Sustis is my creative space and boutique agency to envision sustainable futures where the planet and all living beings can thrive together.
These articles reflect my perspective on sustainability as a fluid philosophy and practice. They offer practical guidance on becoming a life-centric designer and explore the challenges and possibilities of digitalisation.
You’ll also find an evolving glossary of key terms and concepts to support creative and meaningful change.
The essential terms and frameworks related to sustainability.
Exploring the levels of sustainability and why immediate action is crucial.
How can designers take action and create a shift towards life-centred design?
Reach sustainable goals. Do it by using sustainable methods.
Infinite growth, powered by finite natural resources is simply an oxymoron. It’s time to move beyond solutions that fuel extractivism, overconsumption, and short-term wins. Instead, embrace life-centric thinking; designing products and services that serve a genuine need, generate positive societal impact, respects planetary boundaries and brings regenerative outcomes.
1. Aim for decoupling the environmental bads from the economical goods.
2. Create regenerative, circular, and future-proof outcomes.
3. Make it desirable, affordable, and inclusive — for everyone.
4. Design with nature, not against it.
The What if?! Futuring Card Deck is a collection of Weak Signals and Wild Cards. You can use it in various ways: build scenarios, co-create visions, evaluate the resiliency of your concept, provoke ideas, map risks or reflect the ethical implications.
Weak Signals are early signs of emerging trends or changes that are not yet widely recognised.
Wild Cards are rare but high-impact events that can drastically alter the future.
To me, design games hold a great power as they can help to explore complex, messy futures—sparking imagination, dialogue, and tangible action. In this collection, you’ll find a bit of theory, practical instructions for designing your own game, and a few references. Check also my thesis on how design games help us imagine sustainable futures.
What are design games and why they are such an awesome method to explore alternative sustainable futures?
Free pattern to design gameful approaches for sustainability!
Welcome to Tivoli Utopia! Here we envision alternative sustainable futures!
Scenario based serious game for turning the SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) into actionable and tailored objectives.
Game for the young to shift from ultrafast fashion to slower options.
Digi Compass is a strategic workshopping game for municipalities.
What might we create together?
Live / online Tivoli Utopia Game session
Tivoli Utopia Game opens up conversations on sustainable futures and inspires your strategy work, project kick-off’s or team gatherings.
Tailored serious / design game
Consulting / training / keynotes
Invite me to speak or collaborate on topics such as life-centric design, futures visioning, design games, or sustainable digital transformation.