SUPERVISIONS is a design studio developing function-first, futures-forward stories, systems, and strategies. We work with designers, urbanists, futurists, scientists and technologists to create protocols, policies, and practices for a social and sustainable 21st century.
The Manual for Urban Projection
w/ the Center for Urban Intervention Research 2014
I collaborated with artist Ali Momeni to create a practical guide to the theory and practice of public projection.
View The Manual For Urban Projection.
Design-A-Thon Designs
w/ The Design Lab, UC San Diego
strategist, senior designer 2014-present
I’ve worked with the Design Lab since its founding by Don Norman at UC San Diego.
I collaborated with MIT City Science to produce the The People-Centric Mobility Design-a-Hack-a-thon, and then produced The Pepper Canyon Designathon with the San Diego Department of Regional Transportation.
Read The Pepper Canyon Designathon Report.
Read the Practice Paper in ACM Design Interactions Journal: Designing a Design-a-Hack-a-Thon.
Culture Plays
I developed Culture Plays, a method for organizational change design for SAP Design and the Operations Team.
See the Culture Plays Pitch Deck.
See the Culture Plays Worksheet Method.
(not yet published / do not circulate)
Artist Housing Guidelines for the City of Boston
w/ Midway Artist Studios and Flansburgh Architects 2018
I worked with an architecture and development outfit in Boston to create a series of protocols for developers and contractors seeking to invest in urban housing infrastructures for artists. The city is waiting for approval to publish this.
Read the Artist Housing Guidelines.
(work in process!/ please do not circulate or discuss)
To Future: Speculative Practices for Civil Society
w/ Koreo Design
I’m currently working with designer Chiara Di Leone to develop the first in a series of futuring practice guides for civil society. This first guide looks at the theory and practice of scenario prospecting as a tool for grappling with complexity and disrupting presumptions about stasis and change..
View the Overview Deck