A part of Design to Improve Life is forseeing the future by projecting global drivers from our present and estimating their impact on the future. Four future scenarios were created by John L. Petersen from Arlington Institute, Washington, USA, in collaboration with Arnold Wasserman from The Idea Factory, Singapore, and Bruce Damer from Digital Space Commons, California, USA. In 2005, INDEX: presented these future scenarios for young designers from leading design universities in India, China, Chile, South Africa, The United Arab Emirates, USA and Denmark, and asked them to assess how design could improve life for people in their region in the future. This publication outlines the global drivers and megatrends used for the projections and introduces the four future scenarios to a broader audience.
