Artifact-led strategy engagements
Use design fictions, documents, catalogs, media objects, and other artifacts to make strategic futures and brand experiences concrete enough to tell a story or inform a decision.
Ways to work together
Near Future Laboratory works with organizations through futures strategy, artifact-led prototyping, workshops tied to active initiatives, and select talks or advisory work.
Bring Near Future Laboratory into an active initiative when design, engineering, research, strategy, and culture each reveal a different part of the situation. I connect those views, reflect them back clearly, and give them form through a prototype, artifact, experience, or possible world the group can examine together.
Prototypes, creative technology, and concept commissions
Develop functional prototypes that help a team tell a story, test a concept, and explore new ideas.
Workshops tied to active programs
Run sprints, workshops, and seminars designed to serve a real initiative rather than sit as a standalone inspiration event.
Select talks and advisory work
Offer executive sessions, keynotes, and targeted advisory support when they are part of a broader decision or capability-building effort.
The best way to anticipate the future is to get hands-on, get tangible, and prototype what you imagine.
Near Future Laboratory is most useful when your team needs a concrete strategic object: a prototype, a design fiction, a workshop, or a program that makes emerging possibilities legible.
A workshop can be part of the work, but it is rarely the whole of it. The deeper value is giving an organization something tangible to inspect and discuss so the quality of the decision changes.
Keynotes, seminars, and executive sessions are strongest when they support a broader initiative: a product question, a capability-building effort, an innovation program, or a strategic transition already underway.
If you'd like to talk about a project, prototype, workshop tied to an active initiative, or a talk supporting broader work, use the scheduler below. A short note on the team, rough timing, and what needs to become concrete is enough.
Prefer email? Write directly to julian@nearfuturelaboratory.com.