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Hi, I’m Damien Lutz

I’m a UX Designer, Life-centred Designer, Futurist, Author, and Artist.

I'm based in Sydney, Australia, home of the traditional custodians—the Gadigal people.

Contact me at damienlutz@live.com.au.

I love researching, writing, and story telling

The Future Scouting Book
The Life-centred Design Guide book
The Non-human Persona Guide book standing on an angle

Some other achievements

IDEA MAGAZINE FEAUTURE - Damien Lutz

Featured in Ideia Magazine, Portugal

Photo of myself and the other panelists talking to Tina Fung, the organiser of the Speculative Futures Sydney in-person panel discussion about futuring.

Speaking on the Speculative Futures Sydney panel

A Notable Educational Honouree in 2021 Core77 Design Awards

My work and play

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Life-centred Design

Evolving human-centred design to also consider the environment and social justice, I produced the first life-centred design framework↗ in The Life-centred Design Guide↗, The Non-human Persona Guide, and I founded lifecentred.design↗.

Designing Futures

To introduce designers to future thinking, I also founded futurscouting.com.au↗ to share my Future Scouting® book↗, course, game and toolkit.

UX/UI Design

As a UX Designer and Researcher, I design human-centred digital experiences for commercial and government projects that balance desirability, viability, and feasibility while being inclusive, accessible, and looking out for the vulnerable.

Fringe Design Blog

Today, I share my futuring and life-centred design exploration on Medium↗.

Talks & Workshops

And at times, I’m honoured to be asked to talk and workshop about my futuring and life-centred design work.

Science Fiction

I started designing with the future with science fiction, speculating future technology, societies, and environmental states through three speculative fiction books.

Drone Filming

When I can, I get off the planet a bit to see it from above and appreciate things in a way I never could before—with my DJI drone.

Flags for First Nations Australians and Torres Straight Islanders

I acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of Sydney and thank them for their knowledge

Flag for LGBTQIA+

I support equality that unites the community. You can support too↗

I support sustainable product design by regenerating the materials of my books. You can support too↗

All my sites are Green Hosted↗

Contact me @ damienlutz@live.com.au