Douce De Boisgelin

Design Futures (MDes)

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DISGUST TO DESIRE: THE SOCIAL FUTURE OF HUMAN HAIR

The Future of Human Hair Collection for 2050 — A System to Streamline Domestic Hair Collection for 2050 (Future Artefacts) HairOS, 2050: A tool for Hair quality Analysis checking Keratin levels, Nitrogen content and Mineral Quality levels. KeraPod Unit: A Domestic hair collection that compresses loose strands into KeraSpools. KeraSpool: A compact unit of loose hair strands to make streamline transportation and distribution. HairMail: A Service for Public Hair Collection.

Kesh Kalyani: Systems for Life — The first integrated platform designed exclusively for India's female farmers: AI-powered soil insights, innovative hair-based bio-fertilisers, and community, hubs that make agricultural, resilience accessible and affordable for rural smallholders.

Meet your Masters — A Story about the Architects of Modern Surveillance Recognition software

About

Douce de Boisgelin is a design researcher and foresight strategist bridging design and science to imagine and cultivate regenerative futures. Her work spans speculative design, material innovation, and systems change, using design both as a critical lens and as a tool for social and environmental impact. By interrogating cognitive dissonance around feasible and viable material solutions, she explores how design futures approaches can challenge assumptions, foster acceptance, and drive change for both human as well as non-human stakeholders.

Relevant Experience:

Founder of Girls in Motion NGO, India (2023-present)

Sustainability Manager at Curio.space, London (2022-2024)

Educational Content Developer at Climate Change All Change, London (2021)

Education:

Royal College of Art, London, MDes Design Futures (2024-2025)

Imperial College Business School, Wicked Acceleration Labs, (2025)

University of Edinburgh, History of Art and Architectural History (2018-2022)

Exhibitions & Public Speaking:

2025 – Royal College of Art, Design Symposium Speaker and Panel Host (Talk)

2025 – Royal College of Art, RCA2025 (Exhibition)

2025 – Royal College of Art, FuturesNow, with National Oceanography Centre (Exhibition)

2025 – Royal College of Art, Capital’s Shadow (Exhibition)

2025 – Royal College of Art, Creative Education Speaker (Talk)

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