A Design Fiction Lab that ends with "thank you all, goodbye" has failed half its purpose. The goal is not only to explore futures — it is to translate that exploration into something that impacts the real world. From lab to action means: insights → decisions, artefacts → prototypes, conversations → campaigns.
The first step is capturing what emerged. During the lab, document: which tensions provoked the most reactions? Which artefacts generated the most questions? Which assumptions were challenged? A structured debrief — "what did we learn?", "what surprises us?", "what do we want to do?" — produces usable material. You do not need a hundred-page report: you need clarity on next steps.
Translate insights into concrete projects. A catalogue produced in a lab can become a temporary exhibition in a library. An artefact brief can evolve into a prototype for a campaign. A role-play scenario can feed a policy document or consultation. Ask yourself: who has the power or resource to carry this forward? What is needed — time, budget, allies — for the next step?
Campaigns benefit from design fiction. A visual manifesto, a symbolic object, a speculative narrative can mobilise communities around causes (climate, rights, urban space) in ways data and slogans alone cannot. The artefact becomes a conversation piece: "Have you seen the Climate Passport? What do you think?". The campaign does not end with the lab — it begins.
Prototypes that matter need not be perfect. A printed manual, a service mock-up, a short video "documenting" an imagined future can be enough to open doors: presentations to administrators, articles, events. Relatronica builds tools like NextHuman and the Observatory to connect speculative imagination and civic action — every project is born from questions and measured by the impact it generates.
We close the Design Fiction Lab path with the Relatronica manifesto: we are not prophets, we are designers, researchers and activists who believe in the power of the right questions, open tools and informed communities. The future is not a place we arrive at — it is a place we build. A well-facilitated, ethical and action-oriented lab is one brick of that building. Now it is your turn: which future do you want to explore, and what will you do with what you have learned?