Extrapolation Factory

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	<title>Extrapolation Factory</title>
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	<description>Extrapolation Factory</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Futures Gazing</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Futures-Gazing</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:23:45 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

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	Futures Gazing, 2023&#38;nbsp;Deep Science Ventures (DSV) is redefining how deep tech companies are born through their distinctive "scoping" methodology. Unlike traditional "tech push" approaches that start with a technology seeking a unique opportunity space, DSV's process begins with a clear societal outcome and works backward. Their founders first define the change they want to create, then thoroughly explore the problem space from multiple angles before identifying the optimal technological solution.When DSV launched their innovative Venture Science Doctorate program—designed to teach PhD candidates how to transform their research into impactful companies—they partnered with The Extrapolation Factory to bring their curriculum to life. Our challenge was to create six immersive, playful experiences that would introduce candidates to each phase of DSV's rigorous scoping methodology.By applying a design futures lens to DSV's proven approach, we translated their company-building framework into an engaging educational journey. Each experience was carefully crafted to help doctoral candidates understand and internalize the principles that make DSV's methodology so effective at creating meaningful technological breakthroughs.
	

Project Lead: Chris Woebken
Design Lead:&#38;nbsp;Grace Mervin
Game Design:&#38;nbsp;Saralee Sittigaroon
Commissioned by Deep Science Ventures (Aaron Appleton, Eirini Malliaraki)

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		<title>Climate Futures</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Climate-Futures</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:44:46 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

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	Climate Futures, 2021

“What kinds of climate action do the next generation envision?” This is the question that led the CLIMATE FUTURES project. A group of roughly 30 youth from Bronzeville and Rockford were invited to take part in a future-visioning program, inspired by techniques used by professional futurists. Through the project, they dreamed up social and technological inventions that respond to climate change in ingenious and resourceful ways. Each student group was first introduced to fundamentals of climate science, and then heard from experts in climate justice and energy technology. Following that, students looked for signals of change, mapped out consequences of those signals, and depicted their imagined futures as quotidian streetscapes in their neighborhoods. The Extrapolation Factory translated the student visions into the life-size objects. The project aims to increase awareness about the consequences of climate change, empower youth to express their hopes and dreams for the future of their community, and engage the community in a new conversation about climate change and energy transitions.

	
Project credits:
Photography: Daris Jasper (Bronzeville) and Martín Hernandez (Rockford)

Site design + 3D Texturing: Albert&#38;nbsp;Johnson

Concept designers: Youth at&#38;nbsp;Boys &#38;amp; Girls Club of Rockford and Chicago (Bronzeville)

Design Assistance: Heer Mehta

Generous support by ComEdFacilitation + Production: Extrapolation Factory


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		<title>Metro Test Zones</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Metro-Test-Zones</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:28:34 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

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		<description>Metro Test Zones, 2019Through Metro Test Zones, The Extrapolation Factory is prototyping future imaginaries for the city’s green urban commons with the help of a multidisciplinary group of scientists, public servants, designers and actors. This living experiment uses methods from academic futurism and performative simulation to shape and animate hypothetical city infrastructures and social dynamics 20-40 years from now. Through this process, we're shaping important discussions about how New York's green spaces could look, feel and function differently as a result of the social, technological, ecological, economic and political changes afoot.

In the first of two phases, participants collaboratively envisioned speculative scenarios using futures methods; scanning for disruptors, developing scenarios and visualizing touchpoints. The Extrapolation Factory synthesized and refined the resulting scenarios for use in a public-facing performative simulation. Our group of experts was led by actors as they attempted to embody their future scenarios at The Shed, a performing arts space in the new Hudson Yards development. These live-action simulations took place in a highly interactive custom-built set and invited a public discourse about policy and design of city parks. The Metro Test Zones project demonstrates the value of performative simulation as a necessary step for envisioning social futures, building on a rich history of theatrical prototyping such as Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed.


Produced by: Elliott P. Montgomery, Chris WoebkenDesign Assistants: Heer Mehta, Natalie Tillen, James Ryan WestphalActors: Zenzele Cooper, Benjamin Holbrook, John Peery, Jasmine Schutt-VanMeveren, Candance ThompsonParticipants: Sam Adelberg, Eduarda Aun, Alisha Bhagat, Wendy Brawer, Clarisa Diaz, Jeffrey Geiringer, Alice Gong, Elizabeth Henaff, Christine Kim, Neba Noyan, Ayodamola Okunseinde, Leticia Oxley, Oscar Salguero, Alice Shay, Tara Smith, Jonas Voigt, Hanna De Vries, Marina ZurkowPhoto credit: Andy Jackson for The ShedThis project was commissioned through The Shed Open Call and supported by a Graham Foundation public programs grant. Special thanks to Jesse Firestone and Claudia Norman.


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		<title>Pull-tab Alley</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Pull-tab-Alley</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 20:54:23 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

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		<description>Pull-Tab Alley, 2018

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What items might people sell or seek in future informal economies?

For years, urbanites have co-opted public surfaces as unsanctioned message boards by posting pull-tab ads selling or seeking various things. On the evening of July 29th, 2018 we transformed Cortlandt Alley into an analog messaging board from the future, covered in pull-tab postings that depict artifacts from hypothetical futures.

The public was invited to create fictional pull-tab advertisements using a custom futuring process, and then leave their vision on the walls of Cortlandt Alley. Mmuseumm’s exhibitions of sociological objects, offered inspiration for stories behind the objects envisioned. The Extrapolation Factory staff will select several pull-tab depictions to be 3-D printed and donated to the Mmuseumm collection.&#60;img width="3931" height="1856" width_o="3931" height_o="1856" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0994589573cf34994a7265faf01b9bf998ef816ca43eb68c852b349a583487f4/image1.jpeg" data-mid="27576802" border="0"  src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0994589573cf34994a7265faf01b9bf998ef816ca43eb68c852b349a583487f4/image1.jpeg" /&#62;


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Curated by Alex Kalman and hosted by Jacob Ford at Mmuseumm. Produced by Radhika Agarwal, Dierdre Shea, and the Extrapolation Factory. Thanks to Julian Goldman for helping with photo documentation.
More documentation on flickr.</description>
		
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		<title>What if Columbus</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/What-if-Columbus</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:28:05 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://extrapolationfactory.com/What-if-Columbus</guid>

		<description>What if Columbus, 2019


“What if Columbus” invites members of the public to propose visions for local city infrastructure in Columbus, Indiana. A kiosk installed on the sidewalk where Washington Street meets 2nd Street at an active corner right across from City Hall encourages members of the public to use the kiosk to contemplate, articulate, and share future visions for Columbus. Each vision generated by members of the public, depicted as a short sentence and image, will be digitally shared with the mayor's office with the intention that this database of visions offers decision-makers inspiration and insight into the public's desirable futures.


Comissioned by Exhibit Columbus as part of the ‘Washington Street Civic Projects’

Produced by: Elliott P. Montgomery, Chris WoebkenDesign Assitance: 
Ryan WestphalDevelopment: Mike Heavers
Photo credit: Hadley Fruits
Drone footage: Brodie KerstFabrication: Ignition Arts


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		<title>Sense Objects</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Sense-Objects</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 05:02:50 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://extrapolationfactory.com/Sense-Objects</guid>

		<description>Sense Objects, 2018


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Project Lead: Chris Woebken
Comissioned by Christina Agapakis and Kit 

McDonnell for Ginkgo Ferment. 

Produced by Chris Woebken and Yasaman Sheri, Creative Resident at Ginkgo Bioworks. 

Thanks to our design assistants:Autumn Ahn, Jingwei Deng, Jierui Fang, Sarah Garrison, Sebastian Kamau, Eytan Levi Michael, Molly Mason, Kallirroi Retzepi, Nitzan Zilberman

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		<title>Specials Programmes Programme</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Specials-Programmes-Programme</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 03:39:46 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://extrapolationfactory.com/Specials-Programmes-Programme</guid>

		<description>Specials Programmes Programme, 2017


A multi-day speculative visioning event inviting the Maltese population to develop ideas for speculative programmes the EU could launch in the future. We were hosted by Time's Up Linz and it was held in February 2017 in Malta at The Grand Master's Palace, Valletta and MCAST Mosta.
Participants:Darine Aboulezz, George Mario Attard, Davin Browner Conaty, Johannes Buch, Glen Calleja, Michelle Calleja Chehab, Giola Cassar, Joanna Jeballi, Nataliia Krekhtiak, Manuela Maranhão, Shira Nimaga, Sara Pace, Jonathan Pyatt, Anna Schlimm, Marianna Galea Xuereb

The project is part of the cultural program of the 2017 Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union with the support of Arts Council Malta and the Valletta 2018 Foundation.
See images from the workshop on flickr.</description>
		
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		<title>Testing Hypotheticals</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Testing-Hypotheticals</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:06:59 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://extrapolationfactory.com/Testing-Hypotheticals</guid>

		<description>Testing Hypotheticals, 2018

	The Extrapolation Factory organized a new workshop at the Queens Museum, the site of the 1964 World’s Fair. Building off the history of the site as a forum for top-down visions of the future, The Extrapolation Factory worked with community members to explore ways to enhance their own neighborhoods, unconstrained by tradition, budget, or existing technology. Ideas emerging from the group included a reimagined subway system with an onboard community garden, a recycling system that rewards good participants by reallocating recycled raw material back to them based on need, and a community system of outdoor meditation spaces connected to the underground matrix of plant roots.

The project was piloted at the Queens Museum with participants from the New New Yorkers program. The workshop was documented by BRIC TV. The designed outcomes were exhibited at the 2018 Milan Design Week and the project was awarded the grand prize at the Lexus Awards ceremony.


Curated and mentored by Formafantasma
Participants: Jaime Cho, Sharlene Chou, Chuankui Jiang, Lucas Contino, Chuck Kuan, Susan Lau, Nancy Man, Estella Natal, Linda Rose, Mauricio Ruiz, Francie Scanlon, Dominic Wong, Emily Wu, Jordan Wu, Way Zen
Design Facilitators: Ignacio Garnham Brandes, Kevin Caldwell, Yuxin Cheng, Jenny Liu, Anh-ton Tran, Jonas Voigt
Actors: John Peery, Alexis Powell, Candace Thompson
Queens Museum New New Yorkers program: Judy Yenti Chu, Guido Garaycochea, Nung-Hsin Hu
Documentation: Emmanuel Alexandre, Mauro Basa, Dan Cangelosi, David Francois, Charlie Hoxie, James Levine, Ilya Shnitser


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		<title>Transition Habitats</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Transition-Habitats</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:00:56 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://extrapolationfactory.com/Transition-Habitats</guid>

		<description>Transition Habitats, 2017

The Transition Habitats project helps the public listen to non-human indicator species, and then to interpret their messages as proposals for the future. The project grew out of Extrapolation Factory's residency at the Walker Art Center, beginning in the fall of 2016. 
 
The first phase of the residency resulted in a four-day participatory visioning exercise in which visitors were asked to propose urban infrastructure modifications that could support species being impacted by changing climates. Visitors to the Walker developed scale prototypes of their ideas, such as rooftops for butterfly feeding, rabbit telecommunications, and bat mating stations. These miniature models were presented on an illuminated map of the areas surrounding the Walker to provide visual context for location and environmental factors.
 

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The resulting proposals ranged from the familiar (ant farm) to the inconceivable, (salamander game station) totaling over 100 designs in all. In an effort to filter and develop the list of concepts, Extrapolation Factory shared these ideas with a community of biologists, ecologists and other researchers to garner expert feedback on the selected species groups, as well as providing insights into climate and ecology data. Conversations also touched on the ethics of intervening with natural systems in urban contexts; an unresolved but provocative line of inquiry. 
 
The subject of ‘communication’ was a recurring theme throughout the discussions; communication between non-human organisms, but also between species. Though interest in inter-species communication is far from novel, the current political posturing toward ecological issues might re-open speculation around this hypothetical. What messages would non-human organisms send to decision makers? If a non-human individual messaged a politician, would they be considered a constituent? How could the nation’s communication infrastructure be redesigned to serve non-human organisms? 

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Handwritten letters are still considered to be among the most persuasive form of political messaging despite the prevalence of digital communication. Extrapolation Factory began envisioning a postal system that allows non-human individuals to send their messages as hand-written messages to decision makers. The iconic US mail collection box served as a starting point for an inter-species postal service. What if the nation's mail collection boxes were redesigned as dual-purpose message collection stations, for humans as well as another species group? Extrapolation Factory posed this question to a group of about 30 ecologists at University of Minnesota, and collected a broad range of suggestion for how this could work. 


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Three mail collection boxes have been designed based on these conversations, each focused on a group of indicator species which can be used to infer environmental conditions. First, a migratory bird mail collection box serves as a birdhouse that listens to the calls of birds such as warblers and simultaneously allows us to track shifts in their migration patterns in the spring and fall. Second, a pollinator mail collection box photographs monarch butterflies and other insects by alluring them with an artificial flower. These indicators can signal environmental stressors such as pollutants and radiation. Third, a lichen mail collection box straddles a boulder covered in lichen, enabling viewers to observe growth patterns and color changes. Lichens are good indicators of air quality.


These three mail collection boxes will be on view in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden for its re-opening on June 2017. Accompanying the collection boxes, visitors were finding the Inter-Species Postal Service office, allowing the public to observe the types of data that could be captured by these devices over time. The post office will help visitors interpret messages from non-human individuals as hand-written letters to local representatives. 

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Made possible with the generous support of The Walker Art Center. Special thanks to Jackie Stahlmann, Nisa Mackie, Ashleigh Wood, Frannie Kuhs and Ben Schwartz as well as our education facilitators. Many thanks to our fabricators, Allan Salmi and Street Factory Media. Funding for this project was provided by the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. 

As of September 2017, the mailboxes can be visited at the Franconia Sculpture Park, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization and the UMN Ecology Department building.</description>
		
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		<title>Your Dream Attraction</title>
				
		<link>https://extrapolationfactory.com/Your-Dream-Attraction</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:23:38 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Extrapolation Factory</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://extrapolationfactory.com/Your-Dream-Attraction</guid>

		<description>
	Your Dream Attraction, 2017&#38;nbsp;Coney Island was the incubator for Manhattan’s ability to create synthetic urban experiences.– Rem Koolhaas, Delirious New YorkInspired by Koolhaas's observation, we setup an interactive futuring station on Coney Island's historic boardwalk. This pop-up installation explored how amusement rides have historically served as experimental testbeds for future urban experiences. Engaging with visitors, we collaboratively imagined and designed fictional attractions. Each participant received a personalized postcard-ticket in the mail featuring their envisioned ride, creating a lasting connection between Coney Island's innovative past and its speculative future.


Project Lead: Chris Woebken
Designer in Residence: Isabel Prade 


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