NEXT> is a Social Design and Futurist Consultancy. NEXT> started off as a blog in 2004 by me, Ramla Akhtar. I started doing independent research and digging deep into trends.

In 2005, I saw there was more potential to my life's project than I could realize through my job. I decided to leave a job and search for my answers in the wide world. I have seen much since.

Much of my work has been created & shared off-line in the years since. During my journeys, I haven't done justice to NEXT> the blog, nor is it doing justice to me right now as it feature a lot of old work. Most of my contemporary work is shared on the omnipresent Facebook.

So what to do? Well, I am updating the whole site as of now. By the end of November, 2008, nextbyramla.com should reflect me (and my projects) more adequately. I shall have also figured out how to keep you in the loop!