The Design Futures Initiative connects designers, strategists, engineers, scientists, artists and futurists from around the world. We facilitate programs and conversations on the ethical, environmental, political and economic impact of future products and services.
 
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Speculative Futures Chapters

We're building a global community.

Each of our chapters are guided by local leaders who curate and schedule events to showcase and highlight Design-Futures work and practice. 

 

Our Chapters

Our Speculative Futures Chapters are organized into four Global regions, North America (USA and Canada), Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and APAC (Asia-Pacific)

Each region is overseen by a Regional Director who works with chapter leaders in their region on programming and events. We also convene regular global community forums to bring all of our chapters together.

 

 

Latin America

Regional Director - tbd.

Barranquilla, Colombia - Ricardo Lapeira, Melissa Acevedo

Bogotá, Colombia - Malex Salamanques

Buenos Aires, Argentina - Angeles Cortesi

Brasília, Brazil - Allan Mendes de Jesus, Daniel Fernandes

Guadalajara, Mexico - Andrés Valencia

Lima, Peru - Carlos Medrano Maldonado

La Plata, Argentina - Andrea Busquets, Pablo Reyes

Medellín, Colombia - Miguel Bello, Leticia Fernández

Mexico City, Mexico - Victor Manuel Valencia Sosa, Paola Alejandra González González

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Allen Mello, Rodrigo Spina

San José, Costa Rica - Ana Acevedo, Elliott Wortham, Ana Sofia Ruiz

Santiago, Chile - Alejandro Pantoja

Valparaíso, Chile - Pablo Reyes, Andrea Busquets

 

EMEA

Regional Director - tbd.

EUROPE

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Shauna Jin, Nicole Spit

Barcelona, Spain - Livia Fioretti, Xavi Puig, Itziar Perez

Berlin, Germany - Dodo Vögler

Copenhagen, Denmark - Giulia Micozzi, Andy Peruccon

Dubai, UAE - Dima Boulad

Dublin, Ireland - Valerie Ann Higgins, April Durrett, Sara Jane Gonzalez

Frankfurt, Germany - Vitalia Safronova, Michael Kirmes

Ghent, Belgium - Lien De Ruyck

Glasgow, Scotland, UK - Santini Basra, Lizzie Abernethy, Freyja Harris

The Hague, The Netherlands - Julieta Matos Castaño, Anouk Geenen

Tallinn, Estonia - Pieter den Heten, Fran Seijas

Helsinki, Finland - Emilia Kiialainen

Istanbul, Turkey - Ibrahim Meriç Özadak, Riza Doruk Ercan

Karachi, Pakistan - Hira Zuberi

Lisbon, Portugal - Vera Fearns, Craig Jeffcott, Taline Frantz, Illa Branco

London, UK - Dominika Świerad, Julian Ellerby

Madrid, Spain - Andrea Cegarra, Lourdes Rodriguez

Milan, Italy - Giovanni Caruso, Silvio Cioni

Munich, Germany - Ruben Granados Hughes, Simone Engelhardt, Rike Pätzold

Nördlingen, Germany - Sabine Reitmaier, Birgit Gernboeck

Palermo, Italy - Domenico Schillaci

Paris, France - Pierre-Baptiste Goutagny, Jacqueline Vasconcellos

Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Karolina Thakker, Philippe Gudin du Pavillon

Stockholm, Sweden - Daniel Peterson

Stuttgart, Germany - Andrea Kufferath-Sieberin

Tehran, Iran - Pouyan Bizeh

Tel Aviv, Israel - Michal Luria, Dana Gordon

Vienna, Austria - Juliana Schneider, Maja Dika

Zagreb, Croatia - Maja Grakalic, Dina Mehulic

Zurich, Switzerland - Sibylle Peuker, Kerstin Barth

AFRICA

Abuja, Nigeria - Nonso Jideofor, Akinloluwa Olaoluwa

Cairo, Egypt - Noha Essam

Cape Town, South Africa - Ulrich Meyer-Höllings, Marizanne Knoesen

 

APAC & ANTARCTICA

Regional Director - tbd.

 
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Start a Chapter

If we aren’t in your city and you're interested in being a founder of a Speculative Futures chapter, learn more about how you can start your own chapter!