Julienne DeVita is a design futures consultant, artist, researcher, and educator inspiring people to think, feel, and act differently. Blending strategic foresight, systems thinking, and speculative design, she encourages organizations to take agency in their future and reimagine what’s possible. Her interdisciplinary approach begins with signal-scanning across social and cultural microtrends, abandoning short-term solutionism to expand long-term horizons.

Developing strategies 5–20 years into the future, Julienne designs artifacts, experiences, and systems to sustain and navigate disruptive change. Her work runs the gamut between agriculture, AI governance, consumer shopping experiences, and the opioid crisis, and the Washington DC Department of Health, U.S. Soy, National Geographic, Society for Neuroscience, IBM, and EY have tapped her for her research.

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. She is an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design, where she teaches undergraduate AI design, future studies, and speculative design for undergraduate and adult learners. Her subversive teaching environment turns classroom hierarchy on its head, resulting in experiential learning for both student and teacher.

Julienne is a Resident Researcher studying Embodied Futures at Studio Atelierista and the chapter lead for the NYC arm of Futures Friends. She was awarded a research grant to create an AI Design Ethics Toolkit, and published multiple peer-reviewed papers on the topic. She has presented at Primer22, Dubai Future Forum, Learn X Design, and others, leveraging artistic experiences to bridge present day and possible futures.

Julienne earned her MFA in Transdisciplinary Design from Parsons and a BA in Multimedia Design from American University. She resides in Washington, DC with her partner.