Open Lab Evening: Futures Prototyping

Learning to shape the future

The future is uncertain - but we can make it tangible. At the "Futures Prototyping" open lab evening, you will learn how we can explore alternative futures and make them tangible using speculative design and future artefacts.
Speculative design uses the futures prototyping method for visual and material designs of possible future scenarios. They open up new perspectives, stimulate debate and help us to develop our own visions. These methods make it possible to think about possible developments in a playful way - and to actively participate in shaping the future ourselves.

In terms of content, we will address the question of what the agriculture of the future will look like and who will farm the land.Agriculture provides us with food and shapes landscapes as well as social structures. At the same time, it is changing: new players, technologies and concepts are gaining in importance and are already shaping the image of tomorrow's agriculture today. They show how diverse the changes in agriculture are - and how important it is to think through future scenarios in concrete terms.

In this workshop, we will take a look at agriculture in 2040:- Which areas will be farmed?- How will the social and cultural role of agriculture change?- How will the work of farmers change?

Together we will experiment with different methods, design scenarios, explore future living environments - and take our own souvenirs from the future with us as time travelers.

The event is part of the workshop series "Learning to shape futures", which takes place once a month as part of the Open Lab evening. In a total of four modules, you will get to know well-founded methods of shaping the future, which you can put together to create your own individual future method kit.

Workshop management:

The Berlin Ideas Lab is a laboratory for transformation design. The team supports organizations in the design process of sustainable product and service innovations as well as desirable visions of the future using methods of futurology, design thinking and visual storytelling.

More information

-> Venue: Workshop Futurium Lab (-1)

-> Admission: free of charge

-> Event language: German

-> Max. Number of participants: 20 people

-> Conditions of participation: no prior knowledge required

-> Age recommendation: from 16 years

Accessibility

-> We are a wheelchair-accessible venue.

-> Seats without seating are available for wheelchair users.

The future is for everyone! The Futurium wants to be accessible to everyone, so if you have any other accessibility needs, please let us know. We will try to fulfill them:

You can find all information on accessibility here: https: //futurium.de/de/barrierefreiheit

Photo & Video

-> Photos and videos will be taken during the event. If you do not wish to be photographed, please let us know in advance.

Tickets

You will need a ticket for this event. Click here to go to the ticket store.

Due to limited seating, only one ticket can be booked per person.

The Futurium thrives on big ideas - and small contributions. With a donation you make the future possible! You can support the Futurium here.(Donations - Futurium)Translated with DeepL

Meeting point: Futurium Lab (-1)

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 30/July/2026 17:00 bis 20:00
• Venue Futurium
• Address Alexanderufer 2, 10117 Berlin-Mitte