moments
NOV 22, 2026
A Forum for Consequential Imagination
Seasonal Gatherings Soho House, Tokyo
Seasonal forums. Cross-disciplinary inquiry. Applied speculation in practice. Future labs and working sessions. An evolving network of practitioners.
BECOME A partner
get tickets
A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY FORUM FOR CONSEQUENCE AND POSSIBILITY
Speculative Futures is rigorous, future-facing, and grounded in responsibility.
A cross-disciplinary forum convening designers, technologists, policymakers, researchers, founders, artists, strategists, and cultural leaders to examine the systems shaping what comes next.
We believe imagination carries weight. Here, participants do not gather to predict trends. They gather to test assumptions, prototype possibilities, and confront the second- and third-order effects of the choices we make today.
These sessions are designed for depth. Structured for consequence. Built to move beyond inspiration into applied thinking.
Speculative Futures operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its forward laboratory.
Where Moments slows ideas down and Tokyo Salone convenes at scale, Speculative Futures accelerates inquiry. It is a space to examine the implications of AI, mobility systems, climate adaptation, infrastructure design, governance, education, labor, and civic life.
Our focus is long-term consequence.
The conversations are not abstract. They are grounded in emerging technologies, shifting policy landscapes, environmental urgency, and lived global complexity. Participants explore what it means to design responsibly in an automated, climate-impacted, and rapidly evolving world.
WHO GATHERS
Speculative Futures convenes practitioners across:
Climate science and regenerative systems AI, robotics, and physical intelligence Urban infrastructure and mobility Governance, policy, and ethics Design strategy and speculative practice Education, labor, and creative economies Narrative futures and science fiction
Each forum is intentionally composed to bring unlikely disciplines into direct exchange.
Designed FOR CONSEQUENCE
Cross-Disciplinary by Design
Tokyo Salone intentionally brings distinct disciplines into conversation, spanning design and technology, gastronomy and mobility, and anime and architecture. Programming prioritises informed exchange over parallel discussion
Global x Domestic Exchange
Tokyo Salone brings internationally recognised leaders, many engaging directly with Japan for the first time, into dialogue with emerging Japanese talent, with an emphasis on learning, mentorship, and professional connection.
Future Labs
Select sessions extend into structured working labs designed to translate foresight into strategic direction.
An Ongoing Inquiry
Speculative Futures builds continuity across seasons, informing Tokyo Salone’s annual gathering and shaping broader ecosystem dialogue.
venue
Soho House began in London in 1995 as a discreet refuge for creative minds, and its Tokyo outpost continues that lineage. Opening in April 2026 in Aoyama, Soho House Tokyo sits at the intersection of design, culture, and everyday life. Surrounded by Omotesando’s boutiques, nearby museums, and the layered energy of Harajuku, it offers an intimate, lived-in space for connection, conversation, and creative exchange.
PART OF A LARGER ECOSYSTEM
Speculative Futures lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone platform, alongside Moments, Nourish, Friends Of, Future Of, Nightshift Shakedown, and Thirdspace Thirdweeks.
Insights generated here ripple outward into the annual Tokyo Salone gathering. What is examined becomes shared. What is speculative becomes actionable.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is seeking a small group of founding partners to help shape Japan’s first global, design-led cultural platform. Partnerships are structured as long-term collaborations focused on co-authorship, category leadership, and measurable cultural impact.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway. To explore partnership alignment, please contact:
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
The wait is part of the seduction
Forum invitations and tickets are released in phases throughout the year. Participation is curated to preserve depth and interdisciplinary rigor.
詳細は2026年春に公開予定です。 静かに、その時をお待ちください。
subscribe for updates
Legal
Terms & conditions
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
tokyo salone
NOV 22, 2026
A Forum for Consequential Imagination
Seasonal Gatherings Soho House, Tokyo
Seasonal forums. Cross-disciplinary inquiry. Applied speculation in practice. Future labs and working sessions. An evolving network of practitioners.
BECOME A partner
get tickets
A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY FORUM FOR CONSEQUENCE AND POSSIBILITY
Speculative Futures is rigorous, future-facing, and grounded in responsibility.
A cross-disciplinary forum convening designers, technologists, policymakers, researchers, founders, artists, strategists, and cultural leaders to examine the systems shaping what comes next.
We believe imagination carries weight. Here, participants do not gather to predict trends. They gather to test assumptions, prototype possibilities, and confront the second- and third-order effects of the choices we make today.
These sessions are designed for depth. Structured for consequence. Built to move beyond inspiration into applied thinking.
Speculative Futures operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its forward laboratory.
Where Moments slows ideas down and Tokyo Salone convenes at scale, Speculative Futures accelerates inquiry. It is a space to examine the implications of AI, mobility systems, climate adaptation, infrastructure design, governance, education, labor, and civic life.
Our focus is long-term consequence.
The conversations are not abstract. They are grounded in emerging technologies, shifting policy landscapes, environmental urgency, and lived global complexity. Participants explore what it means to design responsibly in an automated, climate-impacted, and rapidly evolving world.
WHO GATHERS
Speculative Futures convenes practitioners across:
Climate science and regenerative systems AI, robotics, and physical intelligence Urban infrastructure and mobility Governance, policy, and ethics Design strategy and speculative practice Education, labor, and creative economies Narrative futures and science fiction
Each forum is intentionally composed to bring unlikely disciplines into direct exchange.
Designed FOR CONSEQUENCE
Cross-Disciplinary by Design
Tokyo Salone intentionally brings distinct disciplines into conversation, spanning design and technology, gastronomy and mobility, and anime and architecture. Programming prioritises informed exchange over parallel discussion
Global x Domestic Exchange
Tokyo Salone brings internationally recognised leaders, many engaging directly with Japan for the first time, into dialogue with emerging Japanese talent, with an emphasis on learning, mentorship, and professional connection.
Future Labs
Select sessions extend into structured working labs designed to translate foresight into strategic direction.
An Ongoing Inquiry
Speculative Futures builds continuity across seasons, informing Tokyo Salone’s annual gathering and shaping broader ecosystem dialogue.
venue
Soho House began in London in 1995 as a discreet refuge for creative minds, and its Tokyo outpost continues that lineage. Opening in April 2026 in Aoyama, Soho House Tokyo sits at the intersection of design, culture, and everyday life. Surrounded by Omotesando’s boutiques, nearby museums, and the layered energy of Harajuku, it offers an intimate, lived-in space for connection, conversation, and creative exchange.
PART OF A LARGER ECOSYSTEM
Speculative Futures lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone platform, alongside Moments, Nourish, Friends Of, Future Of, Nightshift Shakedown, and Thirdspace Thirdweeks.
Insights generated here ripple outward into the annual Tokyo Salone gathering. What is examined becomes shared. What is speculative becomes actionable.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is seeking a small group of founding partners to help shape Japan’s first global, design-led cultural platform. Partnerships are structured as long-term collaborations focused on co-authorship, category leadership, and measurable cultural impact.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway. To explore partnership alignment, please contact:
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
The wait is part of the seduction
Forum invitations and tickets are released in phases throughout the year. Participation is curated to preserve depth and interdisciplinary rigor.
詳細は2026年春に公開予定です。 静かに、その時をお待ちください。
subscribe for updates
Legal
Terms & conditions
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
tokyo salone
NOV 22, 2026
A Forum for Consequential Imagination
Seasonal Gatherings Soho House, Tokyo
Seasonal forums. Cross-disciplinary inquiry. Applied speculation in practice. Future labs and working sessions. An evolving network of practitioners.
BECOME A partner
get tickets
A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY FORUM FOR CONSEQUENCE AND POSSIBILITY
Speculative Futures is rigorous, future-facing, and grounded in responsibility.
A cross-disciplinary forum convening designers, technologists, policymakers, researchers, founders, artists, strategists, and cultural leaders to examine the systems shaping what comes next.
We believe imagination carries weight. Here, participants do not gather to predict trends. They gather to test assumptions, prototype possibilities, and confront the second- and third-order effects of the choices we make today.
These sessions are designed for depth. Structured for consequence. Built to move beyond inspiration into applied thinking.
Speculative Futures operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its forward laboratory.
Where Moments slows ideas down and Tokyo Salone convenes at scale, Speculative Futures accelerates inquiry. It is a space to examine the implications of AI, mobility systems, climate adaptation, infrastructure design, governance, education, labor, and civic life.
Our focus is long-term consequence.
The conversations are not abstract. They are grounded in emerging technologies, shifting policy landscapes, environmental urgency, and lived global complexity. Participants explore what it means to design responsibly in an automated, climate-impacted, and rapidly evolving world.
WHO GATHERS
Speculative Futures convenes practitioners across:
Climate science and regenerative systems AI, robotics, and physical intelligence Urban infrastructure and mobility Governance, policy, and ethics Design strategy and speculative practice Education, labor, and creative economies Narrative futures and science fiction
Each forum is intentionally composed to bring unlikely disciplines into direct exchange.
Designed FOR CONSEQUENCE
Applied Speculation
Speculation is treated as a working method. Participants prototype scenarios, map systemic impact, and interrogate assumptions.
Cross-Sector Dialogue
Industry leaders, researchers, founders, and cultural practitioners meet as peers. The emphasis is rigorous exchange, not presentation.
Future Labs
Select sessions extend into structured working labs designed to translate foresight into strategic direction.
An Ongoing Inquiry
Speculative Futures builds continuity across seasons, informing Tokyo Salone’s annual gathering and shaping broader ecosystem dialogue.
venue
Soho House began in London in 1995 as a discreet refuge for creative minds, and its Tokyo outpost continues that lineage. Opening in April 2026 in Aoyama, Soho House Tokyo sits at the intersection of design, culture, and everyday life. Surrounded by Omotesando’s boutiques, nearby museums, and the layered energy of Harajuku, it offers an intimate, lived-in space for connection, conversation, and creative exchange.
PART OF A LARGER ECOSYSTEM
Speculative Futures lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone platform, alongside Moments, Nourish, Friends Of, Future Of, Nightshift Shakedown, and Thirdspace Thirdweeks.
Insights generated here ripple outward into the annual Tokyo Salone gathering. What is examined becomes shared. What is speculative becomes actionable.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is seeking a small group of founding partners to help shape Japan’s first global, design-led cultural platform. Partnerships are structured as long-term collaborations focused on co-authorship, category leadership, and measurable cultural impact.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway. To explore partnership alignment, please contact:
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
The wait is part of the seduction
Forum invitations and tickets are released in phases throughout the year. Participation is curated to preserve depth and interdisciplinary rigor.
詳細は2026年春に公開予定です。 静かに、その時をお待ちください。
subscribe for updates
Legal
Terms & conditions
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
tokyo salone
NOV 22, 2026
A Forum for Consequential Imagination
Seasonal Gatherings Soho House, Tokyo
Seasonal forums. Cross-disciplinary inquiry. Applied speculation in practice. Future labs and working sessions. An evolving network of practitioners.
BECOME A partner
get tickets
A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY FORUM FOR CONSEQUENCE AND POSSIBILITY
Speculative Futures is rigorous, future-facing, and grounded in responsibility.
A cross-disciplinary forum convening designers, technologists, policymakers, researchers, founders, artists, strategists, and cultural leaders to examine the systems shaping what comes next.
We believe imagination carries weight. Here, participants do not gather to predict trends. They gather to test assumptions, prototype possibilities, and confront the second- and third-order effects of the choices we make today.
These sessions are designed for depth. Structured for consequence. Built to move beyond inspiration into applied thinking.
Speculative Futures operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its forward laboratory.
Where Moments slows ideas down and Tokyo Salone convenes at scale, Speculative Futures accelerates inquiry. It is a space to examine the implications of AI, mobility systems, climate adaptation, infrastructure design, governance, education, labor, and civic life.
Our focus is long-term consequence.
The conversations are not abstract. They are grounded in emerging technologies, shifting policy landscapes, environmental urgency, and lived global complexity. Participants explore what it means to design responsibly in an automated, climate-impacted, and rapidly evolving world.
WHO GATHERS
Speculative Futures convenes practitioners across:
Climate science and regenerative systems AI, robotics, and physical intelligence Urban infrastructure and mobility Governance, policy, and ethics Design strategy and speculative practice Education, labor, and creative economies Narrative futures and science fiction
Each forum is intentionally composed to bring unlikely disciplines into direct exchange.
Designed FOR CONSEQUENCE
Applied Speculation
Speculation is treated as a working method. Participants prototype scenarios, map systemic impact, and interrogate assumptions.
Cross-Sector Dialogue
Industry leaders, researchers, founders, and cultural practitioners meet as peers. The emphasis is rigorous exchange, not presentation.
Future Labs
Select sessions extend into structured working labs designed to translate foresight into strategic direction.
An Ongoing Inquiry
Speculative Futures builds continuity across seasons, informing Tokyo Salone’s annual gathering and shaping broader ecosystem dialogue.
venue
Soho House began in London in 1995 as a discreet refuge for creative minds, and its Tokyo outpost continues that lineage. Opening in April 2026 in Aoyama, Soho House Tokyo sits at the intersection of design, culture, and everyday life. Surrounded by Omotesando’s boutiques, nearby museums, and the layered energy of Harajuku, it offers an intimate, lived-in space for connection, conversation, and creative exchange.
PART OF A LARGER ECOSYSTEM
Speculative Futures lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone platform, alongside Moments, Nourish, Friends Of, Future Of, Nightshift Shakedown, and Thirdspace Thirdweeks.
Insights generated here ripple outward into the annual Tokyo Salone gathering. What is examined becomes shared. What is speculative becomes actionable.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is seeking a small group of founding partners to help shape Japan’s first global, design-led cultural platform. Partnerships are structured as long-term collaborations focused on co-authorship, category leadership, and measurable cultural impact.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway. To explore partnership alignment, please contact:
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
The wait is part of the seduction
Forum invitations and tickets are released in phases throughout the year. Participation is curated to preserve depth and interdisciplinary rigor.
詳細は2026年春に公開予定です。 静かに、その時をお待ちください。
subscribe for updates
Legal
Terms & conditions
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE