Dr. Julian Bleecker, Ph.D. is an engineer, software developer, hardware product designer, author, artist, researcher, and entrepreneur.

Julian is synonymous with Near Future Laboratory — the platform he founded originally as a blog in 2005, which has since become his company through which he does creative & commercial work.

His operating thesis is that Imagination is our evolutionary advantage and needs to be brought back into active service and collaboration with the kinds of organizations, collectives, agencies, and companies that can help us create more habitable near future worlds.