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Stuart Candy is a creative producer, advisor and educator who has been at the forefront of the futures field for the past two decades. He completed the first doctorate bridging foresight and design, THE FUTURES OF EVERYDAY LIFE, paving the way for the rise of speculative design, design fiction and other experiential futures (XF) practices now used worldwide to render alternative scenarios tangible, interactive, and alive.

Stuart has led XF interventions for the State of Hawaii, International Red Cross, World Bank Climate Investment Funds, Interface, UNDP, the BBC, World Energy Council, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His award-winning work has appeared in museums, festivals, boardrooms, city streets, and classrooms, on the Discovery Channel, and in publications from The Economist to The Times of India.

Specializing in high concept, high profile and high impact foresight initiatives, he has served as an advisor or facilitator for UNESCO, the Smithsonian, the City of Melbourne, IDEO, Danish Design Center, Dubai Museum of the Future, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Oxford University, Wired, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, the OECD, and The New York Times. He speaks at events around the world, and is often sought out as a thought partner and convenor for creative, strategic, and horizon-expanding gatherings in person.

Stuart has held full-time faculty appointments at OCAD, Carnegie Mellon University, and Parsons School of Design, and has also introduced XF at the Royal College of Art, Stanford d.School, and Harvard GSD. In addition to numerous published contributions, and the long-running blog THE SCEPTICAL FUTURYST, which has logged millions of reads, he co-created the card game THE THING FROM THE FUTURE, public imagination toolkit THE FUTURES BAZAAR, and the edited collection DESIGN AND FUTURES.

Stuart was the first artist in residence at Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Tomorrow, the first research fellow appointed at The Long Now Foundation, and the youngest ever fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation. He has also held fellowships with the East-West Center, Berggruen Institute, and World Economic Forum.

He is currently distinguished visiting professor at Tec de Monterrey, artist in residence at Caltech Theater, chair of the board of directors at the Center for PostNatural History, and an advisor at the MIT Museum. He frequently collaborates with independent artists, and prioritizes visionary, playful, and mission-driven work that pushes the boundaries of collective imagination and practical worldbuilding.

Updated 04nov25.

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