A storytelling experiment.

FPO: A design-thinking agency specializing in super science & the paranormal.

Creative solutions for all your unreal needs.

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Super heroism (+ villainy).

Whether you're a mutant, an experiment gone wrong, or a costumed vigilante, we know your utility belts and themed vehicles don’t design themselves. We’ll assemble everything you need without revealing… your IP.

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Supernatural.

We wouldn’t be very good designers if we didn’t believe in magic—and not just unicorns! We believe well-designed usability and technology can multiply the otherworldly forces behind your arcane enterprise.

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Super science.

From secret labs to alien technology, we’re no stranger to tomorrow’s tech, today. We’ll work with your AIs, chimeras, cyborgs, and mad scientists to make sure our design solutions meet all your future-edge needs.

Our uncanny portfolio.

Short fiction
MVP / Release Thé, virgins.
MVP / Release Thé, virgins.

An illustrated sci-fi short about product design and existential crises.

In a startup incubator where magic meets machine learning, a UX designer realizes his latest app—meant to tell fortunes from selfies and coffee dregs—might be predicting real doom. MVP is a sharp, stylish blend of sci-fi and product design satire, where “minimum viable product” might just mean maximum existential crisis.

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UAT / C2U waits dreaming.
UAT / C2U waits dreaming.

An illustrated sci-fi short about product design and AI horror.

In a sleek Chicago office emptied by automation, a UX designer returns to celebrate his AI’s success—only to discover the final test has already begun. UAT is a blood-slick satire of design culture and technological worship, where user acceptance comes at the cost of human extinction.

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Some of our otherworldly clients.