Imagine Your Future
Imagine Your Future
Collaborate with Southwark Council
Imagine your future
A speculative installation empowering residents to co-imagine the future of Southwark in 2030.
A speculative installation empowering residents to co-imagine the future of Southwark in 2030.
This immersive triangle space invites participants to step away from today and envision a tomorrow—then leave a fragment of their hope behind.
This immersive triangle space invites participants to step away from today and envision a tomorrow—then leave a fragment of their hope behind.
My Role
My Role
Client: Southwark Council
Role: UX Design / Research / Hardware Construction
Team: 4 designers from MA Interaction Design Communication
Tools: Prototyping, speculative design, video narration, public engagement
01 The Vision
Let the public get the chance to imagine their lives in 2030.
Southwark 2030 is a borough-wide initiative launched by Southwark Council to co-create a vision for the future with local residents. It aims to involve communities across backgrounds in imagining the place we all want Southwark to become by 2030.
As a design team, we were tasked with exploring new ways to support that vision.
Our goal was to develop meaningful experiences that help residents imagine and express their personal hopes for the future—making future-thinking more intuitive, inclusive, and tangible.
Let the public get the chance to imagine their lives in 2030.
Southwark 2030 is a borough-wide initiative launched by Southwark Council to co-create a vision for the future with local residents. It aims to involve communities across backgrounds in imagining the place we all want Southwark to become by 2030.
As a design team, we were tasked with exploring new ways to support that vision.
Our goal was to develop meaningful experiences that help residents imagine and express their personal hopes for the future—making future-thinking more intuitive, inclusive, and tangible.
02 Research & Framing
Get in touch with the residents.
Get in touch with the residents.
We began by joining Southwark-organized workshops where we observed how residents reacted to prompts about the future. We found that many people—especially older residents—tended to focus on current social issues rather than speculative ideas.
Younger participants, on the other hand, needed more visual or interactive stimulation to engage.
This led us to ask: What kind of setting makes imagining the future feel accessible?
WE should offer sth real not just an abstract concept.
We began by joining Southwark-organized workshops where we observed how residents reacted to prompts about the future. We found that many people—especially older residents—tended to focus on current social issues rather than speculative ideas.
Younger participants, on the other hand, needed more visual or interactive stimulation to engage.
This led us to ask: What kind of setting makes imagining the future feel accessible?
WE should offer sth real not just an abstract concept.
03 Concept Ideation
Workshop and User Test.
Inspired by fast-food kiosks, we developed the idea of “Ordering Your Future” — a speculative installation where people could select future desires (health, community, safety, joy) and receive a personalized “ticket” that invited further reflection.
We envisioned an immersive space where participants could detach from everyday life and reflect inwardly — not through instruction, but through experience.
Inspired by fast-food kiosks, we developed the idea of “Ordering Your Future” — a speculative installation where people could select future desires (health, community, safety, joy) and receive a personalized “ticket” that invited further reflection.
We envisioned an immersive space where participants could detach from everyday life and reflect inwardly — not through instruction, but through experience.
Make the questions are attractive and meaningful.
Make the questions are attractive and meaningful.
04 Prototyping the Immersive Space
04 Prototyping the Immersive Space
Immersive Booth design
We designed a triangular structure lined with mirrored panels and equipped with projected video and voice narration. The result was a softly enclosed “dark room” that felt safe, immersive, and meditative.
Participants watched a speculative film, then received a two-part ticket: one to keep, one to leave behind on the installation wall. This transformed the space into a collective vision board.
We designed a triangular structure lined with mirrored panels and equipped with projected video and voice narration. The result was a softly enclosed “dark room” that felt safe, immersive, and meditative.
Participants watched a speculative film, then received a two-part ticket: one to keep, one to leave behind on the installation wall. This transformed the space into a collective vision board.
Ticket / Graphic design
We improve the ticket part.
According to the feedback from Southwark College. We made some new prompts.
According to the ticket sample, we remake the bookmark, to make it more attractive.
We improve the ticket part.
According to the feedback from Southwark College. We made some new prompts.
According to the ticket sample, we remake the bookmark, to make it more attractive.
We improve the ticket part.
According to the feedback from Southwark College. We made some new prompts.
According to the ticket sample, we remake the bookmark, to make it more attractive.
We improve the ticket part.
According to the feedback from Southwark College. We made some new prompts.
According to the ticket sample, we remake the bookmark, to make it more attractive.
05 Final Testing & Public Feedback
05 Final Testing & Public Feedback
The installation was showcased at Southwark College and received highly positive engagement. Over 100 participants interacted with the piece, including teenagers, adults, and members of the Council.
Key feedback:
People found it relaxing and empowering
The ticket system made personal expression easy
The mirrored room made them “see themselves in the future”
The installation was showcased at Southwark College and received highly positive engagement. Over 100 participants interacted with the piece, including teenagers, adults, and members of the Council.
Key feedback:
People found it relaxing and empowering
The ticket system made personal expression easy
The mirrored room made them “see themselves in the future”
06 Outcome
06 Outcome
We delivered an interactive, speculative installation that successfully activated personal storytelling and community participation. The simplicity of the structure and the emotional tone of the video combined to make future-thinking feel accessible—not academic, but intimate.
We delivered an interactive, speculative installation that successfully activated personal storytelling and community participation. The simplicity of the structure and the emotional tone of the video combined to make future-thinking feel accessible—not academic, but intimate.
07 Reflection
07 Reflection
This project taught us that good public design is not always about usability—it’s about emotional permission.
By creating a space that removes friction and expectations, we gave people a place to be imaginative without pressure.
Designing for the future isn’t about control—it’s about letting go.
This project taught us that good public design is not always about usability—it’s about emotional permission.
By creating a space that removes friction and expectations, we gave people a place to be imaginative without pressure.
Designing for the future isn’t about control—it’s about letting go.
Imagine
Your Future
Imagine
Your Future