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Jonathan Tran

About: I use design artifice and strategic foresight to help people make sense of abstract futures full of challenges and opportunities. Who's up for a multiplayer future?

What makes me curious? From spacefaring to storytelling—I explore possibilities through provocations and by aligning emerging technology with humanity's evolving needs. A fast-moving, high-powered world demands accessible environments and equitable mobility. I use conversations, research, assumption reversals, and ethical AI/API integration to empower individuals to master tempestuous, scalable, and independent futures with strategic foresight.

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The image depicts a platform and service called Terra Automata and shows an interior view of a vehicle with a large touchscreen display on the dashboard. The display features a user interface titled "TERRA AUTOMATA" and includes a section labeled "DIAZ FAMILY" with profiles of family members and a map indicating their home, school, and work locations.

Transition and speculative design for an autonomous vehicle ecosystem featuring an interface with visual and audio feedback equipped to establish trust and comfort of community riders.

This image is a case study summary for EndoMD, a diabetes education platform. On the left, a smartphone and tablet display the EndoMD website interface with the headline "Here knowledge is shared to improve your diabetes care!" Below this is a photo of a diverse group of smiling people, suggesting a community focus.

Interdisciplinary platform focused on delivering accessible and affordable diabetes information and resources to rural Texas that scaled to reshape the UNT research landscape with the 3 Horizons model.

A visual representation of a platform called ""CO Living"" that is designed to facilitate mixed work and living arrangements. In a modern and well-lit interior space, there are two digital devices displaying content related to the CO Living concept. The screen on the left shows a webpage with various subheadings and images, including what appears to be a community engagement or crowdfunding section with a goal to upgrade an internet package. There are icons of people, possibly indicating community members or contributors.

The Co-Living Platform improves time value in a fast-moving but vulnerable period for transplants and their newfound communities via collective bargaining.

This image depicts a mobile application called "Vault," which is described as online banking for a new, independent, and powerful generation. It highlights that the app was designed with input from young adults through focus groups and signal scanning to provide long-term financial solutions, especially for significant moments like college and first jobs.

Online banking for an independent, powerful new generation. Decentralization and customization are key, scaling for the future of banking that is transparent, gamified, and within the public trust.