Sustis is my creative space — a place to envision sustainable futures where the planet and all living beings can thrive together.
Bien-vivre—or the good life—calls for harmony with nature and rejects the exploitation of our planet. Rather than offering a fixed path, it invites us to rethink how we live. Through my blog, I explore how we can align our lifestyles with the planet.
We are tiny but mighty!
Sustainability isn’t a fixed goal — it’s a fluid philosophy and approach that shifts thinking and drives positive change.
In these articles, I dive into what that really means. From covering different levels of sustainability thinking to practical tips on how you can become a life-centric designer and exploring how digitalisation can support — or sometimes hinder — the transformation towards more just and regenerative futures.
What sustainability really means and why it’s urgent to act?
How can designers take action and create a shift towards life-centred design?
Digitalisation and sustainability put together can bring a broader change. However, technology is not a neutral tool – it has to become sustainable too!
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, we must embrace life-centric thinking. It is all about designing products and services that are not only profitable, but also serve a genuine need, generate positive societal impact, and do no harm — to humans, non-human animals, or ecosystems. It demands respect for planetary boundaries, prioritizing clean energy, and avoiding the exploitation of scarce natural resources.
Principles for life-centric thinking:
- Aim for decoupling the environmental bads from the economical goods.
- Design for regeneration, circularity, and systemic, future-oriented outcomes.
- Make it desirable, affordable, and inclusive — for everyone.
- Design with nature, not against it .
Design games helps 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 if?! deck reveals
what might happen.
What if?! deck is a collection of weak signals and wild cards. Use the deck in vision creation, scenario building, concept resiliency validation, idea provocation risk mapping, ethical reflection or value proposition expansion.
Wild cards are low-probability, high-impact events that can dramatically change the course of the future if they occur. They are surprising, disruptive, and often unpredictable.
Weak signals are early indicators of potentially significant trends or changes. They are small hints or subtle signs that something new may be emerging, though not yet mainstream or widely noticed.
Curious what we could create together? Here are a few ideas:
Tivoli Utopia Game playing session
A facilitated play session on sustainable futures is a great source of inspiration before strategy work, goal setting, or team gatherings.
Tailor made serious / design game
Collabo: trainings, keynotes, projects
Invite me to speak or collaborate on topics such as life-centric design, futures visioning, design games, or sustainable digital transformation.