PRACTITIONER
Founder of Liminal, a design futures agency.
EDUCATOR
Part-time Professor at Parsons School of Design.
A design futures practitioner and educator encouraging people to think, feel, and act differently for the long-term.
Hey 👋 I'm Julienne.
PRACTITIONER
Founder of Liminal, a design futures agency
EDUCATOR
Part-time Professor at Parsons School of Design
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Hey 👋 I'm Julienne.
A design futures practitioner and educator encouraging people to think, feel, and act differently for the long-term.
PRACTITIONER
Founder of Liminal, a design futures agency
EDUCATOR
Part-time Professor at Parsons School of Design
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PRACTITIONER
Founder of Liminal, a design futures agency
EDUCATOR
Part-time Professor at Parsons School of Design
About
I began working in design futures after witnessing firsthand the often catastrophic consequences of short-term thinking and consumption.
Julienne founded Liminal, a design futures agency, to reimagine how design can support long-term, systems change. After years of formal training at a design firm, she found that design was too often treated as an output rather than a way of shaping decisions from the outset. Futures and foresight offered a natural complement, centering long-term thinking while creating space for design to inform every stage of the planning and strategy process.
At Liminal, Julienne's approach blends strategic foresight, systems thinking, and design methods to develop strategies 5+ years into the future. She has worked with public and private organizations alike, including the European Commission, OECD, International Monetary Fund, Adobe, Enterprise Mobility, Autodesk, and EY, among others.
Julienne earned her MFA in Transdisciplinary Design from The New School and a BA in Multimedia Design from American University. She resides in Washington, DC, with her partner.
A staunch advocate of the democratization of learning, Julienne encourages learners to challenge assumptions, anticipate change, and engage in long-term thinking.
As an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design, Julienne teaches futures studies and creative AI to undergraduate and professional learners. She developed the Speculative Design and Futures Studies and AI for Creativity and Leadership curricula for the continuing and professional education department. Her subversive teaching environment bypasses classroom hierarchy by centering experiential learning.
Select courses include:
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Design with AI, School of Design Strategies, Parsons
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Design Futures, CPE Department, Parsons
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AI for Creativity and Leadership, CPE Department, Parsons
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Creativity, AI, and Social Justice, University Lecture, The New School
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Julienne's artistic research practice is based in movement arts such as contact improvisation, Social Presencing Theatre, and visual mediums. Since 2022, she has been studying Embodied Futures, an artistic research practice that studies change through movement and presencing.
Julienne founded Liminal, a design futures agency, to reimagine how design could serve as a conduit for long-term, systemic change. Her approach blends strategic foresight, systems thinking, and design methods to develop strategies 5+ years into the future. She has worked with public and private organizations alike, including the European Commission, OECD, International Monetary Fund, Adobe, Enterprise, Autodesk, and EY (among others).
A staunch advocate of the democratization of learning, Julienne encourages professionals, students, and adult learners to challenge assumptions, anticipate change, and engage in long-term thinking. As an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design, Julienne developed the Speculative Design and Futures Studies and AI for Creativity and Leadership curricula for Continuing Education and teaches AI Design courses to undergraduate learners. Her subversive teaching environment turns classroom hierarchy on its head, resulting in experiential learning for both student and teacher.
Her artistic research practice is based in movement arts such as contact improvisation, Social Presencing Theatre, and visual mediums. Since 2022, she has been studying Embodied Futures, an artistic research practice that studies change through movement and presencing.
ABOUT
Julienne DeVita is a designer-turned-futures consultant after gaining a front row seat to the often catastrophic results of short-term thinking and consumption.
As a design futures practitioner and founder of Liminal, she blends strategic foresight, systems thinking, and design methodologies to develop strategies 5+ years into the future. She has worked with organizations including the OECD, Enterprise, EY, the City of Houston and Autodesk (among others).
As an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design, Julienne teaches courses spanning AI, design, and foresight to undergraduate and adult learners. Her research has been presented at conferences globally and explores the intersection of creativity, technology, and long-term thinking. In 2024-25, she was awarded a research grant to create an AI Design Ethics Toolkit, and has published multiple peer-reviewed papers on the topic.
Julienne is the co-founder of the Embodied Futures Collective, a community of foresight practitioners studying change through movement, togetherness, and presence. She also serves as chapter lead for the NYC arm of Futures Friends.
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