Mission

re:future lab is a transdisciplinary Zukunftslabor and a school for transformation at the interfaces between art, design, futures studies and psychology, with a focus on planetary thinking and socio-cultural shift.

Through exhibitions, education, consultancy and multidirectional interventions we create fertile ground for ideas, facilitate creative intelligence and foster alternative futures in the here and now.

Our program equips a new generation of future makers with the knowledge, tools, and methodologies to drive meaningful transformation in Urbanism, Business, Culture, Education, and Politics.

The re:future lab was founded in 2020 by German art researcher, curator, educator and systemic consultant Madeleine Schwinge as an extension of her multidisciplinary studio practice as well as of her long-standing background in serial entrepreneurship and strategic consulting.

Originally conceived as a dialogical art space to question the role of art in social change, the re:future lab quickly developed into a laboratory for future studies, art and design research, and undisciplinary curatorial, pedagogical, and innovative advisory formats.

Today, the re:future lab is an independent platform by and for future thinkers and designers with a wide range of expertise and experience, who collaborate on specific projects under the aegis of founder Madeleine Schwinge.

Partners and clients of the re:future lab range from universities, cultural institutions, innovative businesses, strategic consultancies to individuals of engaged civil society. What they all have in common is their search for hope and orientation as we face a critical time of great uncertainty, complexity, increasing pressure and scarcity of resources.

This is precisely where the re:future lab comes in, making the realities of rapidly changing living conditions understandable, opening up new spaces for thought and possibility – and equipping people with the vital skills to sustainably shape relationships and new futures.