Extrapolation Factory

Futuring at Genspace, 2017

The Extrapolation Factory ran this one-day design futures workshop at Genspace, the community biology lab in New York, in February 2017. Working with prompt cards and Bio Futures worksheets, participants mapped possible consequences of emerging biotechnologies, then used the lab as a prototyping studio, building speculative products and tools from lab supplies, toy parts and found materials. The day ended with short presentations and a display of the prototypes on the lab benches.

See more documentation of the workshop on Flickr.
Research interests
Biodesign · Participatory futures · Prototyping
Project credits

A project by: Chris Woebken and Elliott P. Montgomery

Host: Genspace, New York

Concepts and prototypes: Workshop participants


Workshop prototypes
The following speculative products and tools were made by workshop participants.