESIGN FICTION MORE...

Slow Messenger

 Prototype of the World's Slowest Instant Messenger
February 2007
DESIGN FICTION PROTOTYPE PRODUCT DESIGN MORE...