Nicolás Bronzina

AI-Enhanced Futures Designer

Buenos Aires → Madrid

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I translate futures research into tangible artifacts through AI-enhanced design fiction. With a background in sociology and UX design, focused on climate and urban futures.

Publisher, MARGIN.SIGNALS editorial. Tracking signals at cultural margins.

Co-founder of Heated Studio, leading climate resilience projects. Managing Partner at BPP Analytics and Design, combining research with futures design for strategic decision-making. I teach and facilitate workshops on AI-enhanced design fiction for design schools and institutions.

Previously collaborated with Near Future Laboratory and Girardin & Nova on design fiction projects for telecommunications, finance, defense, and mobility sectors.

Available for design fiction projects, strategic foresight consulting, and workshop facilitation. Let's explore future scenarios together.

Work

Foresight

Publishing

MARGIN.SIGNALS

MARGIN.SIGNALS Release 001 prototype

Independent editorial tracking signals at cultural margins.

Release 001: SPECIALTY.COFFEE.MARGINS

Trendspotting fanzine exploring master plant protocols, intentional defect fermentation, and decolonizing cupping frameworks. Pattern: hierarchy inversion.

A5 zine, 9 pages. Available in digital (€6), physical (€15), or both (€18).

Follow @margin.signals

Projects

Desert Athleisure

Decathlon sportswear for 40°C+. Speculative capsule collection for extreme heat scenarios. Design fiction. Landing page. Heated Studio.

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Adaptive Museums

Museums as climate refuges. Speculative prototype exploring dynamic pricing models. Design fiction. Video introduction. Heated Studio.

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Cuidados en Red

Buenos Aires City eldercare system. Design fiction.

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OFFicial

WELCOME for refugees. Design fiction.

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Also

playground mk-air

Ephemeral live audio broadcasts. No recording, no archive. Streams that exist only in the moment.

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playground mk-1

Web-based music creation tool. 8-track drum sequencer, synthesizer, 4-slot looper with mic input.

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Coffee.txt

Specialty coffee guide for Madrid.

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Coffee Decoded

Practical guide to home coffee equipment.

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CV

Experience

Lab de Mundanidad Forzada

Research Coordinator & Lab Initiator

Lead collaborative research experiments exploring forced mundanity through ethnographic methods and design interventions, coordinating ideation processes and experimental design across research teams.

Heated Studio

Co-founder & Design Fiction Lead

Climate futures consultancy. Design fiction + strategic foresight for organizations navigating climate uncertainty.

BPP Analytics and Design

Managing Partner

Strategic consultancy combining sociological research with futures design, applying research and design thinking to support business intelligence and organizational strategy.

Girardin & Nova

Design Researcher

Collaborative design fiction projects for global clients in telecommunications, financial services, and defense sectors. Published explanatory articles detailing design fiction applications in strategic foresight and institutional transformation.

Near Future Laboratory

Design Researcher

Collaborative design fiction projects exploring emerging technologies and societal transformation for mobility sectors.

Teaching

UDIT Madrid

Guest Lecturer, Master's in UX Design

Co-taught three-part masterclass on AI and emerging technologies with Fabien Girardin and Rohit Gupta, focusing on AI-enhanced design fiction and speculative futures. Conducted individual mentoring sessions for graduate thesis projects.

Domus Academy, Milan

Guest Workshop Co-facilitator

Co-led intensive workshop on climate foresight and AI-enhanced weak signals analysis, guiding graduate design students in developing speculative urban futures for extreme heat scenarios.

CESBA, Buenos Aires

Event Organizer & Opening Keynote

Organized public forum on futures design for public policy, presenting institutional proposal for Futures Anticipation Unit to Buenos Aires government. Panel with Fabien Girardin, Miriam Latorre, and Ezequiel Politi.

Education

UDIT Madrid

Master's Degree in User Experience for the Design of Digital Products and Services

Universidad del Salvador

Bachelor's in Sociology

Institute for the Future

Certified in Future Thinking & Forecasting

Core Expertise

Specialized in design fiction and AI-enhanced prototyping for strategic foresight. Research methods include weak signals analysis, scenario planning, and ethnographic approaches. Focus areas: climate adaptation strategies, urban resilience, food futures, and sociological futures research.