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title: "Systems that don’t exist yet."
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INDEPENDENT VENTURE DESIGN STUDIO

AUSTIN, TX / WORKING EVERYWHERE

# Systems that  
don’t exist yet.

We explore consequential problems.  
Design what should exist instead.  
Then make enough of it to find out.

[Explore the work ↓](https://design-science.co/#work)

START WITH THE SYSTEM.  
SEE WHAT IT BECOMES.

A DIFFERENT STARTING POINT

## Objects are  
only half  
the story.

The interesting part is what happens between them.

EXPLORE THREE SYSTEMS →

FIG. 01 / RELATIONSHIPS, NOT OBJECTS+

### A shared operational world.

People, agents, and software coordinate around a shared situation. The system gives their actions a common context.

[↗](https://design-science.co/work/industry-5/)

### Many artifacts. One creative reality.

Characters, rules, and relationships form a coherent canon. New stories can emerge without losing the intent behind them.

[↗](https://design-science.co/work/canon-engine/)

### The journey belongs to the pod.

Separate the thing being moved from the vehicle moving it. Different transporters carry one modular unit across a coordinated journey.

[↗](https://design-science.co/work/numuv/)

SELECTED WORK / DIFFERENT STATES

## Different systems.  
Same instinct.

[All work ↗](https://design-science.co/work/)

[01 / Company

### INDUSTRY 5

Enterprise systems

What if the enterprise were designed for humans and intelligent agents from the beginning?

↗](https://design-science.co/work/industry-5/)[02 / Company

### CANON ENGINE

Narrative systems

What happens to creative control when content becomes nearly free to generate?

↗](https://design-science.co/work/canon-engine/)[03 / Exploration

### NŪMŪV

Transportation systems

What if we stopped designing transportation around the vehicle?

↗](https://design-science.co/work/numuv/)

A COMPANY. AN EXPLORATION. AN OPEN SYSTEM. EACH IS A VALID OUTCOME.

01 / THE UNDERLYING QUESTION

> If none of this  
> existed yet,  
> how should the  
> system _work?_

✳

Most innovation begins with a market, a category, or a technology stack.

We begin one question earlier.

[Start somewhere else ↗](https://design-science.co/method/)

METHOD / FROM QUESTION TO CONSEQUENCE

## The vehicle follows  
the system.

[Our method ↗](https://design-science.co/method/)

01 ↗

### Explore.

Find the consequential question underneath the familiar problem.

02 ↗

### Design.

Model what should exist, starting from first principles.

03 ↗

### Make.

Build enough to test the logic and expose what is missing.

04 ↗

### Form.

Decide what should carry it into the world. A company is one possibility.

OPEN TO THE RIGHT QUESTION

## What should  
exist instead?

Perhaps you know a domain extraordinarily well. Perhaps an existing system has reached its limit.

Good places to start.

[Start a conversation ↗](https://design-science.co/contact/)