Temporal Ecospheres
Temporal Ecospheres
Temporal Ecospheres
Exploring healthier futures of time inspired by the rhythms and adaptations of wild animals.
An ongoing speculative design and futures research Project.
Exploring healthier futures of time inspired by the rhythms and adaptations of wild animals.
An ongoing speculative design and futures research Project.
Exploring healthier futures of time inspired by the rhythms and adaptations of wild animals.
An ongoing speculative design and futures research Project.
Project Brochure
Project Brochure
Project Brochure
Learn more about the origins, methods, workshops, speculative artifacts and future directions of Temporal Ecospheres.
Learn more about the origins, methods, workshops, speculative artifacts and future directions of Temporal Ecospheres.
Learn more about the origins, methods, workshops, speculative artifacts and future directions of Temporal Ecospheres.
About
About
About
Reimagining our relationship with time
Reimagining our relationship with time
Reimagining our relationship with time
Temporal Ecospheres is a speculative design and futures research project exploring healthier ways of relating to time.
Instead of treating time as a scarce resource to manage, optimize, and control, the project asks:
What if time were understood as a living ecosystem that we inhabit, shape, and cherish?
Drawing inspiration from the rhythms, adaptations, and temporal intelligence of wild animals, Temporal Ecospheres creates alternative visions, artifacts, and experiences that invite new conversations about time and society.
Temporal Ecospheres is a speculative design and futures research project exploring healthier ways of relating to time.
Instead of treating time as a scarce resource to manage, optimize, and control, the project asks:
What if time were understood as a living ecosystem that we inhabit, shape, and cherish?
Drawing inspiration from the rhythms, adaptations, and temporal intelligence of wild animals, Temporal Ecospheres creates alternative visions, artifacts, and experiences that invite new conversations about time and society.
Temporal Ecospheres is a speculative design and futures research project exploring healthier ways of relating to time.
Instead of treating time as a scarce resource to manage, optimize, and control, the project asks:
What if time were understood as a living ecosystem that we inhabit, shape, and cherish?
Drawing inspiration from the rhythms, adaptations, and temporal intelligence of wild animals, Temporal Ecospheres creates alternative visions, artifacts, and experiences that invite new conversations about time and society.
Learning from Animals
Learning from Animals
Learning from Animals
Nature as a source of temporal intelligence
Nature as a source of temporal intelligence
Nature as a source of temporal intelligence
Animals have evolved countless strategies for dealing with change, uncertainty, synchronization, rest, migration, adaptation, and seasonal rhythms.
Temporal Ecospheres explores what we can learn from these diverse temporalities and how they might inspire healthier futures for humans and societies.
Rather than copying nature, the project uses animal perspectives as a catalyst for imagination, reflection, and futures thinking.
Animals have evolved countless strategies for dealing with change, uncertainty, synchronization, rest, migration, adaptation, and seasonal rhythms.
Temporal Ecospheres explores what we can learn from these diverse temporalities and how they might inspire healthier futures for humans and societies.
Rather than copying nature, the project uses animal perspectives as a catalyst for imagination, reflection, and futures thinking.
Animals have evolved countless strategies for dealing with change, uncertainty, synchronization, rest, migration, adaptation, and seasonal rhythms.
Temporal Ecospheres explores what we can learn from these diverse temporalities and how they might inspire healthier futures for humans and societies.
Rather than copying nature, the project uses animal perspectives as a catalyst for imagination, reflection, and futures thinking.
Selected Activities
Selected Activities
Selected Activities
Growing through workshops, exhibitions and collaborations
Growing through workshops, exhibitions and collaborations
Growing through workshops, exhibitions and collaborations
2024 — First Explorations
Launch of Temporal Ecospheres
Beginning of interdisciplinary Research
Development of the workshop Methodology
First speculative Design Explorations
Workshops at the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
Workshop at re:publica, Berlin
2025 — Expanding the Ecosystem
Student Collaboration with TH Augsburg
Student Collaboration with Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Exhibition and Corporate Forum at Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
2026 — International Exchange
Workshop at the futures Conference, Turku, Finland
2024 — First Explorations
Launch of Temporal Ecospheres
Beginning of interdisciplinary Research
Development of the workshop Methodology
First speculative Design Explorations
Workshops at the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
Workshop at re:publica, Berlin
2025 — Expanding the Ecosystem
Student Collaboration with TH Augsburg
Student Collaboration with Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Exhibition and Corporate Forum at Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
2026 — International Exchange
Workshop at the futures Conference, Turku, Finland
2024 — First Explorations
Launch of Temporal Ecospheres
Beginning of interdisciplinary Research
Development of the workshop Methodology
First speculative Design Explorations
Workshops at the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
Workshop at re:publica, Berlin
2025 — Expanding the Ecosystem
Student Collaboration with TH Augsburg
Student Collaboration with Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Exhibition and Corporate Forum at Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
2026 — International Exchange
Workshop at the futures Conference, Turku, Finland
Speculative Artifacts
Speculative Artifacts
Speculative Artifacts
Making Future Worlds tangible
Making Future Worlds tangible
Making Future Worlds tangible
Temporal Ecospheres translates ideas into experiences.
Through speculative artifacts, future objects, visual narratives, and immersive exercises, participants are invited to step into alternative temporal worlds and explore new possibilities for living with time.
Temporal Ecospheres translates ideas into experiences.
Through speculative artifacts, future objects, visual narratives, and immersive exercises, participants are invited to step into alternative temporal worlds and explore new possibilities for living with time.
Origins & Evolution
Origins & Evolution
Origins & Evolution
What began as a collaborative exploration at Shape of New has grown into an evolving research and speculative design project.
Temporal Ecospheres was originally developed by Shape of New, a Munich-based futures thinking agency founded by Simone Engelhardt and Ruben Granados Hughes.
Today, the project is curated and further developed through Adaptive Wonderland by Simone Engelhardt in collaboration with Birthe Menke and an expanding network of researchers, designers, futurists, educators, and other curious minds.
What began as a collaborative exploration at Shape of New has grown into an evolving research and speculative design project.
Temporal Ecospheres was originally developed by Shape of New, a Munich-based futures thinking agency founded by Simone Engelhardt and Ruben Granados Hughes.
Today, the project is curated and further developed through Adaptive Wonderland by Simone Engelhardt in collaboration with Birthe Menke and an expanding network of researchers, designers, futurists, educators, and other curious minds.
Ecosystem
Ecosystem
Ecosystem
Temporal Ecospheres is shaped by a growing ecosystem of collaborators, contributors, participants, institutions, and curious minds.
The project would not exist without the many people who have shared ideas, perspectives, questions, expertise, and imagination along the way.
Temporal Ecospheres is shaped by a growing ecosystem of collaborators, contributors, participants, institutions, and curious minds.
The project would not exist without the many people who have shared ideas, perspectives, questions, expertise, and imagination along the way.
Contributors
Anna Meshcheryakova
Birthe Menke
Eva Temper
Johannes Wirz
Jonas Weigand
Katja Budinger
Lena Tünkers
Lucie Priller
Maike Gebker
Max Kölbl
Natalie Jirmann
Sabine Koppe
Sarah Minet
Susanne Wieland
Tobias Knoller
Vien-Ha Nguyen
Prof. Dr. Helga Schmid
Martin Muth
Liza Prosandeeva
the Master's students of the Transformationsdesign program at TH Augsburg
the participants of the Interactive Visualization seminar at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Partners & Supporters
We are grateful for the support, partnership, and exchange with:
shape of new
S+W Büroraumkultur
Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
re:publica
Bayern Design
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
TH Augsburg
Urban Progress
XR-Hub Bavaria
Contributors
Anna Meshcheryakova
Birthe Menke
Eva Temper
Johannes Wirz
Jonas Weigand
Katja Budinger
Lena Tünkers
Lucie Priller
Maike Gebker
Max Kölbl
Natalie Jirmann
Sabine Koppe
Sarah Minet
Susanne Wieland
Tobias Knoller
Vien-Ha Nguyen
Prof. Dr. Helga Schmid
Martin Muth
Liza Prosandeeva
the Master's students of the Transformationsdesign program at TH Augsburg
the participants of the Interactive Visualization seminar at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Partners & Supporters
We are grateful for the support, partnership, and exchange with:
shape of new
S+W Büroraumkultur
Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
re:publica
Bayern Design
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
TH Augsburg
Urban Progress
XR-Hub Bavaria
Contributors
Anna Meshcheryakova
Birthe Menke
Eva Temper
Johannes Wirz
Jonas Weigand
Katja Budinger
Lena Tünkers
Lucie Priller
Maike Gebker
Max Kölbl
Natalie Jirmann
Sabine Koppe
Sarah Minet
Susanne Wieland
Tobias Knoller
Vien-Ha Nguyen
Prof. Dr. Helga Schmid
Martin Muth
Liza Prosandeeva
the Master's students of the Transformationsdesign program at TH Augsburg
the participants of the Interactive Visualization seminar at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Partners & Supporters
We are grateful for the support, partnership, and exchange with:
shape of new
S+W Büroraumkultur
Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)
re:publica
Bayern Design
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
TH Augsburg
Urban Progress
XR-Hub Bavaria
Contact
Contact
Contact
Let's explore future temporalities together
Let's explore future temporalities together
Let's explore future temporalities together
ADAPTIVE WONDERLAND
ATELIER FÜR GESTALTBARE ZUKÜNFTE
© 2026 Adaptive Wonderland
designt mit Framer
ADAPTIVE WONDERLAND
ATELIER FÜR GESTALTBARE ZUKÜNFTE
© 2026 Adaptive Wonderland
designt mit Framer
ADAPTIVE WONDERLAND
ATELIER FÜR GESTALTBARE ZUKÜNFTE
© 2026 Adaptive Wonderland
designt mit Framer