Open Mycorrhizal Systems

Exploring pathways towards preferable futures

Hello!
I’m Pascal Wicht. I am a strategic designer, creative director, field researcher, futurist and teacher. I help people and organisations navigate towards preferable futures for humanity and adapt to a world of growing problems that don’t go away.
Welcome to my site, where I fuse critical theory with design. My slow-motion blog is here. I am writing a Codex to help designers drive more impact. I am also documenting my strategic design system Wangjitsu.

Open Mycorrhizal Systems
Noise and Orientation
Signals and Futures
Listening and Systems
AI and Imagination

Open Mycorrhizal Systems
Recently Published
Moving Beyond Individualism to Embrace Systemic Solutions
Navigating society’s complex challenges requires systemic solutions, not just individual actions. Let’s explore how to shift our focus from personal choices to a more structural understanding for radical change.
Surface vs Structures
Social sciences researchers aim to uncover the deeper structural issues behind problems, going beyond surface-level effects. For designers, this means considering the broader context and systemic factors that contribute to problems.
Side Projects
The Resilient Table
This speculative and generative experiment explores a future scenario of a society that has relocalized and is regenerating most of its food systems, drawing from a blend of traditional practices and cutting-edge innovations.
Field Photography
Through the lens: capturing field research. Photography while doing ethnographic and strategic research from 2015 to present.
