An annual forecast and printed inquiry
Future Of is the editorial practice of Tokyo Salone. Throughout the year, we research, publish, convene, commission, document, and collaborate around the questions shaping culture, technology, society, and everyday life. Some inquiries become essays. Others become conversations, exhibitions, publications, field research, or shared experiences. The format changes. The commitment to thoughtful inquiry remains the same.
BECOME A partner
AN INQUIRY INTO WHAT COMES NEXT
Future Of exists to create space for careful observation.
Rather than chasing headlines or predicting trends, we investigate the ideas, practices, technologies, and cultural shifts that deserve sustained attention.
Each inquiry begins with a question.
Some evolve over weeks.
Others continue across years.
Together they form a growing body of editorial work that extends the conversations taking place across the Tokyo Salone constellation.
THE ROLE OF FUTURE OF
The future isn't a destination waiting to be discovered.
It's something continuously shaped through design, research, policy, hospitality, science, technology, culture, education, and everyday practice.
Future Of documents that process.
By bringing together different disciplines and perspectives, it creates opportunities to examine emerging ideas with greater depth, context, and care.
The goal isn't certainty.
It's better questions.
How we work
Research
Long-form observation, interviews, conversations, fieldwork, and original inquiry.
Editorial
Writing, editing, commissioning, publishing, and documenting ideas across multiple formats.
Collaboration
Developed alongside practitioners, researchers, universities, publishers, cultural institutions, and independent voices.
Annual Editions
Selected inquiries are collected each year as printed and digital publications, creating an ongoing archive of ideas and conversations.
WHAT IT EXPLORES
Every inquiry begins somewhere different.
Design.
Architecture.
Hospitality.
Technology.
Artificial intelligence.
Mobility.
Education.
Governance.
Climate.
Food systems.
Media.
Craft.
Cities.
Culture.
The subjects evolve.
The commitment to careful inquiry does not.
WITH GRATITUDE
Future Of is shaped through long-standing creative relationships.
Future Of is made possible through the generosity of writers, editors, researchers, designers, publishers, institutions, practitioners, and partners who believe thoughtful inquiry creates long-term cultural value.
Every contribution strengthens a growing body of work intended to be shared, challenged, revisited, and built upon.
constellations
SHIBUYA
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
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An annual forecast and printed inquiry
Future Of is the editorial practice of Tokyo Salone. Throughout the year, we research, publish, convene, commission, document, and collaborate around the questions shaping culture, technology, society, and everyday life. Some inquiries become essays. Others become conversations, exhibitions, publications, field research, or shared experiences. The format changes. The commitment to thoughtful inquiry remains the same.
BECOME A partner
AN INQUIRY INTO WHAT COMES NEXT
Future Of exists to create space for careful observation.
Rather than chasing headlines or predicting trends, we investigate the ideas, practices, technologies, and cultural shifts that deserve sustained attention.
Each inquiry begins with a question.
Some evolve over weeks.
Others continue across years.
Together they form a growing body of editorial work that extends the conversations taking place across the Tokyo Salone constellation.
THE ROLE OF FUTURE OF
The future isn't a destination waiting to be discovered.
It's something continuously shaped through design, research, policy, hospitality, science, technology, culture, education, and everyday practice.
Future Of documents that process.
By bringing together different disciplines and perspectives, it creates opportunities to examine emerging ideas with greater depth, context, and care.
The goal isn't certainty.
It's better questions.
How we work
Research
Long-form observation, interviews, conversations, fieldwork, and original inquiry.
Editorial
Writing, editing, commissioning, publishing, and documenting ideas across multiple formats.
Collaboration
Developed alongside practitioners, researchers, universities, publishers, cultural institutions, and independent voices.
Annual Editions
Selected inquiries are collected each year as printed and digital publications, creating an ongoing archive of ideas and conversations.
WHAT IT EXPLORES
Every inquiry begins somewhere different.
Design.
Architecture.
Hospitality.
Technology.
Artificial intelligence.
Mobility.
Education.
Governance.
Climate.
Food systems.
Media.
Craft.
Cities.
Culture.
The subjects evolve.
The commitment to careful inquiry does not.
WITH GRATITUDE
Future Of is shaped through long-standing creative relationships.
Future Of is made possible through the generosity of writers, editors, researchers, designers, publishers, institutions, practitioners, and partners who believe thoughtful inquiry creates long-term cultural value.
Every contribution strengthens a growing body of work intended to be shared, challenged, revisited, and built upon.
constellations
SHIBUYA
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
held in sound
COLLECTIVE
yes,
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE