I build rehearsal instruments for contested futures.

I am a designer of rehearsal instruments, working at the level where futures are felt, argued, and chosen. My rehearsal instruments are composed so groups can feel trade-offs, argue well, and decide without simplifying the situation past the point of usefulness.

I am developing a method for shaping the conditions under which attention is directed, agency is distributed, trust is tested, and coordination becomes possible in public life.

This work brings together audiovisual orientation, playable simulation, and structured debrief to strengthen collective judgment under uncertainty.

Now building: a small "season" of prototypes that turn one European infrastructural dilemma into (a) an orientation film, (b) a playable decision rehearsal, and (c) an embodied vignette, with a debrief protocol that converts experience into usable insight.

If you're here as...



• an institution / lab / foundation: I'm looking for partners who want to test decision rehearsal as a civic capability.
• a collaborator: I'm assembling a tight circle of play-testers, facilitation allies, and critical friends.
• an admissions reader: this site documents an evolving research practice (method, iterations, and evidence trail).

What I mean by "rehearsal"

Most futures work explains. Some persuades. Very little rehearses.

Rehearsal is different: it brings a group into a constrained situation where values collide, time has consequences, and choices leave residue. In reality, nobody can predict the future. The aim of rehearsal, therefore, is to produce a higher-quality present: clearer assumptions, better disagreements, and decisions made with eyes open.

My work sits where three forms meet:

• Orientation — audiovisual sense-making that makes a situation inhabitable in the mind
• Simulation — micro-wargames that force decisions under constraint
• Embodiment — immersive vignettes that isolate specific affective variables (dread, scarcity, moral injury, procedural injustice, distrust) so they can be discussed rather than merely endured

What I'm building toward

I'm growing toward a practice that can serve as a public capability: a transferable method that institutions can adopt to stage contested futures (carefully, ethically, and with evidence).

The longer arc is to develop a coherent body of work that includes:

• a repeatable micro-wargaming format (roles, resources, time, governance, ethics)
• a distinct audiovisual language for orientation under uncertainty
• a minimal but sharp immersive grammar for felt stakes (without spectacle)
• a robust debrief protocol that protects complexity and captures insight
• an evaluation frame that shows what the instrument changes in reasoning and coordination

How I collaborate

Partner with me (institutions / labs / funders)

I'm open to pilot collaborations where we co-design and test a rehearsal instrument around a real decision horizon.

Playtest with me (practitioners / researchers / designers)

I host small playtest salons that are structured, recorded (with consent), and followed by a rigorous debrief.

Follow the studio (anyone)

This site is updated as the work evolves: prototypes, field notes, and short essays on method.