Prompt to get us started designing: The year is 2039, and shopping for goods and commodities has never been easier. Everything can be shelved and stacked. What’s life-size or larger is sold at near pocket-size. In this world, conventional notions of scale and proportion are negotiable. In this age, miniaturized products must be restored to “operational capacity” (i.e., watered) before use. While miniaturization is radical, 2039 is a cold, gray, post-post-pandemic world. People are deadpan and insufferably practical. Approached by an unusual client who aspires to stand out, you’ve decided to explore humor, surprise, and playfulness as design languages. “Wittines,” you think, “will change everything.”