Chapter 03 · Critical Futures 03 / 12

The future as a question

1

Questions, not answers

We prototype futures that unsettle assumptions rather than prescribe outcomes.

2

Objects as provocations

A chair that watches you sit asks more about power than comfort.

3

The gallery, not the showroom

Our work belongs beside museum vitrines, not behind glass storefronts.

4

Cool distance, not warm persuasion

We present without recommending, exhibit without endorsing.

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