Anthropolis Industrial Design Studio
- Pete Ward
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
Designing the Post-Carbon, Post-Corporate Future

A New Way of Living Begins With a New Way of Designing
Anthropolis Industrial Design Studio reimagines the built environment from the ground up—rooted in anthropology, biomimicry, and ecological intelligence. We design human-scale villages, regenerative materials, and self-sustaining systems that liberate communities from fossil fuels, corporate dependence, and the exhausting complexity of the exponential growth economy.
Our Mission
To design the next evolution of human settlements—autonomous, ecological villages where people thrive, contribute meaningfully, and live in harmony with the biosphere.
What We Do
1. Village & Settlement Design
Human-scaled, walkable polis models grounded in the science of ecology and anthropology. No sprawl. No non-places. Communities shaped around commons, cooperation, and local sufficiency.
2. Biomimetic Architecture & Materials
From mocpropolis (propolis-inspired structural biocomposite) to 3D-printed organic architecture, we design buildings that behave like ecosystems—alive, adaptive, and regenerative.
3. Autonomous Food Systems
Advanced greenhouse design, living roofs, and regionalized production that end dependence on industrial agriculture and restore food sovereignty.
4. Post-Growth Industrial Design
Tools, furniture, products, and systems designed for durability, repairability, and local fabrication—free from corporate planned obsolescence.
5. Governance, Education & Transition Tools
Workshops, curricula, and participatory design methods that help communities shift from competitive, extractive capitalism to collaborative biomimetic governance.
Why Anthropolis?
Because the world built by fossil fuels and corporate growth is collapsing.
We offer the alternative:
A regenerative design framework that puts humans back into ecological reality.
No billionaires.
No corporate control.
No endless expansion.
Just people, place, purpose—and a livable planet.
Design Philosophy
Ecology teaches. Biomimicry guides. Anthropology grounds. Technology empowers. We combine the wisdom of nature with the achievements of engineering to build settlements that meet human needs without destroying the Earth that sustains us.
The Future Is Village-Scale
Anthropolis envisions interconnected networks of self-governing villages—an archipelago of resilience replacing the fragile, fossil-fuel megastructure we inherited.
These villages use:
3D-printed bio-materials
Circular material and energy flows
Zero-carbon architecture
Localized food and craft economies
Cooperative governance inspired by eusocial species
Each village becomes a living organism, not a consumer market.
Join the Transformation
Whether you are a community, a researcher, a builder, or a visionary, Anthropolis Industrial Design Studio offers the tools and design intelligence needed to begin the shift.
Let’s design the world that should have been—and still can be.

