hi, I’m theo ploeg

I tell stories of alternative nows

I’m a speculative accelerationist, cyborg, veganarchist, renegade sociologist, and your fav pop writer ;- )

addicted to pop culture, coffee, cats, and traveling by train. I roam the edges of speculative design, media, art, and journalism. my practice is sentient-based 🌱. I live in the Maastricht/Heerlen region, and my office is in anticity Heerlen.

with studio hyperspace, I explore alternative realities of an accelerating world and use speculative design as a tool to fuel dialogues about better worlds.

I co-lead speculative futures maastricht.

At the academy of arts maastricht, I lead a minor program in speculative design, introduce new theories and practices in art and design education, and research speculative design at the research group resilient design practice.

pop culture is my first love, and I can’t stop writing about it. I curate STASIS, a newsletter about pop culture, and frequently write for the culture print magazine gonzo (circus).

best way to reach me? catch me on social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, bsky) or email me at info [@] theoploeg.net.