Fragments of Tomorrow (FOT) Speculative Design Built In Framer

Instead of predicting the future, what if we used design to hold up a mirror and ask, which futures are we willing to accept? Fragments of Tomorrow (FOT) is a speculative, passion-driven website that asks provocative “what if” questions about the ways tools and systems shape human lives.

It’s a platform for reflection a place to visualize futures we might unconsciously build and ask whether they’re the ones we want in the world of AI. ⚠️ The Challenge

This wasn’t a brief from a client, it was an invitation to provoke. The challenge was two-fold:

To design for reflection, not conversion. Most web patterns push clicks and clarity; FOT needed to invite pause, doubt, and debate.

To make complex ideas tangible. Topics like surveillance, data commodification, and algorithmic identity are abstract. The site needed to render them as visceral, discoverable moments without spoon-feeding answers.

I treated FOT like a short book built on the web, chapters that prompt, images that unsettle, and copy that lingers.

Editorial Chapters: The site is organized into thematic “chapters” (Systems, The Machines Listen, Beyond Human, Philosophy/Reflection) that progressively expand the conversation.

Microcopy: Short, deliberate lines that pose questions rather than offer conclusions, the image and the interface became a prompt.

Intentional Pace & Silence: Whitespace and restrained transitions create breathing room so visitors can sit with the ideas along side read along.

Visual Artifacts: As a lummi expert i used minimal imagery and typographic rhythm as artifacts to make abstract concepts feel material.

Framer as Canvas: Built and published on Framer to treat the site itself as an experimental medium rather than a finished product.

FOT is live and doing exactly what it set out to do: it invites reflection rather than sells a product. Early reactions fall into two camps fascinated or unsettled...which is the point.

The site frames difficult questions (e.g., “What if silence could be sold as data?”) and visualizes them as design provocations.

It acts as a portfolio piece and a conversation starter: a place to present speculative thinking to peers, studios, and design communities

Yes.. Fragments of Tomorrow is live on Framer: fot.framer.wiki. The project is intentionally open-ended, it’s a continuing conversation than a completed deliverable.

Speculative work like FOT reminds us why design matters: not just to make things usable, but to surface values before they ossify into systems. This project is an exercise in asking better questions and sharing the questions in a way that invites others to argue, decide, and design differently.