Superflux were commissioned by Policy Lab and Defra Futures to consider the question “How can we transform what the freshwater system looks like, 20 years from now and beyond?”. The result: the first iteration of our studio’s ongoing speculations into the possibility of Ecological AI.

Superflux were commissioned by the Museum of the Future, Dubai, UAE to produce an exhibition that brings to life their work to become Climate Positive.

Researching and developing alternate ways of thinking about AI Systems.

Set in London around 2050, Mitigation of Shock is a design experiment in living with climate change induced food insecurity.

The second iteration of our ongoing project: Mitigation of Shock. Mitigation of Shock (Singapore) transports visitors to an apartment in the second half of the 21st century and allows them to experience how we might live in a world transformed by global warming.

The third event in our ‘Future(s) of Power series: an experiment using the method of sortition for a Citizens Assembly on Algorithmic Power.

We were recently invited by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent to speculate, show evidence, and provoke their conference attendees to anticipate looming challenges and potentialities. We wanted to understand: What challenges might face the humanitarian and development sector in the near future?

This paper describes the strategies we used in our Power of 8 project — including maps, montage and storytelling — to develop concepts, visualise proposals and materialise ‘future artefacts’ during the project.