Online Program

Futures Design

Imagine if you could look into the future. If you could see beyond the predictable, to the possible. Futures Design gives you the skills to envision what’s coming, step up to global challenges, and change the world.

Date

April, 2025

Format

Self-paced

Price

€ 1.499

Everything you need to create the future

Built for people in the creative and cultural sectors who want to make a real impact, Futures Design is a program to help you imagine desirable futures, and make them happen. Equal parts hard skills and creative catalyst, it’s designed to help you spark a brighter tomorrow for all people and the planet.

Through a hands-on project, and our community of changemakers, you’ll get a solid grounding in Futures Design – a breakthrough discipline that blends foresight practice with design, storytelling, and prototyping. By the end of the program, you’ll be able to identify emerging trends, explore possible futures, and bring your vision to life.

Join us in shaping what’s next.

Learn a new way of seeing
Go beyond the past, the present, and the predictable to connect to what’s coming, and see what others can’t.
Make sense of rising trends
Fast forward to see creative and business opportunities first, and tackle social issues early.
Create a better future
Envision and create versions of the future where people and planet thrive.
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Go beyond the past, the present, and the predictable to connect to what’s coming, and see what others can’t.
Third item
Go beyond the past, the present, and the predictable to connect to what’s coming, and see what others can’t.
Learn a new way of seeing
Go beyond the past, the present, and the predictable to connect to what’s coming, and see what others can’t.
Make sense of rising trends
Fast forward to see creative and business opportunities first, and tackle social issues early.
Create a better future
Envision and create versions of the future where people and planet thrive.
Third item
Go beyond the past, the present, and the predictable to connect to what’s coming, and see what others can’t.
Third item
Go beyond the past, the present, and the predictable to connect to what’s coming, and see what others can’t.
Learn a new way of seeing
Go beyond the past, the present, and the predictable to connect to what’s coming, and see what others can’t.
Make sense of rising trends
Fast forward to see creative and business opportunities first, and tackle social issues early.
Create a better future
Envision and create versions of the future where people and planet thrive.

Program
structure

Introduction

Learn the process and basic concepts of Futures Design. Get started with your project.

Video lessons:

  • Meet Your Instructor
  • Warm Up: Events From the Future
  • What is Futures Design?

Assignment:

Every Futures Design project starts with a clear plan. Define your goals, timeframe and interests.

Horizon Scanning

Learn how to spot signs of change and make sense of emerging behaviors, technologies, and trends.

Video lessons:

  • Introduction to Horizon Scanning
  • Demo: Spotting Weak Signals
  • Demo: Sense-Making

Assignment:

Go out into the real and virtual world. Pull together the signals and trends you spot, and use them to identify the forces influencing the future.

Alternative Futures

Challenge today’s assumptions and explore how the future can be radically different.

Video lessons:

  • Reframing Today’s Assumptions
  • Introduction to Scenarios
  • Exploring Alternative Futures
  • World-Building: Bringing Scenarios to Life

Assignments:

  • Identify key trends, explore future scenarios, and evaluate their implications for your project and the world. 
  • Choose your preferred scenario and bring it to life with World-Building prompts.
Speculative Design

Imagine artifacts and experiences to make your future feel tangible, relatable, and surprising.

Video lessons:

  • Introduction to Speculative Design
  • A Day in the Life
  • Design Fictions

Assignments:

  • Imagine an object, tool, or experience from the future. What is it? How does it work? What positive impact does it bring to people, society, or the environment? Sketch it and write a short description.
  • Imagine a day in the life in your preferred future. Write a short story that highlights three key moments in your day where you interact with your future artifact.
Prototyping Futures

Learn different prototyping techniques to bring your desirable future to life.

Video lessons:

  • Prototyping Futures
  • Demo: Hands-On Making
  • Demo: Elevating Your Design With AI

Assignments:

  • Build a low-resolution prototype of your design fiction. Using simple materials, create a physical representation of your desirable future.
  • Create a digital rendering of your final prototype using Generative AI. Enhance the visual details to communicate the look and feel of your design.
Sharing and Co-creating Futures

Inspire action, engage people, and mobilize them to support your cause.

Video lessons:

  • How to Share and Co-Create Futures
  • Critical Thinking with the Futures Wheel
  • Backcasting and Roadmapping

Assignments:

  • Share your Futures Design project with your community. Gather feedback.
  • Run a co-creation session to invite multiple perspectives. Together define together what desirable futures mean. Make a plan to make it happen.
Join the Movement

Takeaways and next steps to take your Futures Design journey beyond the program.

Video lessons:

  • Wrap Up: Reflections, Learnings and What’s Next

Meet your instructor

Maurits Montañez is the Associate Director of the BBA in Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design in Paris, and the founder and CEO of Manuvo.

Named one of the Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review, Maurits combines design and culture with foresight to address global issues.

From preserving indigenous languages to nurturing creativity and literacy skills, his work focuses on empowering underserved communities and driving positive change.

Join Maurits on a journey to explore and design a brighter tomorrow.

What you’ll get

Learn with our hands-on, dynamic approach. Here’s what’s included in this program.

Video lessons

Step-by-step training delivered in the fun, energetic Manuvo signature style.

Program materials

Worksheets, activities, and tools to help you apply what you learn to your own work.

Group coaching

Three live Q&A sessions with your instructor and peers to get guidance and support.

Community

Connect with our global community of creatives driving positive change.

Certificate

Complete the program and share your new skills on LinkedIn and beyond.

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Changemakers

“As someone who works with fashion trends, it was fascinating to think beyond my usual scope and explore new ways of thinking about the future. I discovered surprising insights I can bring into my work.“

SANDRA MATHEY GARCIA-RADA – TREND CONSULTANT AND FASHION EDUCATOR

“What a unique subject to make sense of the future, and put it into practice. And it's lots of fun! — what more could we want? I now feel more optimistic about the future and believe we can influence it positively.“

STEPHANE HOSSARD – FORMER PROJECT MANAGER, APPLE

“This program helped me take some steps back to identify change patterns, and then take (a lot) of steps into the future to think about possibilities and implications. Very thought-provoking.”

EDWIN GARCIA – DIRECTOR, REDBOX INNOVATION US

“Amazing program that made me rethink the way I practice design every day. This training opened up new avenues for designing with freedom and exploring different paths. It was refreshing and inspiring.“

ALEXIS DESBOIS – EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, FROG

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