Case Study: Aalborg University turns weak signals into future-ready design ideas with FIBRES

Aalborg University improves student foresight outputs with FIBRES

Aalborg University faced the challenge of teaching design students practical foresight skills. Students were overloaded with scattered information on weak signals and trends, which made it difficult to structure their research and move from observations to strategic design recommendations. They needed a way to manage this complexity for their real-world industry projects.

The university implemented FIBRES, a purpose-built foresight platform, to provide a structured workflow for the students. Using FIBRES, students could collaboratively collect signals, cluster them into trends, and build trend radars to inform their design ideas. The solution resulted in final student outputs that were noticeably more coherent and evidence-backed, as the platform freed up cognitive bandwidth for higher-value sensemaking and strengthened their applied foresight capabilities.

Aalborg University