Modern computing is far too rigid. Applications can only function in preset ways determined by some far away team. Software is trapped in hermetically sealed silos and is rewritten many times over rather than recomposed.

This community catalogs and experiments with malleable software and systems that reset the balance of power via several essential principles:

About organizing talks

Launching Autumn 2020, Futuress is an online magazine and community space for design research. At Futuress, we understand design as a social and political practice, examining the objects, systems, and structures that shape our lived realities. Through our storytelling and digital support networks, we want to build a home for the histories, people, and perspectives that have been—and still often remain—underrepresented, marginalized, oppressed, suppressed, and ignored. Futuress will champion the individuals and initiatives that work together—sustainably and fairly—towards more just futures.