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Six Design Elements of the Emerging Future

The goal of ‘futuring’ is not to predict the future, but to prepare for the possibilities. To rise to this challenge, our response must be human-centred, innovative and radically imaginative. To facilitate this discussion, following are six possible futures we believe will emerge. Each can be consumed individually, or combined with the others to form interesting clusters.

1. Leftover Spaces

Physical spaces will become much more dynamic. Our spaces will adapt and change multiple times a day, responding to new metrics for how we value usage and judge capacity.

. In response to increased public health and safety regulations, the max capacity of physical spaces dramatically reduces. Businesses, events

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