We take samples of desirable futures and make them visible.

Understand

We encourage futures thinking and introduce people to the fundamentals of Futures Studies.

# FuturesLiteracy

Envision

We support people in formulating their own desirable futures and make the range of colourful futures visible to all.

# ImagesOfTheFuture

Change

We create thought-provoking content for alternative futures and promote the development of positive visions of society.

# FutureShaping

Futures topics and images of the future

Create your own image of the future of ageing

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Book Publication: Images of the Future and Futures Studies

Non Voyage: Tourism infrastructure as a resource for planetary healing

No time like now: Desirable futures for (post-pandemic) tourism

Post-Corona Futures

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Another one of the over 30 images of the futures o

Another one of the over 30 images of the futures of ageing we have collected so far. Using our futures questionnaire, people share their thoughts and desires on several aspects of their future life while growing older.
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Create your own image of the future of ageing using our questionnaire. Link and more info in bio.
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#futuresthinking #ageing #futures #futuring #desirablefutures #speculativedesign #futuresprobes #zukunftsforschung #futuros #futurizar #prospectiva

The transition circle is a framework that shows ho

The transition circle is a framework that shows how transition can actively be supported. It highlights three different forms of knowledge that are vital in this process: System knowledge, Goal knowledge and Transformation knowledge. They all influence each other and don’t have a specific order. As futurists, we apply certain research designs and methods to acquire these different forms of knowledge.

Own depiction inspired by Schneidewind & Singer-Brodowski (2015)

If you want to know more about this stay tuned 🙂

#futures #future #futuresthinking #transition #transformation #knowledge #vision #system #systemsthinking #futuresstudies

If you’re at @waterkant.festival do not miss our

If you’re at @waterkant.festival do not miss our talk on Friday at the Waterside Tent at 12PM. We’ll be speaking about Futures Studies and giving detailed insights on one particular project we’re working at.

If you’re unable to attend but want to know more about what we do, reach out to us! We’re always happy to connect.

#transformation #futuresstudies #zukunftsforschung #prospectiva #futures #socialtransformation #design #futuresliteracy #desirablefutures #futurescenarios

@waterkant.festival 2022 is finally here and so is

@waterkant.festival 2022 is finally here and so is our exhibition on the Futures of Ageing.

From content curation to selecting colours and typos for the installation and designing the ‘visitor’s experience’ from A to Z, the last few months were intense and challenging.

We’re beyond excited to finally see all that work in action.

Come & check it out! The exhibition will be open to visitors for the next 4 months.

Is there a connection between utopian images of th

Is there a connection between utopian images of the future and retrotopian images of nostalgia?

The guiding question if one of our chapters from our book “Zukunftsbilder und Zukunftsforschung” (eng: “Images of the future and futures studies”).

For more info click link in bio!

#futures #future #futurestudies #utopia #nostalgia #speculative #futureimages #visualisation

Yippie! 🥳 We’re going to be part of this year

Yippie! 🥳 We’re going to be part of this year’s @waterkant.festival exhibiting our current research topic #futuresofageing and presenting our participative futures project ‘Travelling into the future’ concerning sustainable tourism in Spain. Can’t wait!

#futures #future #futuresliteracy #speculativefutures #foresight #futuresstudies #tourism #agein #participativedesign #transformationdesign

We’re going to present at the @waterkant.festiva

We’re going to present at the @waterkant.festival next week!

In our lecture ‘Transformation 'by design'? A look behind the scenes of applied futures studies.’ we will give an insight into the practice of futures research and design.

The lecture will focus on our current project called 'Travelling into the futures': an eight-month funded project in which various desirable future scenarios for sustainable tourism in Spain are being developed together with relevant stakeholders and tourism experts.

The lecture will take a look behind the scenes and discuss what role futures studies plays in this project, which methodological approaches are used, to what extent desirable futures can be made usable and what added value and challenges such a participatory process entails.

#futures #futuresliteracy #scenarios #participation #future #futuresstudies #futurestudies #desirablefutures #sustainability #tourism

Another one of the over 30 images of the futures o

Another one of the over 30 images of the futures of ageing we have collected so far. Using our futures questionnaire, people share their thoughts and desires on several aspects of their future life while growing older.
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Create your own image of the future of ageing using our questionnaire. Link and more info in bio.
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#futuresthinking #ageing #futures #futuring #desirablefutures #speculativedesign #futuresprobes #zukunftsforschung #futuros #futurizar #prospectiva