For 10 years, Design Friction has been exploring possible futures and alternative presents through Design Fiction and imaginaries.

Explorations ↓

  • CNIL

    2020

    What (future) connections between ordinary digital practices, privacy protection, and social inequalities?

  • UK Parliament + AHRC

    2015

    Exploring and debating the complex issues of ageing in place and end-of-life care.

  • Carte Blanche

    2019

    What if our data were entitled to a funeral as well?

Design Fiction?

Design Fiction is a creative anticipatory approach enabling to envision and to experience possible futures and other presents.

Through the creation of fictional artefacts and services straight from tomorrow, Design Fiction stimulates reflection and imagination to guide the decisions made today.

Activities ↓

  • Scénarios & expériences de design fiction

    Design Fiction scenarios and experiences

    We imagine and prototype speculative narratives that shed light on the possible evolutions of our society and its stakeholders

  • Ateliers et formats participatifs

    Workshops & participatory formats

    From co-creation of scenarios to debate sessions, we design and facilitate formats that foster collective projection into futures and their challenges.

  • Outillage spéculatif

    Speculactive tools

    We develop toolkits that help transition from fiction to action, supporting public debate and organisational strategy.

  • Recherche-création

    Research-creation

    We accompany researchers who experiment with new ways of exploring futures and question their limits.

  • Game Design Fiction

    Game Design Fiction

    At the intersection of foresight and game-based mediation, we build ludic frameworks to play, replay, and counterplay futures.

  • Sensibilisation au design fiction

    Introduction to Design Fiction

    We share our insights and reflections on exploring futures to help organisations and schools embrace this approach.

We may not predict the future, but we imagine its f(r)ictions!

Photo portrait des trois membres de Design Friction côte à côte Bastien Kerspern, Léa Lippera, Estelle Hary

Speculator DF-3000

This speculation generator is a first step in exploring new horizons!
Experiment with different combinations and let your imagination guide you in envisioning critical and/or desirable fictions.

In one near future, _________
must _________
to _________.

Does one of these speculations inspire you? Share your story with us!