This is the Artificial Intelligence Designed Fictions research studio, a prototyping-based research program that explores the potential of artificial intelligence in the context of everyday life.

We are accepting commercial support, corporate or organizational sponsors, and incubation opportunities.

The objective is to explore the potential of artificial intelligence in the context of everyday life. The focus is on rapid ideation and prototyping. Rather than spending months or years on a single project, the goal is to create a series of small, functional prototypes that help ground possibilities in materiality and interaction. Think of it like a “functional futures” approach, where the prototypes are not just concepts but actual working artifacts that can be used and experienced.

The prototypes are designed to be playful windows into possible future opportunities. They are meant to be generative and thought-provoking. Like an exhibition of found artifacts from a near future, they are not just about the technology itself, but about the interactions, services, and experiences that AI technology can enable. And very much like Designed Fictions, these prototypes exhibit characteristics and qualities of a possible future. As such, they also represent cultural, social, economic, policy and governance qualities of a possible future.

In true Design Fiction style, there is the prototype of the artifact itself, but also the worldbuilding material that surrounds it. Clippings from newspaper. Magazine articles. Tourists guides. Social media posts. Receipts. The contents of a found wallet. Movie tickets. Advertisements from streetware brands. Paperback self-help books. Podcast episodes. Oracular card games. Etcetera. These serve as remanants of an inhabited world to help imagine into possibilities in a rich and textured way.