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To think like a futurist
To think like a futurist
Published: 9 March 2022
Elliott P. Montgomery is the main mentor for Vinnova in the work with speculative design. He will also help in our call for proposals on speculative design. Here he tells more about himself and how to think like a futurist, or future scout.
To think like a futurist
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Watch video on external pageSpekulative designer and Vinnova's mentor, Elliot P. Montgomery explains how to think like a futurist.
Elliott P. Montgomery
Elliott P. Montgomery is a design researcher, strategist and educator whose work focuses on speculative inquiries at the confluence of social, technological and environmental impact.
He is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, The New School, teaching in the MFA Transdisciplinary Design Program and across the School of Design Strategies. He is also the co-founder of The Extrapolation Factory, an award winning design-futures research studio based in Brooklyn.
He was previously a design research resident at the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, Energy as well receiving the Graham Foundation's Individual Grant and The Shed's Open Call commission. He holds a Master's in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art in London and a Bachelor's in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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