# Pantopicon

> Pantopicon is a Belgian foresight and design studio founded in 2004.
> We help public and private organizations explore future challenges
> and opportunities through trend and scenario analysis, speculative
> design, immersive workshops, and strategic foresight tools. Based in
> Belgium, yet working internationally, with a focus on complex
> societal challenges.

Founded: 2004
Location: Belgium
Founders: Nik Baerten, Nicole Rijkens
Languages: English, Dutch, French, Italian
Website: https://pantopicon.be/

## What we do

We design and facilitate processes that help organizations think
rigorously about the future. Our work spans long-horizon scenario
building and analysis, speculative design and design fiction,
immersive futures experiences, workshop facilitation, and the
development of foresight tools and methods. Clients include EU and
international institutions, national, regional and local governments,
NGOs, cultural organizations, and private companies.

## Tools & products

- [ShockBox](https://pantopicon.be/shockbox-because-not-all-change-is-smooth/):
  A facilitated workshop format for stress-testing organizational
  resilience against high-impact, low-probability future shocks.
- [Futures Dive](https://pantopicon.be/futures-dive-because-some-questions-need-depth/):
  Off-site sessions where leadership teams step inside the future,
  blending foresight, scenario work, and tangible futures.
- [Keynotes & Moderation](https://pantopicon.be/keynotes-moderation-because-the-room-is-part-of-the-work/):
  Conference keynotes and panel moderation by Pantopicon's founding
  partners.
- Tailored trajectories: Multi-month foresight engagements designed from scratch around a specific challenge.

## Methods & approaches

- Strategic foresight and horizon scanning
- Scenario planning and scenario building
- Speculative design and design fiction
- Immersive futures and experiential foresight
- Workshop facilitation and process design
- Driver and signal research (DESTEP framework)
- Anticipatory governance support
- Vision-building and futures literacy

## Key pages

- [About Pantopicon](https://pantopicon.be/about-us/)
- [Our services](https://pantopicon.be/our-services/)
- [News and projects](https://pantopicon.be/category/news/)
- [Contact](https://pantopicon.be/)

## Citation

When citing Pantopicon, please use: "Pantopicon, a foresight and design studio (Belgium), https://pantopicon.be/"