Design and creative projects

I love experimenting with fringe design practices, mixing mediums, and embracing a ‘frugal engineering’ mindset to push my own technical limitations and the uses of design and art.

'Photo-bashing'—Digital illustration before AI, 2021

PHOTO-BASHING, 2021—My digital illustration technique before AI tools were available

Life-centred Design Business Model Innovation, 2022

LIFE-CENTRED BUSINESS INNOVATION, 2022—Applying life-centred design to my own start up

4 Futures of Connectivity—Designing Future Products Workshop, 2021

4 FUTURES OF CONNECTIVITY, 2019—A workshop with Vodafone for designing future products of connectivity

The Futures Pixel—a mindfulness tool for designing kinder futures

THE FUTURES PIXEL, 2021—A tangible tool to print and make for mindful design

The Non-Human Persona Book, Framework, and Toolkit—Giving Nature a Voice in Design, 2023

THE NON-HUMAN PERSONA GUIDE, 2023—A book, framework, and toolkit to give nature a voice in design

Explore Brulle—Interactive artwork exploring a future city in 'Amanojaku' novel, 2016

EXPLORE BRULLE, 2016—An interactive artwork exploring the world of my sci-fi novel ‘The Lenz’

'Treaty of One Heart'—A Futuring Peace Concept for United Nations, 2020

TREATY OF ONE HEART, 2020—A concept submission for the United Nations Futuring Peace Initiative

Life-centred Design Innovation Cards, 2024

LIFE-CENTRED DESIGN INNOVATION CARDS, 2024—Prompt cards for learning and applying life-centred design in design and business

The Life-centred Design Book, Framework, and Toolkit For Planet-Friendly Design, 2022

THE LIFE-CENTRED DESIGN GUIDE, 2022—A book, framework, and toolkit for doing less harm and more good with design and business

More Than Human Sydney—A non-human and biodiversity workshop for climate adaptation, 2023

MORE THAN HUMAN SYDNEY, 2023—A non-human and biodiversity workshop for climate adaptation

The Maya Alternate Reality Lenz—Exploring Impacts of Future AR, 2019

THE MAYA ALTERNATE REALITY LENS, 2019—A speculative exploration of the impacts of advanced future AR

Giving Rivers a Voice—An Audio Non-human Persona, 2022

A PERSONA FOR AUSTRALIAN RIVERS, 2022—A non-human persona for Australian rivers to give them a voice in design and business

The 'Claw' Robotic Harness—A Future Product Concept, 2016

THE CLAW ROBOTIC HARNESS, 2016—A speculative future product concept

'Earth Tongue'—A Junk Sculpture and Design Fiction, 2024

EARTH TONGUE, 2024—A sculpture made from local waste and transformed into a design fiction

Life-centred and futuring design tools spread out on a desk

FUTURE SCOUTING TOOLKIT, 2021—A design toolkit for inventing better futures

Blink-control Interaction Design Guide—Speculative AR Design Principles, 2019

BLINK-CONTROLLED AUGMENTED REALITY, 2019—Speculating future AR Design Principles

Amanojaku—A Sci-fi Novel by Damien Lutz

AMANOJAKU, 2020—A sci-fi anthology

Land-To-Hand Drone Network—A Future Drone Concept, 2014

LAND-TO-HAND DRONE NETWORK, 2014—A future drone network concept

The Life-centred Design Compass—Life-centred Design Learning Tool, 2022

THE LIFE-CENTRED DESIGN COMPASS, 2022—A diagrammatic tool for learning the scope of life-centred design

Planet Friendlier Grocery Shopping—A Behavioural UX Concept, 2022

PLANET-FRIENDLIER GROCERY ECOMMERCE, 2022—A UX concept to enable grocery shoppers to make more planet-friendly purchases

Future Mission Tool—Rapid future product design online tool, 2021

FUTURE MISSION TOOL, 2021—An online tool for the rapid design of future values-driven products

ALT-FUTRS—A Conceptual Store of Future Things, 2021

ALT-FUTRS, 2021—A conceptual ‘store’ of future things designed by participants of my workshops

'Wello' Diversity Wellness Patch—A Future Pluriversal Wellbeing Concept, 2021

WELLO DIVERSITY WELLNESS PATCH, 2021—A future product concept to support diverse well-being beliefs

Privilege Web—A tool for turning privilege into power to help others, 2022

PRIVILEGE WEB, 2022—A tool for turning our privileges into powers to help others

Reconnecting industrial design and nature with non-human personas—Life-centred Re-Design Concept, 2023

A LIFE-CENTRED MATTRESS DESIGN, 2023—A life-centred re-design concept using non-human personas

Future Scouting—Speculative Design Book, Framework, and Toolkit, 2021

FUTURE SCOUTING BOOK, 2021—A book, framework, and toolkit for speculative design and design fiction

How might social media reduce e-Waste?—A life-centred Design Concept, 2023

HOW MIGHT INSTAGRAM REDUCE EWASTE? 2023—A life-centred design concept for social media

The Lenz—A Sci-fi Novel by Damien Lutz

THE LENZ, 2019—A sci-fi novel

Interspecies Design Prompt Cards—An Online Tool for Including Animals in Design, 2022

INTERSPECIES DESIGN PROMPT CARDS, 2022—An online tool for including animals in design

Future Scouting Game—A design activity game introducing values-driven speculative design

FUTURE SCOUTING GAME, 2021—A gamified activity for learning speculative design

Designing From a Plant's Perspective—Forest Workshop for Life-centred Design, 2024

REDESIGNING THE LINE, 2024—A forest-based workshop in Milan for Life-centred Design

10 Past Now—A Sci-fi Anthology by Damien Lutz

TEN PAST NOW, 2019—A sci-fi novel

Designing an activity game for learning Speculative Design, 2021

DESIGNING THE FUTURE SCOUTING GAME, 2021—Designing a gamified activity for learning for speculative design

Global Future Scouting—Future Design Visions from around the world , 2021

FUTURE SCOUTING THE WORLD, 2021—Future values-led product concepts from around the world

Explore my creative projects

I love experimenting with fringe design practices, mixing mediums, and embracing a ‘frugal engineering’ mindset to push my own technical limitations and the uses of design and art.

Land-To-Hand Drone Network—A Future Drone Concept, 2014

LAND-TO-HAND DRONE NETWORK, 2014—A future drone network concept

4 Futures of Connectivity—Designing Future Products Workshop, 2021

4 FUTURES OF CONNECTIVITY, 2019—A workshop with Vodafone for designing future products of connectivity

ALT-FUTRS—A Conceptual Store of Future Things, 2021

ALT-FUTRS, 2021—A conceptual ‘store’ of future things designed by participants of my workshops

'Treaty of One Heart'—A Futuring Peace Concept for United Nations, 2020

TREATY OF ONE HEART, 2020—A concept submission for the United Nations Futuring Peace Initiative

Giving Rivers a Voice—An Audio Non-human Persona, 2022

A PERSONA FOR AUSTRALIAN RIVERS, 2022—A non-human persona for Australian rivers to give them a voice in design and business

'Earth Tongue'—A Junk Sculpture and Design Fiction, 2024

EARTH TONGUE, 2024—A sculpture made from local waste and transformed into a design fiction

Amanojaku—A Sci-fi Novel by Damien Lutz

AMANOJAKU, 2020—A sci-fi anthology

Life-centred Design Innovation Cards, 2024

LIFE-CENTRED DESIGN INNOVATION CARDS, 2024—Prompt cards for learning and applying life-centred design in design and business

Reconnecting industrial design and nature with non-human personas—Life-centred Re-Design Concept, 2023

A LIFE-CENTRED MATTRESS DESIGN, 2023—A life-centred re-design concept using non-human personas

Privilege Web—A tool for turning privilege into power to help others, 2022

PRIVILEGE WEB, 2022—A tool for turning our privileges into powers to help others

10 Past Now—A Sci-fi Anthology by Damien Lutz

TEN PAST NOW, 2019—A sci-fi novel

The Lenz—A Sci-fi Novel by Damien Lutz

THE LENZ, 2019—A sci-fi novel

The Futures Pixel—a mindfulness tool for designing kinder futures

THE FUTURES PIXEL, 2021—A tangible tool to print and make for mindful design

Designing From a Plant's Perspective—Forest Workshop for Life-centred Design, 2024

REDESIGNING THE LINE, 2024—A forest-based workshop in Milan for Life-centred Design

More Than Human Sydney—A non-human and biodiversity workshop for climate adaptation, 2023

MORE THAN HUMAN SYDNEY, 2023—A non-human and biodiversity workshop for climate adaptation

The Non-Human Persona Book, Framework, and Toolkit—Giving Nature a Voice in Design, 2023

THE NON-HUMAN PERSONA GUIDE, 2023—A book, framework, and toolkit to give nature a voice in design

The Maya Alternate Reality Lenz—Exploring Impacts of Future AR, 2019

THE MAYA ALTERNATE REALITY LENS, 2019—A speculative exploration of the impacts of advanced future AR

Future Scouting Game—A design activity game introducing values-driven speculative design

FUTURE SCOUTING GAME, 2021—A gamified activity for learning speculative design

Planet Friendlier Grocery Shopping—A Behavioural UX Concept, 2022

PLANET-FRIENDLIER GROCERY ECOMMERCE, 2022—A UX concept to enable grocery shoppers to make more planet-friendly purchases

Global Future Scouting—Future Design Visions from around the world , 2021

FUTURE SCOUTING THE WORLD, 2021—Future values-led product concepts from around the world

Future Mission Tool—Rapid future product design online tool, 2021

FUTURE MISSION TOOL, 2021—An online tool for the rapid design of future values-driven products

The Life-centred Design Compass—Life-centred Design Learning Tool, 2022

THE LIFE-CENTRED DESIGN COMPASS, 2022—A diagrammatic tool for learning the scope of life-centred design

Explore Brulle—Interactive artwork exploring a future city in 'Amanojaku' novel, 2016

EXPLORE BRULLE, 2016—An interactive artwork exploring the world of my sci-fi novel ‘The Lenz’

'Wello' Diversity Wellness Patch—A Future Pluriversal Wellbeing Concept, 2021

WELLO DIVERSITY WELLNESS PATCH, 2021—A future product concept to support diverse well-being beliefs

'Photo-bashing'—Digital illustration before AI, 2021

PHOTO-BASHING, 2021—My digital illustration technique before AI tools were available

Life-centred Design Business Model Innovation, 2022

LIFE-CENTRED BUSINESS INNOVATION, 2022—Applying life-centred design to my own start up

Interspecies Design Prompt Cards—An Online Tool for Including Animals in Design, 2022

INTERSPECIES DESIGN PROMPT CARDS, 2022—An online tool for including animals in design

The Life-centred Design Book, Framework, and Toolkit For Planet-Friendly Design, 2022

THE LIFE-CENTRED DESIGN GUIDE, 2022—A book, framework, and toolkit for doing less harm and more good with design and business

The 'Claw' Robotic Harness—A Future Product Concept, 2016

THE CLAW ROBOTIC HARNESS, 2016—A speculative future product concept

How might social media reduce e-Waste?—A life-centred Design Concept, 2023

HOW MIGHT INSTAGRAM REDUCE EWASTE? 2023—A life-centred design concept for social media

Future Scouting—Speculative Design Book, Framework, and Toolkit, 2021

FUTURE SCOUTING BOOK, 2021—A book, framework, and toolkit for speculative design and design fiction

Designing an activity game for learning Speculative Design, 2021

DESIGNING THE FUTURE SCOUTING GAME, 2021—Designing a gamified activity for learning for speculative design

Blink-control Interaction Design Guide—Speculative AR Design Principles, 2019

BLINK-CONTROLLED AUGMENTED REALITY, 2019—Speculating future AR Design Principles

Life-centred and futuring design tools spread out on a desk

FUTURE SCOUTING TOOLKIT, 2021—A design toolkit for inventing better futures