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Lisa Mandemaker

Future researcher (The Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT)

Lisa Mandemaker works for The Netherlands Study Centre of Technology Trends (STT) since 2024. She is a futures researcher and a speculative designer with a strategic, contextually aware and critical approach to research and design. She considers speculative design as a tool for debate in the public domain.

In collaboration with scientists, ethicists and researchers she crafts future narratives through designed prototypes, creating invitations to reflect on possible futures. Making impactful, topical work and creating strong interventions and conversation starters are key elements to her practice.  

Translating complex future scenarios into tangible and relatable designs offers valuable insights and stimulates important discussions. These are aspects that Lisa brings to her futures research at STT and which help her to explore new perspectives on our ever-changing relationship with technology. Known for her contribution to the design of the prototype of an artificial womb, she received a spot on the annual BBC 100 Women List, listing the 100 most inspiring women of the world.