Speculative design
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about speculative design
Project • By Superflux • Exhibitions
The Craftocene
Superflux is excited to announce the opening of a new solo exhibition at Weltmuseum Vienna. Entitled “The Craftocene,” the show unfolds across three rooms, bringing together three major works for the first time: the multispecies banquet Refuge for Resurgence (2021), ongoing explorations into river intelligence Nobody Told Me Rivers Dream (2025), and a new commission for Weltmuseum, Relics of Abundance (2026).
Displayed alongside artefacts from the museum’s collection, these works reflect five years of studio research into the complex, interconnected challenges of our time, positioning ecological reconciliation as a condition for societal transformation, and the irreducible intelligence of the living world as a source of h... More
Project • By Creo Design Group • Offices
L22.03 Spec Suite
Working with project partners Dexus and The GPT Group, NPM and Creo Design Group were engaged to design this speculative suite at Level 22.03 Australia Square Tower.
The layout for the suite was based around the density calculations suitable for the size of the office to appeal to a broad range of tenants that would potentially use the space.
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The design provides the future tenant with specifically zoned areas for collaboration, meetings and focused work, which is balanced with a generous back of house kitchen and breakout area.
The concept for the suite draws on the coastal features that Sydney has to offer through cool blue tones within the finishes and furniture whilst maintaining a modern and corporate feeling with the ba... More
News • News • 23 Feb 2021
Light-gradations and solidity characterize a unique Tokyo house design
A highly unique design, House T by Suppose Design Office in Tokyo evokes cave-like mystery with its carefully considered gradations of light, monolithic form and sense of solidity.
Toshiyuki Yano
As a speculative project designed for future sale or rent, the floor plan is intended to be variable in order to accommodate future desires and different lifestyles. The architect explains that by carefully studying the building’s proportions, the plans and cross-sections were developed with the hope that anyone could live in the house.
Toshiyuki Yano
The basement floor is directly accessible from the road on a steeply sloping site with a dug-in garage. The second floor, with void space to below, allows for a sense of openness eve... More