What makes a good future prototype?

What did we learn from the sketches?

All in all; a good future prototype leads to collective visions and conversations of change. It has a clear theme to focus on, it exists in a place that is natural for the theme, it makes the future visions tangible and experientable through physical elements or artifacts and above all, it engages different groups of people in constructive dialogues. The main target group for this whole call is key players who can affect system transformation, but we hope that the prototypes itself will engage a wide audience of different groups and individuals that are relevant for the theme of the prototype.

Below we gather some general advice based on learnings from the sketches on what makes a good application for building a future prototype:

Theme and imagination
 A story that clearly communicates your vision and what topics or questions you want to explore through your prototype.
A story grounded in evidence, trends, megatrends or weak signals on changes that we are already seeing.
A good framework for a story can be based on the experiential futures ladder, describing a setting/location and a scenario on what kind of future we live in, as well as a concrete situation with people, stuff or artifacts.