ExRe2023 partnerships
Yunxi Wu, Vienna [mentee]
A creative "worker" who primarily works with architectural media. He focuses on the semantic transformation of urban spaces in different mediums through architecture and landscape. Underpinned by his educational background, his work attempts to explore the relationship between human and non-human actors, by the architectural media.
Oskar Stokholm Østergaard, Denmark [mentor]
At the Danish Design Center most of my time exploring how new narratives and future imaginaries can guide systems change. I like building worlds, telling stories, and designing scenarios — be it for alternative futures or Dungeons & Dragons.
Paricha Duangtaweesub, Bangkok [mentee]
A chemical engineer by training, design innovation educator and consultant at present, and social entrepreneur in the making. Currently seeking a community with whom I can explore the “making” side of design and foresight.
LMNO [mentors]
Living Midnight Narrative Outfit (INDIA) is a collision of wisdom produced through the bodies of three shapeshifters on the earthly realm who manifest as Ankita Trivedi, Ishita Jain and Thomas Mical.
Seongmin Kim, Geneva [mentee]
I studied sculpture in South Korea, before pursuing a master’s in Space and Communication, with a focus on contemporary design practice, at HEAD in Geneva, Switzerland. Drawing inspiration from my educational background, my interests lie in expanding the realm of design through the lens of sculpture.
Katja Budinger, Berlin[mentor]
With 10 years in the creative industry and a master's degree in interdisciplinary design Katja uses creativity, empathy, strategic thinking and the unconscious to untangle complex challenges and help people deal with uncertain futures.
P Unnyan Kumar, Dubai [mentee]
An industrial designer with a passion for crafting concepts and frameworks. I have spent the last several years doing design strategy and product research with a bit of 3D in the EV industry. Whilst at at MIT Institute of Design I took courses in Advance Manufacturing, Product Physiognomy, Human Machine Interface, and Product redesign.
Filippo Sanzeni, UK [mentor]
I am a designer, researcher and foresight strategist. My practice amplifies science with imagination: I firmly root foresight in complexity theory by developing computer simulations and growing future worlds, exploring its implications through diegetic prototypes.
Thomas Euyang, San Franciso [mentee]
After working in the film industry for six years, I pivoted to design to build a career that more closely reflected my values. MFA in Design > California College of the Arts. Still, narrative and imagination remain integral to my creative practice as I aim to use story and design to build a more habitable future.
Marie-Michèle Larivée, Montreal [mentor]
7 years experience in trend analysis and foresight. Full-time entrepreneur, part-time University lecturer. She vouches for the use of conscious, ethical and sustainable methodologies. She loves spotting weak signals is and is a contributor to numerous trend and innovation scanning units around the world, reporting from her beloved Montréal, Canada.
Keshav Koduvayur, Bangalore [mentee]
A designer and maker with a passion for discovering meaningful moments through interactive media. My true obsession is with emerging technologies that help us discover something new about ourselves.
Mansi Parikh, Mumbai [mentor]
Mansi is an award winning Foresight & Innovation Strategist and founder of Future Tense Inc. She was awarded the Development Special Award and NGFP Fellowship by the School of International Futures (SOIF)
Juliane Bazzo, South Brazil [mentee]
I am a Brazilian anthropologist, journalist, and feminist, living in South Brazil, but curious and connected with the world. I am part of the Fulbright Alumni Network and since 2011 I have been working at the Observatory, a branch dedicated to long-term strategic planning in the Industry Federation of Paraná State, in Brazil.
Greg Solis, San Franciso [mentor]
I am a problem-centric director of research, strategy and design with a background in facilitation, design management, strategic foresight, service and venture design for solutions that frame design in society, equity, and the environment.
Jack Parker, UK [mentee]
Master of Architecture student exploring the hidden, scalar connections of environmental, ecological and more than human realities - speculating on presents and futures that subvert our anthropocentric activities and promote tea species and environmental empathies.
Tyler Fox, Seattle [mentor]
I am an artist, designer, educator, and technologist. My research is focused on a more-than-human centered approach to responding to our climate crisis through creative methods and practices. I am one of the founders of the Seattle Speculative Futures group.
Lynn Harles, Berlin [mentor]
A design researcher and PHD-student in science communication and public engagement. Her work at the Fraunhofer Institute and Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, explores how speculative design approaches can foster new formats of knowledge transfer and public engagement on planetary health.
Eden Zinchik, Vancouver [mentee]
I am an international researcher, designer and artist - currently finishing up my BDes in Vancouver, Canada. My work is varied and transdisciplinary, often times finding itself at the intersection of nature, design and science, with strong themes of critical ecology, identity, and experimental futures.
Lena Wood, Edmonton, CA [mentee]
I am a social innovation designer, focused on critical futures and transformational design practices. I have the skills to transform complex theoretical ideas into tangible and understandable experiences.
James Estrada, Michigan [mentor]
James Estrada is an Innovation Lead at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where he helps the organization imagine and build a more equitable and just future for reproductive rights and healthcare access. Founder of Dreaming Collective.
delaO design studio, Mexico [mentors]
An award-winning creative agency specialized in design-driven research: cultural translators for companies who want to bring people together and fill our lives with art, design, and creativity.
Fred Wordie, Berlin [mentor]
Fred is an artist, critical designer and creative technologist whose work attempts to create discussion and debate about the power of technology, and the companies who wield it, have in our world.
Fabian Wallace-Stephens, UK [mentor]
Fabian is Foresight Lead at the RSA where he focuses on designing new participatory approaches that support a diverse range of citizens to imagine and shape better futures. His research has explored a range of issues, including the future of work, just transition planning for net zero, the future of retail, the future of cities and emerging technologies in engineering.
Purvisha Sutaria, UK [mentee]
Purvisha, an Innovation Management graduate, combines her passions for design and urban futures. Her focus is on creating diverse and democratic urban futures by involving people from all backgrounds. As one half of the Fortune Tellus duo, she uses foresight strategies and storytelling to bring regenerative futures to life
Mariana Serrano Robles, Mexico [mentee]
An analytical optimistic designer with a holistic point of view that has always loved art and all kinds of creative expression. Founder and Creative Director of product design studio, Fase10.
Gabriel Wong, NYC [mentee]
I’m a third-year industrial design student passionate about empowering users through design, with a particular interest in the intersection between design and technology and its potential to contribute to a more sustainable future
Ben Lowdon, Berlin [mentor]
My expertise is product design, applied foresight and speculative design in an industry context. I have 18 years direct experience working with product companies from strategy, through solution design to testing and delivery.
Noelyn Stephens, US Central [mentee]
I am an MFA student with a background in philosophy and web developing whose work sits at the intersection of speculative futures, interaction design, and software development.
Filipe Magalhaes, Florida [mentee]
I have a bachelor's in industrial design, a technical degree in UX/UI design, and a masters' degree in design futures. I enjoy working on projects that push modern day narratives and challenge common perceptions.
AndThen, UK [mentors]
A team of designers that research the future — what it could look like and what people want it to look like. Through applying design and futures research to the development of everything from products and services to policies and new jobs.
Akash Das , Mumbai [mentor]
Akash is a NIFT, Delhi Fashion & Apparel Design and Central Saint Martins (UAL) alum with a decade of multidisciplinary experience in lifestyle design, speculative & futures research, strategy development and visual communications with education at crux.
Petra Vicianova, Copenhagen [mentee]
I am a textile designer with a focus on sustainability and materiality. I am very craft-oriented and like experimenting with methods and new approaches.
Dave Loder, UK [mentor]
A spatial practitioner working across installation, interiors, architecture, landscape and sound. His practice, research and teaching concerns ‘worlding’, with a focus on the overlapping technological and infrastructural conditions - from language and cartography to machine sensing and digital platforms.
Pedro Bernstein, NYC [mentee]
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pedro Bernstein is a New York–based fictional designer. He is currently involved as a teaching assistant at the Swiss Institute and is finishing his degree in Strategic Design & Management with a minor in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design.