Description
Design Science Studio is a decade-long anticipatory art and design-driven incubator that empowers global creators, systems thinkers, organizations and initiatives to imagine, collaborate and create regenerative futures for all life. Led by habRitual and fiscally sponsored by the Buckminster Fuller Institute, the studio was founded by Roxanna Shohadaee (founder of habRitual), Amanda Joy Ravenhill (former BFI director), and Faith Flanigan (former BFI director of operations).
The organization operates as an educational incubator rooted in Buckminster Fuller's Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science principles—a whole-systems approach to "make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest time possible." Through its programming, DSS mentors and scaffolds international cohorts of 144 creators and projects annually, accelerating the transition to regenerative paradigms that shift culture from extraction to regeneration, from weaponry to livingry, and from me to we.
The studio explicitly welcomes established and emerging artists, artists of color, LGBTQIA+ creators, undocumented artists, unhoused artists, and individuals from marginalized communities—recognizing creators across disciplines including fine artists, designers, performers, philosophers, ecologists, and systems thinkers as cultural stewards and worldbuilders.
Details
- Founded: 2018
- Location: Global (with strong presence in Los Angeles, CA through habRitual)
- Website: https://www.designscience.studio
- Focus Areas: Regenerative design, systems thinking, art-driven innovation, cultural regeneration, anticipatory design science, living systems, evolutionary creativity
Key Programs & Initiatives
- (r)Evolutionary Incubator: A 7-month journey of creative emergence and collective evolution that centers artists and designers as cultural stewards, helping them develop culture-shifting projects rooted in Design Science principles
- The Living Systems Art + Design Collaboratory: A partnership with the Buckminster Fuller Institute and UC Irvine's Emergent Media DesignLab that provides funding for up to 20 designers and artists to develop creative projects exploring living systems and the unified dimensions of life
- Regenaissance: A global movement bringing together artists, systems thinkers and organizations to collaborate for 100% of life, celebrating the cultural and systemic shift toward regenerative futures
Related Organizations
- Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI): Fiscal sponsor and philosophical foundation, advancing Buckminster Fuller's Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science methodology
- habRitual: Experiential production and interdisciplinary design studio that leads DSS, working at the intersection of art, technology and nature for planetary regeneration
- OpenCivics Labs: Collaborative partner in innovation ecosystems including the Bioregional Innovation CoLab