Every endeavor needs to imagine what its next step requires.

We are a design and strategic innovation studio that prototypes future outcomes that allow you to explore where you’re going. We help you create alignment within your organization to successfully implement your vision, and how you might get there.

We utilize storytelling and design, informed by deep research, and with a human lens.
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Inherently multidisciplinary, we braid multiple domains to create this future context for problem-solving. These perspectives reframe problems from which fresh insights emerge.

We apply these to real world problems in future scenarios. Our experience in systems transformation helps you quickly bring solutions to life, unleash capabilities for innovation, and create cultural adoption at scale in your organization. And build a bridge back to today.

Recent Projects  |  Who We Are

Collective Future Lab is a collaborative effort to investigate possible futures through an inclusive gathering place for exploration.

It brings together a collective of changemakers - from architects, ethnologists, and designers to choreographers, VR experts, and physical therapist—who are interested in  solving problems on scales large and small.

Through generative partnerships, CF Lab invests in building the future. We create new forms and new meaning for emergent technologies and environments. We develop unique processes, methodologies and frameworks for research.
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And we experiment with novel business models and developing ideas of value—looking ahead to understand hybrid financial systems of the future.

We organize discussion panels, salons, and workshops, and we develop projects, create prototypes, and publish a variety of materials.

Through sponsorship and grants, CF Lab also produces year-round thematic programming.

Check out our ongoing Futures Literacy series, a virtual  conversation which explores a range of approaches to futures practices.
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Past Projects:
The Future We Create
Body Semantic
A Speculative Dinner on Mars