Using design to explore social, cultural, and ethical implications of future technologies and scenarios
Glasgow-based design studio specializing in futures thinking, speculative design, and strategic research
Research lab exploring future of design and interaction
Strategic foresight consultancy providing trend forecasting, consumer insight, and futures research across global sectors
Non-profit consultancy helping organizations navigate uncertainty through strategic foresight and long-term governance
Immersive futures consultancy transforming abstract future scenarios into lived experiences and tangible prototypes
Research and design lab exploring speculative futures through design fiction and critical design methodologies
Futures design studio creating tools and experiences to help organizations imagine and prepare for alternative futures
Design research studio creating design fiction and speculative prototypes to explore possible futures
Design studio exploring future habitats and living environments through speculative architecture and design
Design research lab investigating invisible systems and infrastructures through speculative and critical design
Strategic foresight and futures design consultancy helping organizations navigate complexity and change
Design studio creating participatory futures experiences through speculative prototypes and public interventions
Futures design lab focused on positive, hopeful scenarios and wellbeing-centered future visions
Nordic think tank combining futures research with experimental design to address societal challenges
Design studio creating experiential futures through films, installations, and speculative prototypes
Digital innovation studio exploring future interactions through design, technology, and storytelling
Moonshot factory developing radical technologies and exploring speculative solutions to global challenges
Community and research platform for speculative spatial design pedagogy, mentoring, and futures literacy education
Education program and competition exploring biodesign and living systems
Strategic foresight consultancy using futures thinking, systems thinking, and planet-centric design to help organizations navigate complexity and shape better futures
World's first artistic research laboratory enabling artists to engage in wet biology practices within a biological science department, pioneering bioart and tissue culture as artistic medium
Performance artist and researcher exploring posthuman body, human-machine interfaces, and technological augmentation through extreme performances, robotic prosthetics, and bioart collaborations
Award-winning futures design practice by Kamila Iżykowicz blending strategic foresight, speculative design, biodesign, and multispecies research
Copenhagen future-living lab exploring sustainable food futures, urban farming, and food innovation with projects like The Growroom and Tomorrow's Meatball
Public research university with visual arts programs
Research-intensive technology university with comprehensive design and architecture programs
Top ranked research university with comprehensive design and architecture programs
Launched in 2011 by the influential industrial design publication Core77, the Core77 Design Awards celebrate excellence across approximately 20 distinct categories that reflect the evolving breadth of the design profession. Each category is led by a hand-picked Jury Captain who assembles a diverse panel of design experts to evaluate submissions from both professionals and students on a global scale. The program stands out for including unconventional categories alongside traditional disciplines, embracing areas like Speculative Design, Social Impact, and Emerging Technologies to capture the full scope of contemporary design practice. Winners receive a distinctive trophy designed by New York studio Rich Brilliant Willing, which doubles as a mold so honorees can create copies for their entire team - embodying the collaborative spirit of design. Recognized work is showcased extensively across the Core77 platform, providing significant visibility within one of the design industry's most engaged online communities.
The Spark Design Awards is a broad international design competition founded to identify and promote design excellence across the full spectrum of design disciplines, from product and graphic design to spaces, transportation, experience, and social impact. The program is organized by Spark Design & Architecture and features a tiered entry system with categories for professional, student, and concept work, ensuring accessibility for designers at every stage of their careers. Entries are evaluated by a rotating jury of design professionals, educators, and industry leaders on five core criteria: innovation, beauty, power (effectiveness), engineering, and communication. Spark places particular emphasis on design's power to spark positive change, with dedicated categories for social impact and sustainability projects that address pressing global challenges. Winners receive Spark Awards at Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze levels, with recognized work showcased through the Spark gallery, exhibitions, and media partnerships that extend visibility beyond the traditional design press.
The Red Dot Award: Design Concept is the third discipline within the Red Dot Design Award system, specifically dedicated to evaluating design concepts, prototypes, and unrealized ideas that demonstrate exceptional innovation potential before they reach the market. Based at the Red Dot Design Museum in Singapore - the organization's Asia-Pacific hub - the Design Concept award attracts entries from designers, students, and companies worldwide who submit forward-looking concepts across product, technology, lifestyle, and public design categories. An international jury evaluates concepts on the strength of the idea, innovation degree, feasibility, aesthetic quality, and potential impact, selecting Red Dot, Red Dot Best of the Best, and Luminary (the highest individual honor) distinctions. The Design Concept discipline fills an important gap in the design recognition landscape by validating innovative thinking at the pre-production stage, when designers and companies need external validation to secure investment, development partnerships, or organizational support for promising but unproven ideas. The program's Singapore base reflects the Red Dot organization's strategic expansion into Asia, connecting concept-stage innovation with the manufacturing capabilities and technology ecosystems of the Asia-Pacific region.