Our Mission

Future Factory (FF) is a student-led research group and think tank investigating the access and ownership of technological information that is distributed amongst the various private and public players within New York City.

Through a design-led practice, FF team of urban investigators, researchers, and strategists are dedicated to collecting data from public and private sector entities with the intention of promoting open sourced information as an instrument for growth, improvement, and the operation of urban environments.

FF is an open source digital platform, inviting and promoting direct citizen engagement. Since launching in 2017, FF has hosted a series of panel discussions with designers, policymakers, urban technologists, and agents of change.

New York City will lead as the target city, with hopes of eventually expanding the scope of research to Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

We are:

• Student Led / Faculty Driven.
• Urban Research & Development.
• Open Data for Better Cities.
• Socially Responsible.
• Publicly Engaged.
• Future Focused.
• Providing Public & Private Connections.
• Provocative.
• Transgressive.
• Inclusive.
• Open to discussion.

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