The Code of Things to Come

ABOUT:
The Code of Things to Come is a collection of visionary tales inspired by the potential role that synthetic biology and identity might play in the near future. 
I was the creative director and editor of this publication of fictional short stories.

COMMISSIONED WRITERS:
Alex Burrett, Debbie Ding, Brandon Walder and Sabine Magnet.

GRAPHIC DESIGN:
Studio Mut


EXHIBITION:
Show RCA 2014, Kensington Gore, London
London Design Festival, Buy Buy Buy Put it down

YEAR:
2014

What happens when the “your DNA will be your data” slogan will become present reality?  These stories give context to a future yet to occur: Biotechnologies are moving out of the lab and onto the street. The cost per genome-sequencing is dropping faster then Moore’s Law. Genetic information is going to play a crucial role in health, insurance, criminality, identification, evidence, ancestry and paternity amongst others.