The FutureDeck has been developed by Dr Steffen P Walz, Professor of Design/Art at Curtin University, Perth, originally under the moniker Deck Future Australia. The FutureDeck is a „What If?“ set of cards and, sneakily, a playful, speculative innovation tool that lets you invent convergent products for this prosperous, prospective world. Shaking up growth areas from Deloittes Building the Lucky Country report with key technologies and impacts — amongst the latter, albeit on a less serious note: Zombies!, Beauty, Armageddon, and select political leaders — this set of cards and methods can help playfully spawn as well as challenge the next level of creative ideas, against your set of objectives, whilst assessing how ethical the outcomes might be. The FutureDeck can also be used to create absolutely ridiculous endeavours with your new product, movie plot, fashion item or party theme – if that feels like a better pastime for the future.
Who is already playing the FutureDeck?
Organizations from around the world are using the FutureDeck already and/or have commissioned us to run FutureDeck workshops, including:
Deloitte Centre for the Edge Australia & Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Australia
Daimler, Ideas2Product, Germany
University of St. Gallens Executive School, Switzerland
Sportsbet, Australia
City of Melbournes CityLab, Australia
University of Canberras Faculty of Arts and Design, Australia
City of Karlsruhes SmarterCity initiative, Germany
bizplay Congress, Germany
Department of Education and Training, Victoria, Australia
Game Developers Association of Australia
Code for Australias Government Academy
Public Relations Institute of Australias National Conference
Praise
“The FutureDeck is cool, so cool! Whether youre thinking about creating a new product / program or simply getting creative with boring work practices - its the thing youve been waiting for.”
Alvaro Maz, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Code for Australia, Melbourne
“FutureDeck cards provoke and fuse visions of incredible, rarely seen, speculative futures. These scenarios make us both see the world with wide-eyed optimism and then colour that world in with mad possibility. The cards train us to think spontaneously and intuitively and without the constraints that normally impede innovative ideation. And they help us laugh together, build on ideas and understand better the perspectives of our colleagues and friends. The world needs more FutureDeck thinking.”
Dave King, Strategy Director, The Royals, Melbourne & Sydney
This iMessage Sticker Version of the FutureDeck can be used to digitally play the FutureDeck within an iMessage conversation. Although it does not contain all the cards of the original "physical" version of the FutureDeck, it is a good way to play a simple version for creating your new innovative ideas on the iPhone and iPad!
Enjoy and impress yourself!