Podcasts about Design fiction

Subscriber-only episodeSend me a message.In this episode, I explore the boundary between pedagogy and curriculum intent in D&T education. I reflect on how we can make our implicit modelling of design strategies more explicit to enhance pupils' learning and metacognitive awareness.Drawing from my classroom experience, I consider those moments when I implemented activities like Design Fiction or 635, but didn't articulate why I'd selected these approaches or when pupils might choose to use them. I question whether I was sufficiently explicit when making material choices—why select 4mm acrylic rather than 6mm?—and how sharing this reasoning might have deepened pupils' design thinking.Unlike simple demonstration of techniques, explicit modelling reveals the decision-making processes underpinning good design practice. While this connects to aspects of Rosenshine's principles of instruction, D&T presents unique opportunities as our projects unfold over weeks rather than single lessons.This approach has relevance beyond the National Curriculum, with international educators similarly exploring how to make design thinking visible to learners. Whether you're teaching in a secondary school in Birmingham or a technology college in Melbourne, making your design decisions explicit helps pupils develop their own design capabilities.As you plan your next scheme of work, which design decisions might you make visible to your pupils? How might explicitly modelling your thinking transform their understanding of the design process? I'd love to hear how explicit modelling works in your context.Acknowledgement:Some of the supplementary content for this podcast episode was crafted with the assistance of Claude, an AI language model developed by Anthropic. While the core content is based on the actual conversation and my editorial direction, Claude helped in refining and structuring information to best serve listeners. This collaborative approach allows me to provide you with concise, informative, and engaging content to complement each episode.If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!'Please offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Threads @hardy_alison or by emailing me.If you listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, please take a moment to rate and/or review the show. If you want to support me by becoming a Patron click here. If you are not able to support me financially, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sharing a link to my work on social media. Thank you!

Julian Bleecker is a researcher, designer, engineer, and entrepreneur. He runs Near Future Laboratory, a platform and consultancy focused on design fiction. He is the author of Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact, and Fiction and co-author of The Manual of Design Fiction, among other titles. In this conversation, Jarrett and Julian talk about the origins of design fiction, how he applies it with corporate clients, and how we can get design students to rediscover imagination. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm/267-julian-bleecker. 
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Have you ever wondered how visualizing complex futures can help you take actions and decisions today? Fabien Girardin and Nicolas Nova, pioneers of the practice of Design Fiction, take us on a journey into it to explain what it is for and what comes beyond it. This episode reveals what it means to create tangible expressions of potential futures while considering its complex relationship with technology, global trends, and societal implications. They share real-world examples of scenario building and discuss how to operationalize future thinking in organizations through the use of co-creation, AI, and other tools. Fabien and Nicolas have spent decades guiding small and large organizations to envision and prepare for future scenarios. They are now working to expand the design fiction practice beyond its initial decades of practice. Their work has helped organizations move beyond abstract predictions by engaging with diegetic and relatable prototypes, creating thousands of tools for strategic reflection. Taking the example of the “IKEA Catalog for the Future,” they highlight how everyday objects can become evocative representations that make future concepts more accessible. This episode will serve as a comprehensive guide to visualizing imagination, including insights into AI's potential role as a creative accelerator in building such prototypes. Tune in to discover actionable methods to help you navigate the complexities of the future before it happens. Discount Code for Listeners! Fabien and Nicolas have been kind enough to offer all our listeners a 20% Discount for the Manual of Design Fiction Book (Paperback Edition): Discount Code: BOUND-7BDS4 Link to the shop with discount: https://books.girardinnova.com/discount/BOUND-7BDS4?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fthe-manual-of-design-fiction Disclaimer: this is not an affiliate link, Boundaryless doesn't monetize your book purchase. Key Highlights

In this episode, Julian Bleecker, PhD, founder of Near Future Laboratory, shares his journey of merging design fiction with real-world product development. From science fiction-inspired ideas to practical innovations like Omata One, Julian's work redefines how we think about future technology. Learn how speculative design bridges the gap between imagination and actionable solutions that reshape industries. 00:33- About Julian Bleecker Julian is the founder of the Near Future Laboratory.  He's the author of a book titled, Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact and Fiction. He has also written, It's Time to Imagine Harder: The Reader's Guide to the Manual of Design Fiction.  He's further developed the unique Omata One cycling computer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support

Julian Bleecker, Ph.D., is an accomplished engineer and author with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, an MSEng from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz. He founded Near Future Laboratory in 2005 and OMATA, a one-person innovative hardware product design studio, in 2014, which he sold in 2022. Julian has written It's Time To Imagine Harder and co-authored The Manual of Design Fiction. He also wrote the influential essay, Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact and Fiction. His engineering expertise and innovative work in Design Fiction have significantly shaped creative practices worldwide. Near Future Laboratory Podcast LinkedIn Instagram TOOLS: 0:00 – Intro 0:34 – Baofeng 5RM Multi-Band Ham Radio 7:43 – Make Playing Cards 17:08 – Sendy.co and Instructions 24:23 – Astro + Netlify Watch on YouTube   For show notes and transcript visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/julian-bleecker-engineer-and-author/ To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7

Monatelang haben wir es angekündigt und nicht geliefert, und jetzt gleich drei Gäste hintereinander! Mit Wilhelm Rinke haben wir einen Biologen und Strategic Designer, der sich (nicht nur, aber auch) bei Accenture Song mit dem Thema Zukunft beschäftigt. Er bevorzugt den Plural und nennt es Zukünfte. Wilhelm und Oskar arbeiten beide leidenschaftlich gerne mit Zukünften und wir diskutieren sie anhand vieler Fragen: Wie kann man der Zukunft die Schwere nehmen? Wie ist Michael als junger Berufseinsteiger mit dem Thema Zukunft umgegangen? Was war ihm damals wichtig? Warum hat er aus seiner Doktorarbeit über Öko-Marketing nichts gemacht? Was ist der Wert der Natur? Warum sind Geschichten wichtig, um sich möglichen Zukünften zu nähern? Wie helfen Werkzeuge wie die PESTEL / STEEP-Analyse? Was genau ist kritisches oder spekulatives Design oder gar Design Fiction? Wie geht ein mittelständisches Familienunternehmen, das sich die “Enkelfähigkeit” sichern will, mit Zukünften um? Wie verändert sich das Bewusstsein zu Zünften bei jüngeren Generationen? Was verbirgt sich hinter dem WhatsApp-Newsletter STUDIO WEATHER von Wilhelm und Oskar? → Hier ist der Link zum Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VadrEGZ7z4klgqQlMt0C Die Zeit vergeht wie im Flug und zum Schluß gibt es noch einen ultimativen Literaturtipp: Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby: Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming Wer uns live sehen und hören möchte, hat hier die Chance: AI Impact Days: 15.10.2024, Berlin Orgatec: 23.10.2024, Köln VITRA | SCHWADKE BÜROEINRICHTUNGEN, 21.11.2024, Rosenheim Wir freuen uns über jeden Kommentar, jede Ideen oder Frage, und ja auch über 5-Sternebewertungen. Danke für 79 mal 5 Sterne und immer noch 4,9 Sterne im Durchschnitt auf Spotify. LinkedIn: michaeltrautmann64 oskar-trautmann96 #ZoomerMeetsBoomer #GenZ #BabyBoomer

Philip & Ben lesen wissenschaftliche Publikationen über Design & UX im Kontext von Games & Gamification, damit Ihr es nicht müsst. Spielsinnliche Wissenschaftskommunikation: Im Paper Podpüree stellen wir Euch ausgewählte Werke von Forschenden zu spielsinnlichen Themen vor. Wir besprechen sowohl Hintergründe und Vorgehensweisen der untersuchten Fragestellungen als auch Studienergebnisse und deren Implikationen. Dabei wollen wir euch wissenschaftliche Konzepte auf möglichst verständliche und unterhaltsame Weise näherbringen. === Sprungmarken === (05:38) Paper 01 (40:29) Paper 02 (1:11:44) Paper 03 (1:55:14) Paper 04 (2:18:12) Honorable Mentions (2:24:46) Deutscher Computerspielpreis (2:33:56) Zusammenfassung === Links === - User Profiling in Game Development: A comparison of theory and practice (Johannes Eriksson; University of Skövde 2023): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-23222 Exploring the Design Space of InterActive Urban Environments: triggering physical activity through embedded technology (Loes van Renswouw, Steven Vos, Pieter van Wesemael, Carine Lallemand; DIS 2021): - doi.org/10.1145/3461778.3462137 Beyond Equilibrium: Utilising AI Agents in Video Game Economy Balancing (Vahid Ranandeh, Pejman Mirza-Babaei; CHI PLAY 2023): - doi.org/10.1145/3573382.3616092 Judgment Call the Game: Using Value Sensitive Design and Design Fiction to Surface Ethical Concerns Related to Technology (Stephanie Ballard, Karen M. Chappell, Kristin Kennedy; DIS 2019): - doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3323697

This is a digest of the 3PM session of General Seminar Season 05 Episode 01 where we discuss possible futures in which AI is as normal, ordinary, and everyday as wheels on luggage and televisions we talk to. General Seminar is Near Future Laboratory's platform for sense-making in which we excavate artifacts from possible futures rather than make predictions and prognostications. This is the Design Fiction approach to imagining into possible futures. To learn more about General Seminar sign up for the Near Future Laboratory's newsletter at ⁠https://nearfuturelaboratory.com⁠ and see past General Seminars at ⁠https://generalseminar.com

This is a digest of the 10AM session of General Seminar Season 05 Episode 01 where we discuss possible futures in which AI is as normal, ordinary, and everyday as wheels on luggage and televisions we talk to. General Seminar is Near Future Laboratory's platform for sense-making in which we excavate artifacts from possible futures rather than make predictions and prognostications. This is the Design Fiction approach to imagining into possible futures. To learn more about General Seminar sign up for the Near Future Laboratory's newsletter at https://nearfuturelaboratory.com and see past General Seminars at https://generalseminar.com

Chris Butler is a chaotic good product manager, writer, and speaker. He has extensive experience in product management leadership at Microsoft, Waze, KAYAK, Facebook Reality Labs (aka Meta), and Cognizant. He is now Group Product Manager in Google's Core Machine Learning team. He is also the co-founder of The Uncertainty Project a community focused on decision making and strategy. LINKS: LinkedIn The Uncertainty Project Chris Butler's product, strategy, randomness, adversarial, and AI/ML talks Twitter TOOLS: 0:00 - Intro 1:43 - Delegation Poker cards 12:10 - Work Kit of Design Fiction 29:46 - The Decider app 34:24 - Flipper Zero 44:32 - The Uncertainty Project Watch on YouTube For show notes and transcript visit To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form.

Some things that happened at the Near Future Laboratory the last weeks of 2023 including a day trip to SFO using a travel voucher that was going to expire at the end of the year, meeting with the NFL gang for an awesome lunch and chat, hanging with Will Carey from https://formation.eco to continue working on the meaning, purpose, and offering of this reinvigorated evolution of Near Future Laboratory. There were also a bunch of (other people's) podcasts that dropped (links below). And it was the 9 year anniversary of OMATA which had me go back and reflect on how I used Design Fiction to help me create a future vision of the company and share that vision with investors who were so enthralled with this vision that they ended up buying the whole company. Links https://formation.eco https://medium.com/design-fictions/why-did-i-write-an-annual-report-from-the-future-849cf12b0687 Reality Plus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/realitypl-us/id1722133066?i=1000639248112 https://youtu.be/ld6FLoCH3Vw?si=NYJEXdD3jLDIybdg Expedition Works' Journey with Purpose https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/julian-bleecker-a-little-bit-more-curious/id1697389263?i=1000638677720 In Clear Focus / Design Fiction https://bigeyeagency.com/design-fiction-with-julian-bleecker/

IN CLEAR FOCUS: In the second of two conversations, Julian Bleecker discusses how the Near Future Laboratory helps organizations envision future scenarios using Design Fiction. Julian explains why imagination is essential for solving existential challenges and how it will help us shape the future. We also discuss Solarpunk, regenerative design, the future of work, and how Design Fiction can be applied to enrich marketing and advertising with immersive research and creative storytelling methods.

IN CLEAR FOCUS: Julian Bleecker explains the development of Design Fiction, a method he pioneered for imagining future scenarios through the creation of tangible artifacts. Julian discusses some of the ways the practice can help guide decision-making and its uses in strategy and communication. Julian invites listeners to explore this interdisciplinary approach through publications and the Near Future Laboratory, a community applying Design Fiction principles to a broad range of projects. 

1. Postcards from some possible futures, sent to me by Elliot P. Montgomery 2. A Magazine from the Future in which autonomous vehicles are about as normal, ordinary, and everyday as television remote controls, wheels on luggage, and laptop sleeves. 3. Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, our pulp pop-psychology paperback from some future in which Sony's Aibo became as popular as the Sony Walkman and now, well — they're just here, and about as ferocious as a cuddly cute robot dog. https://magazinefromthefuture.comhttps://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com... * Exploration of Possible Futures through Artifacts: The use of creative artifacts like postcards, magazines, and books to explore and represent possible futures. These artifacts are designed to augment traditional, analytical approaches to future studies with imagination and sensory experiences. * Design Fiction as a Tool: The value of design fiction is that it's a method that translates ideas and scenarios about the future into tangible, visual forms. You can think of Design Fiction's translation of research analysis into something engaging as an analog to the way a screenplay becomes an immersive, engaging visual story when it is made into a film. Design fiction serves to make future concepts more relatable and understandable. * Some Examples of Artifacts I've Created * Magazine from a Future with Autonomous Vehicles: Created for a client, this magazine represents a world where autonomous vehicles are commonplace. It was developed through workshops with various researchers and designers, capturing collective hopes, fears, and expectations. * Book from a Future with Ho-Hum Androids: Imagine a world where androids are as common and non-threatening as a Sony Walkman. I created a book from that world — a pop-psychology analysis of the Android psyche. * Imagination and Speculation: It's important to imagine and speculate about different futures, considering the wide-ranging implications of technological advancements. Design Fiction presents the useful challenge to think beyond the immediate and apparent effects of new technologies. * Cognitive and Sensory Engagement: Design Fiction is a way to create more immersive and sensory engagement with future scenarios, moving beyond traditional, data-driven methods. Design Fiction emphasizes the role of imagination and creativity - the making of artifacts from these futures — in making future studies more accessible and emotionally resonant.

Episode 082 of the Near Future Laboratory Podcast with Julian Bleecker in conversation with Shashwatch Santosh. https://shashwathsantosh.com/ https://www.instagram.com/shash.wt/ https://www.instagram.com/kinkykashayam/ Please support this work and join the Near Future Laboratory Discord through Patreon: https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory You can also support the work by buying something from the Near Future Laboratory Shop of Futures Artifacts: https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com In Episode 082, Shash and I dance around the world of design education from Shash's experiences at Parsons School of Design. He describes the challenging norms and his explorations around the boundaries of speculative design and Design Fiction. Shash reveals that he is a proponent of creative confusion, and shares his journey through design school, emphasizing the importance of breaking away from traditional labels and constraints. We get a candid discussion of the struggle to define his work, moving beyond conventional roles like industrial designer or object maker, and embracing the ambiguous realm of speculative design. Shashwatch's insights are insightful and profound, particularly useful for those in or considering design education. I was especially intrigued by his critique of how the term 'speculative design' can inadvertently create aesthetic stereotypes and limit the scope of design projects. He advocates for a design approach that transcends labels, allowing work to speak for itself without being confined by preconceived notions of discipline. This approach, he believes, fosters creativity and opens up a world of possibilities beyond the conventional boundaries of design. I somewhat echo Shashwatch's sentiments, and we wonder together and probe the practical aspects of translating expansive and imaginative thinking into viable career paths — where viable means an exchange of value (insight/imagination/creativity for $$$). Shashwatch responds with examples from his own life, discussing the challenges of job hunting and the importance of presenting work effectively to various audiences. He highlights the significance of maintaining technical rigor in projects, which helps in navigating the murky waters of creative industries. Shashwatch also shares his experience of struggling with familial expectations and the pressures of justifying his unconventional career path. He stresses the importance of finding a balance between creative freedom and economic viability, a dilemma faced by many in creative fields. His journey underscores the need for designers to possess not just creative skills but also the ability to articulate and market their ideas effectively in a commercial context. You can find Shash's thesis project 'The Public Library of Usables', a concept born from his exploration of object-oriented ontology. This project challenges traditional object functions, inviting a re-imagination of how objects are used and interact with each other, reflecting his deep engagement with speculative design principles. Hopefully this Episode provides a compelling narrative on the complexities of design education and practice, highlighting the importance of breaking conventions, embracing ambiguity, and balancing creative aspirations with practical realities. I'd say that Shash's journey and optimism is a testament to the transformative power of speculative design and the value of creative exploration in shaping a unique design identity.

Randy Plemel is a design and innovation consultant specializing in solving hard and complex problems for people in elegant, and hopefully simpler ways. Randy has worked with a wide range of organizations in the public sector on democracy promotion, and the private sector on who their customer might be, including the Knight Foundation to reimagine the civic commons across eight cities, Bloomberg Philanthropies to cultivate city-based innovation in the U.S. and India, AARP to evolve their role in creating livable communities for all, and the City of Los Angeles and NYCHA to make cities better through design. He's also completed a range of new products and services with a diverse set of clients—including State Farm, Steelcase, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Tata, Citibank, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, and Walgreens—on a variety of design challenges, from new digital communication tools, to blended digital and physical experiences, to entirely new retail strategy and concepts. Randy holds a BS in Architecture and Masters of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati. https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyplemel/ Expedition Works: https://expedition.works/ Journey With Purpose: https://jwp.news/founding/ Avery's Journey, Randy's Design Fiction exercise gives purpose to Generative AI tools rather than freaking out or fetishizing and drooling all over them. https://expedition.works/project/averys-journey Journey With Purpose Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/journey-with-purpose/id1697389263 (p.s. This ‘Better Bin' episode with Colin Kelly discussing how his ad-hoc, let's-see-what-happens submission to get the contract to design the new New York City public trash bin is awesomely inspiring. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colin-kelly-better-bin/id1697389263?i=1000633101486)

Here it is. Another episode of 'Last Week from the Near Future'. This is Episode 007, for Week 49 of 2023. Please support the Near Future Laboratory Podcast and get access to our awesomely vibrant Near Future Laboratory Discord community over on Patreon. Here's what I covered. PDPal: A 20-Year Anniversary I'm taking you on a trip down memory lane as I reminisce about the PDPal project, an emotional GPS I worked on 20 years ago. Discover how it made its way to the Times Square Jumbotron and how this early exploration of technology was an art-led prototyping of the kinds of location-based experiences we now take for granted from mobile devices. What most resonates for me about this project, on reflection, is the critical role of imagination and imaginative art projects in driving innovation. And it occurred to me that this was as good a time as any to reflect on the two major mobile projects I've done in my career, that being PDPal and the OMATA App. Both were done on a bit of a shoestring and with fairly high personal stakes, and both are, I would say and have been told, beautiful and evocative instances of design and engineering. Archigram and Speculative Architecture Archigram! The renowned collective of architects known for their imaginative designs in the 1960s. Consider their speculative architectural practice in contrast to today's world of Generative AI + Architecture, a topic I invite you to join me to discuss in Super Seminar 005 (https://superseminar.school) Patreon and Near Future Laboratory I'm excited to announce our new Patreon, where you can join me and many others in the Near Future Laboratory Discord, along with our weekly office hours. We've had an incredible 190 sessions so far – that's 190 Friday's in a row, as of last week! (https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory) Chris's Employee Handbook Project Chris Butler is the showrunner for this project in the Discord: creating an employee handbook as a Design Fiction archetype in order to explore possible futures of organizations. Book Haul Check out 'The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America' by Julian Montague. This book cleverly treats shopping carts as natural phenomena within our world of stuff – it's a fascinating read. Very kinda Design Fiction-y. Magazine from the Future of AI Project I'm introducing a draft proposal for the 'AI Future Magazine' project. Our goal is to make the AI future more tangible and relatable. If you want to get involved and help create a magazine set in a future where AI is an everyday part of life, join us through Patreon!

Last Week from the Near Future Laboratory - Week 48/2023 This is what I was thinking about. 1. Failure of Imagination: This concept is a common issue in organizations that struggle to envision anything beyond their current operations. Design Fiction can help with imagining and visualizing potential unexpected events and futures or even those that no one is able to grapple with or say out loud for fear of becoming a pariah. Design Fiction does this uniquely, behaving in a way like a court jester in some sense and thus help to avoid this pitfall. 2. AI Futures in Everyday Life: It is important that we imagine AI's impact on ordinary, everyday aspects of life, such as breakfast routines or sports, rather than just focusing on extreme dystopian or utopian scenarios. 3. Material Cultural Artifacts: Creating tangible representations of potential futures, like magazines from an imagined future, not only yield better, richer, more compelling and engaging visualizations of possible futures, the work required to create them is actual design work. Making to think and making to engage in conversations yields a richer way of 'ideating' and yields a deeper appreciation of possible outcomes. 4. Design Fiction: A brief description of the concept of Design Fiction as a tool to bring research to life, transforming dry, prose-based research into tangible, vivid, and relatable artifacts. 5. Importance of Vivid Representations: I try to underscore the value of creating vibrant, imaginative representations of the future, such as illustrations or fictional artifacts, to make future scenarios more relatable and understandable. 6. Near Future Laboratory's Approach: We here at Near Future Laboratory uses Design Fiction to create artifacts and representations that help people envision and understand potential futures. 7. Future Seminar and Community Platform: We've got SuperSeminar (https://superseminar.school) coming up on Generative AI. 8. Discord: The Near Future Laboratory has a Discord community, now about 3 years old and with over 1000 members. To join, go to https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory

Episode N°005, Week Ending Nov 24, 2023 Promotion of Design Fiction for AI Policy Visualization: In this Last Week from the Near Future episode, I emphasize the importance of design fiction as a tool for visualizing and materializing the potential impacts of policies like the AI Bill of Rights. I suggest that design fiction can make complex ideas more tangible and understandable for the general public. Analysis of the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: I have questions about the current form of the AI Bill of Rights. If it had vivid, illustrative content it could make its implications more relatable to everyday people. I would suggest that this document, while essential, needs to be more accessible and engaging to truly resonate with its audience. Reference to NASA's “Space Settlements” Report as an Inspirational Model: It's worth drawing a parallel between the AI Bill of Rights and NASA's 1973 report on space settlements. The NASA report used vivid illustrations to effectively communicate complex engineering concepts to the public, suggesting a similar approach could be beneficial for the AI Bill of Rights to make it make sense and also assert an implied policy as to what the world looks and feels like, what the experience of it would be, and what the Administration imagines this world to become should it adhere to the AI Bill of Rights. Need for Engaging and Accessible Communication in Technology Policy: I try to highlight the gaps that exist between complex technological policies and public understanding. I argue for the use of more engaging mediums, like design fiction, to bridge these gaps and thereby make policies more accessible and understandable. Call for Collaborative Effort in Translating AI Policies into Tangible Artifacts: Here's the proposal: A collaborative project to translate the AI Bill of Rights into tangible artifacts like, for example, newspapers and magazines. This approach aims to create a more concrete and relatable representation of what a future shaped by AI policies might look like. Thanks for watching, enduring, supporting and subscribing! Please support this work over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory or pick something up in the shop! https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com Blueprint for an A.I. Bill of Rights: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/ Space Settlements: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198275204-space-settlements Ezra Klein and Alondra Nelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFdLxDgFjkk&ab_channel=NewYorkTimesPodcasts More with Rick Guidice, the 'Space Settlements' Illustrator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7UuWRTyx9U&ab_channel=TheWorld%27sFairCo

porażkę. Mimo to, większość z nas stale opracowuje różnego rodzaju strategie w oparciu o tradycyjne narzędzia, trendy czy statystyki. W rezultacie, często trudniej nam reagować na bieżące zmiany proaktywnie i kształtować je na swoją korzyść. Design fiction to alternatywna, niejednowymiarowa forma strategicznego myślenia o projekcie, która może mieć korzystne zastosowanie w nauce, biznesie i wielu innych obszarach życia. Czym jest design fiction, a czym – climate fiction? Jakich narzędzi dostarczają w budowaniu narracji o przyszłości? W jaki sposób projektanci mogą wykorzystywać te strategie w pracy nad nieoczywistymi obiektami, wizualizując przyszłe działania? Czym jest ROI, definiowane przez naszego rozmówcę jako Return on Imagination? Na pytania Agaty Bisping, projektantki usług, doświadczeń i procesów, odpowie strateg przyszłości Marcin Maciejewski. W cyklu rozmów „Mistrzowie” Strefy Designu Uniwersytetu SWPS wraz z praktykami ze świata designu rozmawiamy o tym, jak wygląda ich codzienna praca związana z różnymi aspektami kreatywnego projektowania. Strefa Designu Uniwersytetu SWPS to projekt popularyzujący wiedzę z zakresu projektowania: produktów, architektury, wnętrz, mody i komunikacji. Pokazuje, czym jest dobre projektowanie i w jaki sposób realizuje ono konkretne potrzeby użytkowników. Więcej informacji o projekcie: https://web.swps.pl/strefa-designu

Episode 076 is a discussion with Jan Rod and Kenta Kondo from IDEO Tokyo sharing their Project Inari in which created a sushi box as Design Fiction artifact. They collectively imagined a future that considers and reflects upon sustainable harvesting and issues of food security. It is a public project that also served to allow IDEO to explore how Design Fiction can be brought to bear to help clients make sense of their possible futures, whether food futures or any other topic. Chesterbot

A new show. Last Week from the Near Future — a summary of some interesting things that came through and around the Near Future Laboratory Discord. 1. The Imagine Harder Summit (Detroit, Sept. 22/23, 2023) 2. Dave Eggers is outraged by AI on the Ingenious Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Ngt80qNlrtDMH3j5jBf3p?si=1e27914d58544887 3. Donna Harawy & Bruno Latour (RIP) at ZKM's "Critical Zones" exhibition https://zkm.de/en/media/video/storytelling-for-earthly-survival-discussion-on-the-film-with-donna-haraway-bruno-latour-and-peter https://www.icarusfilms.com/if-donna 4. Thomas Euyang drops off Green Pages - our magazine from the future of filmed entertainment / Hollywood 5. Androids? They Dream of Electric Sheep? https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com/products/androids-dream-of-electric-sheep 6. Evan Raskob shared a link to a podcast he was on, the Ludogogy Podcast (good luck pronouncing that into a microphone.) https://ludogogy.co.uk/evan-raskob-on-speculation/ 7. Don't forget — Office Hours is a great way to get some perspective on Design Fiction, Speculative Design, and all that kind of stuff, and learn more about what we're doing in the Discord! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tbqg4S7EDM&list=PLLeCmAPS7v1ll9SxykBfosFGju_IihvEU 8. Go pick up something in The Shop — support all the things on Patreon! Do it now! https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory 9. Ursula K. Le Guin's Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction — a reflection I had while on a walk. https://otherfutures.nl/uploads/documents/le-guin-the-carrier-bag-theory-of-fiction.pdf

Framtiden formas av nutidens spekulativa design och Hollywood spottar ur sig exempel på underhållande design fiction. Vi har Minority Report att tacka för att du kan höja volymen i sportbilen genom att veva med fingrarna och när kommer vi kunna sminka oss med ett klick á la Milla Jovovich i femte elementet?⁠ För fler brain bubbles missa inte den redaktionella plattformenhttps://bublication.com/& Följ ‘Bublication' officiella Instagramkonto: @bublicationeller TikTok: @bublicationPersoner i Podd-duo & Instagramkonton:Ida-Sofia Klingspor - @idasofiaklKristin Bohman - @kristinbohman ‘Bublication' är producerad av Silverdrake Förlag via Acastwww.silverdrakeförlag.seKlippare:Patrik Sundén@patriksundenRedaktör:Marcus Tigerdraake, marcus@silverdrakeforlag.se@marcustigerdraakeKoordinator:Victoria Tigerdraake, victoria.tigerdraake@gmail.com@victigerdraake Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sascha Poflepp was a German artist, collaborator, and friend. We dedicated The Manual of Design Fiction to him. It's important not to forget his contributions to creative thinking and making. In that spirit, I managed to extract the audio tape from a panel I organized at SxSW back in 2010 on the topic of Design Fiction in which Sascha contributed a remarkably clear and cogent perspective through his own work. Also contributing to the panel were Stuart Candy, Jake Dunagen, Jennifer Leonard, Bruce Sterling, and myself. You can see Sasha's slides cued to his presentation here: https://youtu.be/XDp_TsKqk3o

In this engaging episode, special guest Julian Bleecker, a pioneer in the field of design fiction, shares his background and underlines the critical role of visual storytelling in design. Mark Cernosia, special co-host Sam J, and Julian dive deep into the concept of design fiction, illustrating how it helps envisage hypothetical future worlds through tangible objects. The discussion emphasizes the significance of crafting visual narratives that depict a habitable and optimistic future, challenging the prevailing dystopian outlook often associated with science fiction. They further discusses the ripple effect of design on our collective consciousness and the potential it holds in shaping tomorrow. They touch upon contemporary tech trends like Apple's new AR headset and its implications in normalizing augmented reality experiences. Drawing upon examples from his own work, Julian explains the process of creating design fictions that envision future scenarios. He cites examples of a conceptual magazine for autonomous vehicles and a unique annual report set in the future, emphasizing the importance of using design as a tool to imagine, represent and promote sustainable futures. The episode concludes with an insightful discussion on the narrative of AI in popular culture, its influence on our perception of technology, and the necessity of fostering well-rounded visions of the future that are neither dystopian nor utopian. Julian shares the story of crafting a future vision for his company during the pandemic, offering listeners a rare peek into the triumphs and trials of his innovative approach. This episode serves as an inspiring journey into the intersection of design, technology, and speculative futures, shining a light on the profound impact our visual narratives can have on the world we are shaping. Show Notes: Julian Bleecker Near Future Laboratory Manual of Design Fiction (use MONDAYMEETING for 20% off) It's Time To Imagine Harder (use MONDAYMEETING for 20% off) Mobile Detroit 2025

Lila Feldman is a designer based in NYC. She received her BA in 3D Design: Product + Furniture from Northumbria University and her MFA in Design + Technology from Parsons School of Design. https://lilafeldman.com/ Lila and I discussed finding purpose in creative practice and how creativity, imagination, and a futures-oriented mindset can help reinvigorate the potential for bringing about meaningful change through individual as well as team-based design practices. If you want to hear more of these types of conversations, become a Patron over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory. If you want to read more about creative practice and the approach I use here at Near Future Laboratory, check out all the books and artifacts from the future over at https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com, especially "The Manual of Design Fiction" and my follow-on book just released the other day, "It's Time To Imagine Harder: The Reader's Guide To The Manual of Design Fiction". (Plus there's the 10th Anniversary printing of a rejuvinated "TBD Catalog" — the product catalog from the future. Thanks for listening! _Julian

In this latest episode of our Monday Meeting, we dive deep into the experience of Dash Bash, the recently concluded event that left an indelible mark on the motion design community. Our attendees share their insights, discussing everything from the memorable speeches and the event's focus on community-building to grappling with the ever-present challenges of work-life balance in the animation industry. The conversation extends into a broader exploration of the creative work landscape, addressing the pressing issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity. We also acknowledge the prevalent feelings of impostor syndrome that can accompany the pressures of producing work in our industry. Amid all this, we do not lose sight of the importance of self-care, echoing the need to recharge and reminding ourselves that building a noteworthy body of work is an exercise in patience and perseverance. As we appreciate the value of these gatherings and the learnings derived, the group also talks about the influence of budgetary concerns on marketing efforts and the anticipation surrounding future sales cycles. Our discussion shifts to take a closer look at how the motion graphics industry has weathered the storm of the pandemic. We delve into the highs and lows of freelancing, the significance of staying inspired and connected, and how to remain organized amidst the chaos. Automation, scheduling, and adaptability surface as key themes in our conversation. The episode wraps up on a high note as we express our collective gratitude and tease next week's exciting meeting with Julian Bleecker, the acclaimed author of Design Fiction and the Near Future Lab. Tune in for an episode brimming with valuable insights, candid conversations, and a celebration of our shared passion for motion design. Show Notes: Dash Bash Near Future Laboratory Reclaim.ai

If you're curious to hear about what it takes to dream into, create, build, grow, maintain an independent creative studio and practice, you'll want to listen to this conversation with Che-Wei Wang and myself. We talk about the importance of creativity and how it can be used to create meaningful change, and the need for a balance between creativity and structure and how to create an environment that fosters collaboration. https://cwandt.com If you want to hear more of these types of conversations, become a Patron over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory. If you want to read more about creative practice and the approach I use here at Near Future Laboratory, check out all the books and artifacts from the future over at https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com, especially "The Manual of Design Fiction" and my follow-on book just released the other day, "It's Time To Imagine Harder: The Reader's Guide To The Manual of Design Fiction". (Plus there's the 10th Anniversary printing of a rejuvinated "TBD Catalog" — the product catalog from the future. Thanks for listening! _Julian

This episode is a conversation with writer and noted architecture critic Geoff Manaugh, who has written for the The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Wired, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Financial Times Magazine, New Scientist, Cabinet Magazine, The Daily Beast, Wired UK amongst many other publications. He also co-authored with Nicola Twilley the book ‘Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, and A Burglar's Guide to the City on the relationship between crime and architecture. And most recently, a ghost story he wrote called ‘Ernest' back in 2017 was adapted for film and recently released on Netflix under the title ‘We Have A Ghost', which was beautiful and fun and clever and I recommend you watch it after listening to this episode. Don't forget to like, write a review and share the podcast amongst your friends and colleagues, and support the podcast on https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory Find all of our artifacts from the future, including 'The Manual of Design Fiction' over at https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com Thank you for listening!

Juliana Schneider is a trend researcher, futures designer and creative strategist with diverse and extensive experience in the creative industry. She helps people and businesses make sense of the world around them and build stories and strategies that inspire us to engage with the challenges of a rapidly changing world. https://julianajschneider.com/ Please support the podcast over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory and don't forget to pick up your copy of The Manual of Design Fiction, now in its second printing. Published fiercely independently by Near Future Laboratory. http://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com Thank you!

Philip spends time designer Julian Bleecker, author of The Manual of Design Fiction. In their conversation they discuss how the practice of design fiction can help think about potential future(s) and create tangible artifacts that assist in world building. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip's Drop: Attack on Titan (Hulu//Crunchyroll) (https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR751KNZY/attack-on-titan) Julian's Drop: 2023 Work Kit of Design Fiction (https://nearfuturelaboratory.myshopify.com/products/the-work-kit-of-design-fiction-2023-mj-edition) Special Guest: Julian Bleecker.

This is a digest of General Seminar S04E01 where Drew Wiberg, Kempe Scanlan and I took about 30 folks into the Futures of Fashion had a look around, and we brought back some Design Fiction artifacts from that future to share with you! General Seminar is the platform I created for sense-making against the beautiful confusion of all the new 'futuristic' things we confront seemingly every day. So in General Seminar we take on these topics, with none of the hubris that one puts on to try and 'predict' the future, and wander around to see what we see and reflect on the way the world is becoming. I've boiled down 90 minutes to about 45 to give you a sense of some corners of the conversation. If you want to find out more about General Seminar and all the other things going on over at the Near Future Laboratory join our email list: https://tinyurl.com/nfl-newsletter. And don't forget — please support the podcast and all the things over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory. Your support would be very much appreciated.

My special guest Dré Labre, proprietor over at https://www.designfictiondaily.com/ discusses how he has been training for the Imagine Harder marathon later this year, and how he uses the new 2023 Work Kit of Design Fiction, which drops in a limited release on April 20th 2023! https://www.designfictiondaily.com https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com/products/the-work-kit-of-design-fiction-2023-mj-edition Support the podcast over on Patreon: https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory — every Patron gets a legit invite to the Near Future Laboratory Discord! Thank you for your listening! - Julian

FictionDescription: Julian Bleeker of the Near Future Laboratory has developed a novel way to forecast: he constructs prototypes, products and artifacts from future scenarios. Then he designs the marketing material, including ad campaigns and brochures and catalogs, to interrogate the wider impact on consumer society and human behavior. These techniques are set forth in Julian's book, The Manual of Design Fiction: A Practical Guide to Exploring The Near Future.  URL: https://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/ Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality. China's President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America. In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year. n and innovation. In his professional capacity, Mr. Tercek is a seasoned business executive with deep expertise in digital media and internet services. He is a prolific creator of interactive programs and products. He has designed and launched successful consumer experiences on every digital platform, including digital television, game consoles, broadband Internet, and mobile networks. In 2021, Mr. Tercek was recognized as the Humanitarian of the Year by the Media Excellence Awards for his leadership in designing and launching COVID SMART™, an interactive training program designed to keep workers safe on the job during the pandemic.

Julian Bleecker of the Near Future Laboratory has developed a novel way to forecast: he constructs prototypes, products and artifacts from future scenarios. Then he designs the marketing material, including ad campaigns and brochures and catalogs, to interrogate the wider impact on consumer society and human behavior. These techniques are set forth in Julian's book, The Manual of Design Fiction: A Practical Guide to Exploring The Near Future.  https://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/

How does Design Fiction do the work of reporting on the future? Most futures reports are heavily analytic, styled to be read analytically and interpreted as data. Very seldom if at all is there any point of entry to create a sense of the future as something the report has come from. And this is important because the artifact itself — the report — provides little opportunity to experience the future as it could possibly be. This is where Design Fiction provides an opportunity for teams and organizations that are working towards a future to gain a more full spectrum sense of possible futures that can tie directly in to their day-to-day work. This is how Design Fiction has always functioned. From the seminal TBD Catalog (10th Anniversary Edition coming soon!) to IKEA Catalog and the scores of other Design Fiction projects the Near Future Laboratory has done for commercial clients over the years. Design Fiction brings the future to you, rather than simply projecting into it. In this episode Patrick Pittman and I discuss a recent client project where we created a Magazine from the Future, in this case we took our client to the autonomous vehicle future, took a look around, found a trade magazine for autonomous vehicle enthusiasts, and brought it back. It's full of context. Visit https://magazinefromthefuture.com to find out more and schedule a call to get more details. Also, consider supporting the podcast and the Near Future Laboratory Discord community over at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory Thank you for listening! - Julian https://tbdcatalog.com https://ikea.nearfuturelaboratory.com/ https://magazinefromthefuture.com https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory

This is a Episode 64 of the Near Future Laboratory Podcast, a Design Fiction Debrief with Thomas Euyang, where we breakdown his Design Fiction project 'From Collectors to Creators'. From Collectors to Creators is a design fiction where our relationship with clothing, especially footwear is fundamentally different. Using found footage from cobblers and sneaker redesigners, a documentary offers a glimpse into an alternative world where the importance of newness is replaced with heritage, disposability with repairability, and mass production with craft. Please support the podcast over on Patreon. Every patron gets an invitation to the Near Future Laboratory Discord, which is really where all the action is happening! https://euyang.info/Future-of-Cobbling https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory

Vous connaissez le Design Fiction ou comme on dit aussi en français, le design spéculatif ? Et bien selon Stéphane Ricoul, cette fiction interactive pourrait bien changer le monde.

This is a digest of General Seminar S03 E26 where we traveled into the ChatGPT future, had a look around, and brought back some Design Fiction artifacts. General Seminar is the platform I created for sense-making against the beautiful confusion of all the new 'futuristic' things we confront seemingly every day. So in General Seminar we take on these topics, with none of the hubris that one puts on to try and 'predict' the future, and wander around to see what we see and reflect on the way the world is becoming. I've boiled down 90 minutes to about 35 to give you a sense of some corners of the conversation. If you want to find out more about General Seminar and all the other things going on over at the Near Future Laboratory join our email list: https://tinyurl.com/nfl-newsletter. And don't forget — please support the podcast and all the things over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory. Your support would be very much appreciated. Oh, also? Please rate and write a review of the podcast over on Apple Podcasts. That stuff really does help! Thank you! Julian https://www.generalseminar.com/season-03-episode-26 https://tinyurl.com/nfl-newsletter

Got together with Nicolas Nova (who was sitting on his living room sofa in Geneva) and Zach Hyman (who was sitting in a hotel lobby in Singapore) to reflect on what we think of when we think of 2022. Please support the podcast over on Patreon at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory and write a review of the podcast over on Apple Podcasts! It really does help! Pick up your copy of The Manual of Design Fiction over at http://themanualofdesignfiction.com And get one of the last remaining Work Kits of Design Fiction over at https://nearfuturelaboratory.myshopify.com/products/the-work-kit-of-design-fiction-2023-product-design-work-kit

Thank you to Gabriele Ferri, the staff and students who participated from Domus Academy and Speculative Futures Milan, especially Silvio Cioni for organizing. You can support this podcast at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory — your support is very much appreciated! Also, you can purchase your copy of the first printing of The Manual of Design Fiction here: http://themanualofdesignfiction.com Please subscribe, rate the podcast, and write a review! It all really helps! Thank you! https://www.domusacademy.com/ https://twitter.com/Futures_Milan https://www.linkedin.com/in/cioni/ https://www.gabrieleferri.com/

A conversation with Patrick Pittman and Chris Frey who are collectively https://no-media.co/who are the folks who shepherded us through the design, writing, editing, production of The Manual of Design Fiction, which is still available for pre-order! http://themanualofdesignfiction.com Please support the podcast over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory! And rate and write a review, please! Want to chat? Let's grab a coffee! https://calendly.com/julian-bleecker/coffee-chat

A short discussion with Nicolas Nova on his take on our recently completed book 'The Manual of Design Fiction'. You can find more about Nicolas here: http://www.nicolasnova.net/ And order The Manual of Design Fiction here: http://themanualofdesignfiction.com Please consider supporting the podcast at: https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory and writing a review on your favorite podcast app. Thanks! Contact me at https://julianbleecker.com for a chat!

Dave Gray uses visual tools and techniques known as "drawing" in order to unlock the potential of imagining possible worlds. He founded XPLANE in 1993 as a platform to his life-long commitment to the ineluctable fact that analytic thinking on its own cannot solve the challenges most organizations and societies face. Visual imagining and images are the counterpoint to balance an over-reliance on analytics, and allows us to sense into possibilities in a uniquely powerful way. http://www.xplaner.com/bio/ http://www.xplaner.com/

Mathieu Aguesse is a French entrepreneur, dedicated to innovation and education on impact-driven topics. He successfully launched the first open innovation class dedicated to solving plastic pollution, a program called Deplastify the Planet. At Haas, he is now running a class at called Equitable Design, which leverages the power of design to solve challenges related to diversity, equity and inclusion. He recently co-authored an article on Design Fiction in the Harvard Business Review. Oh, by the way – we wrote a manual of design fiction called, conveniently, The Manual of Design Fiction! You can pre-order it now (shipping early November!) over at http://themanualofdesignfiction.com Please consider supporting the podcast over on http://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory — you support comes with access to the Near Future Laboratory Discord, our experiment in hypercollaboration. You won't want to miss all of that.

My guest this episode is Johanna Hoffman, who's book 'Speculative Futures: Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need" is now available. Johanna is an urbanist working in the space between design, planning, fiction and futures. The Co-Founder and Director of Planning at Design for Adaptation. We discuss her introduction to design fiction and speculative futures practices, as well as the topics she covers in the book. johannahoffman.com Please support the podcast over at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory And don't forget — The Manual of Design Fiction is now available for pre-order shipping early November! You can pre-order over at http://themanualofdesignfiction.com

Aujourd'hui je reçois Alexandre Luzzareta au micro de Nouvelle Conscience !  Alexandre Luzzareta est architecte et diplômé de design - fiction. En 2021, il fonde le studio « Perspecteurs », dans lequel il repense des futurs souhaitables, où l'Homme laisserait sa juste place à la Nature au quotidien.  A travers l'image, l'objet, la création au sens large, Alexandre nous propose une autre façon d'habiter le monde et de nous « reterrestrer », au sens noble d'une cohabitation avec tous les éléments de la planète Terre.  Je suis heureuse d'accueillir un toulousain pour ce premier épisode de la saison 2 et j'espère que cette nouvelle perspective vous donnera à vous aussi l'envie de laisser libre court à votre créativité pour oser penser le futur différemment.  Bonne écoute !  Les liens pour suivre le travail d'Alexandre

This is a lightly edited after action report we did reflecting back on the ASU Applied Science Fiction panel (https://csi.asu.edu/calendar/events/designing-the-future-with-applied-sci-fi/) during the Near Future Laboratory Discord's regular Friday Office Hours. The panel sparked lots of insights, considerations, and ideas that we naturally wanted to discuss. In attendance were Isabella, Dré, Nick M., Nic, Kempe, and myself. Please support the podcast at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory and rate the podcast over on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/near-future-laboratory-podcast/id1546452193 Thank you for your support!

How can designers leverage content as a vehicle for social change? What legal ramifications will proceed from new forms of content like Augmented Reality and the Metaverse? These are just some of the questions Heather Snyder Quinn is asking. In this episode, Kevin sits down with Heather to inquire about her work on her project “Mariah: Acts of Resistance”. “Mariah”, co-designed by Adam DelMarcelle, tells the story of a young woman who overdosed on heroin that viewers experience as they tour the Sackler wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. They do this by holding up their cell phones to artifacts procured by the Sackler family, viewing pieces of Mariah's story via the augmented reality app that Heather designed. Kevin and Heather talk about how art responds to authority before delving into the topics of speculative design and design fiction. Their conversation leads to further discussions around the future of freedom of speech, the power of Big Tech in modern society, and the impact the Metaverse and other emerging technologies will have on our conception of reality. Heather is usually where she “isn't supposed to be.” You will find her playing in unexpected places, physical or virtual, and collaborating with people from an array of backgrounds. She uses design fiction to empower communities to imagine possible futures and understand technology's impact on human freedoms. Yale Law School, The World Economic Forum, MIT Press, The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, and NASA have recognized her work. Dedicated to improving society through the field of design, she serves as Director of Design Futures for Design Incubation, Co-chair of Speculative Futures Chicago, and was previously co-chair for AIGA Chicago's Women Lead. She is an Assistant Professor of Design Futures at Washington University in Saint Louis, Director of the Parallel Futures Lab, and mother of two daughters. Heather's Info: Heather's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathersnyderquinn/ Heather's Email: heathersnyderquinn@gmail.com Kevin's Info: Kevin's Website and Blog: https://bit.ly/3in284l Kevin's Twitter: https://bit.ly/3jhscNG Kevin's Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3xn9SHG AvenueCX Website: https://bit.ly/3lsSFdR --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/avenuecx/message

A conversation with Joe Lindley PhD and Paul Coulton PhD about the role of The Generalist and Design Fiction to see the unanticipated and unexpected possibilities of design in shaping future products, strategies, ideas, and worlds. Please support this podcast by becoming a Near Future Laboratory Patron over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory and join the Near Future Laboratory Discord. You can read Joe's doctoral thesis 'A thesis about design fiction' here: https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/a-thesis-about-design-fiction(1b771f57-1c78-4bda-9d38-b0f452c983ac).html and the full breadth of his research here: https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/joseph-lindley and his project Design Works here: https://designresearch.works/. And Paul's work can be found here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lica/about/people/paul-coulton — they have so many collaborative research projects and papers that you'll find a really rich trove of insights and thought-provoking material so beware the beautiful rabbit hole! Thanks for listening and thank you to all of my awesome patrons. -Julian

A conversation with Stephen Bennett and his work at the UK's Policy Lab where design fiction, experiential design, speculative design meets the technocratic machine of policy and decision making. The best way you can become part of the Near Future Laboratory and help out is to support this podcast right now over at https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory and rate the podcast, write a review, and share through whatever platform on which you are presently listening! Patreon supporters get access to our supporters' only Discord community where all the things happen. Interested in discussing how Design Fiction can become part of your organizations' strategy and design-based decision making? Want to learn more about Design Fiction? You can find all the links to get in touch here: https://linktr.ee/bleeckerj https://www.srgbennett.com/ https://openpolicy.blog.gov.uk/

Elliott and I discuss some meta topics related to speculative design generally speaking and design fiction, the way its practiced, taught, and received in academic as well as commercial contexts. We also discuss the map he created 'Unresolved Map of Speculative Design' which should not be taken as literal rather as a provocation and conversation starter to discuss (not resolve) the role, relationships, situatedness, and purposes of futures thinking and the futures mindset. This map has been generative some others whose practice operates in the general space of futures design (https://blog.tobiasrevell.com/2020/08/05/box-006-gadget-realism/, https://futurehumanbydesign.com/2019/09/futures-thinking-and-design-thinking/) and recently I found it quite helpful for describing the 'Where' of design fiction in a conversation with a c-level executive who wanted to have a better sense of where it 'fit' alongside other practices within their innovation design teams. I discuss this further in the Issue 32 of the Design Fiction Newsletter. Elliott P. Montgomery is a design researcher, strategist and educator whose work focuses on speculative inquiries at the confluence of social, technological and environmental impact. He is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, The New School, teaching in the MFA Transdisciplinary Design Program and across the School of Design Strategies. He is also the co-founder of The Extrapolation Factory, an award winning design-futures research studio based in Brooklyn. He was previously a design research resident at the US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency, Energy as well receiving the Graham Foundation's Individual Grant and The Shed's Open Call commission. He holds a Master's in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art in London and a Bachelor's in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

This episode of the Near Future Laboratory is an after action report with Camille MacRae about her experience of life on Mars. Mars College is an educational program, R&D lab, and off-grid residential community dedicated to cultivating a low-cost, high-tech lifestyle, and Camille spent 3 months there in the desert earlier this year and took a few minutes to share her experience. You can read more about Mars over at https://mars.college And more about Camille here: https://camillemakes.work/Information Please rate, write a review, and share the Near Future Laboratory podcast amongst your friends, teammates and colleagues. If you're interested in working with us, it's easy. Just visit https://nearfuturelaboratory.com or email send me an email via https://julianbleecker.com Also be sure to sign up to our mailing list at https://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/newsletter/ to get our latest news on our forthcoming book, 'The Manual of Design Fiction' — https://nearfuturelaboratory.myshopify.com/products/the-manual-of-design-fiction You can always support the podcast and the Design Fiction newsletter over here: https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory Thank you for your support! Julian --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nearfuturelaboratory/support

> En 2021, j'ai participé à distance à un atelier de Design fiction sur comment améliorer le travail post-covid. Le sujet était très intéressant mais je voulais surtout vous parler de la méthode qui avait été employée : le Design fiction. Dans cet épisode vous allez apprendre ce que c'est le Design fiction, depuis quand ça existe, pourquoi le mettre en place, dans quel cas l'utiliser, pourquoi c'est important de l'utiliser, comment le mettre en place mais aussi les limites et je vous donne mon avis sur cette méthode. > Merci d'avoir écouté Design +, le podcast français sur le Design UX UI > Design + est présent sur Linkedin, abonnez-vous https://www.linkedin.com/company/designplus-podcast/ > Design + est aussi sur Instagram, abonnez-vous https://www.instagram.com/designplus_podcast/ > Vous avez aimé cet épisode, partagez-le autour de vous. > Abonnez-vous sur votre plateforme d'écoute pour recevoir les notifications de la mise en ligne du prochain épisode. > Pour m'aider à développer Design + (acheter du matériel, louer un studio, faire appel à un sound-designer...) vous pouvez me soutenir financièrement et faire un don : https://www.paypal.me/laurentgallen > Vous souhaitez sponsoriser Design + ou bien proposer un partenariat ? Contact par email : lgdesignuxui@gmail.com Copyright © Design + / Laurent Gallen 2022 > RSS feed https://anchor.fm/s/c5c3580/podcast/rss #designplus #podcast #design #designfiction #designthinking #inspiration

Josef Nguyen's THE DIGITAL IS KID STUFF questions constructions of creativity, childhood, entrepreneurialism, and technological savvy, toggling between techno-pessimism and techno-utopianism in the process. The book narrates the developmental arc of a future creative laborer: from playing Minecraft, to DIY innovation with Make magazine, to selfies on Instagram, to the Creative Science Foundation and imagining technological innovations using design fiction. Nguyen is joined here in conversation by Carly Kocurek and Patrick LeMieux.Josef Nguyen (he/him) is assistant professor of critical media studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.Carly Kocurek (she/her) is associate professor of digital humanities and media studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology.Patrick LeMieux (he/him) is a media artist, game designer, electronic musician, and associate professor of cinema and digital media at the University of California, Davis.

This is a special episode of the Near Future Laboratory Podcast — a digest of General Seminar 17 which was on the topic of "Solarpunk". So this episode consists of excerpts from that seminar, along with some commentary for context. Thanks to all the wonderful participants from that session, and especially to our extra special guest participant Andrew Dana Hudson who has a forthcoming book on Climate Fiction called Our Shared Storm: A Novel of Five Climate Futures due to drop on April 5th. I mentioned that I would put a link to a Solarpunk Futures proposal the Near Future Laboratory DAO submitted. The proposal is up on IPFS — it's called A Design Fiction Blockchain Solar Punk Public Future Project. I implore you to take a look, and help us figure out how we can develop this further. Creating imaginaries of more habitable plausible possible near futures is vital — maybe even more important than just building tech for climate change mitigation. If you don't have a large public shared imaginary of what a more habitable future might look like, you've lost the game for creating a future. All I see nowadays for the future is dismal ruin. (Thanks Hollywood!) Please support the Near Future Laboratory Podcast over on Patreon — https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory — Your support is very much appreciated and helps me know that you value the effort that goes into producing the show! Want to find out more about General Seminar? Looking to bring General Seminar into your team or organization to help flex your imagination muscle and be a better futures thinker? Get in touch! https://generalseminar.com Also, learn more about the Design Fiction mindset and get involved with us! Join the Near Future Laboratory Discord — https://linktr.ee/bleeckerj Please subscribe, rate and share this podcast amongst your friends and colleagues! Thank you for listening. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

This is a special episode of the Near Future Laboratory Podcast — a digest of General Seminar 16 which was on the topic of "The Generalist". So this episode consists of excerpts from that seminar, along with some commentary for context. Thanks to all the wonderful participants from that session. Please support the Near Future Laboratory Podcast over on Patreon — https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory — Your support is very much appreciated and helps me know that you value the effort that goes into producing the show! Want to find out more about General Seminar? Looking to bring General Seminar into your team or organization to help flex your imagination muscle and be a better futures thinker? Get in touch! https://generalseminar.com Also, learn more about the Design Fiction mindset and get involved with us! Join the Near Future Laboratory Discord — https://linktr.ee/bleeckerj Please subscribe, rate and share this podcast amongst your friends and colleagues! Thank you for listening. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

Ed Finn is Director at Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination and Associate Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. In our conversation we wonder through a variety of topics including the nature of the imagination and education, Design Fiction, CSI's work on Climate Futures and Climate Fiction and a whole lot more! Please support this podcast at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory or buy me a coffee ☕ — thanks! Check out my linktree for links to the Near Future Laboratory Discord server, my portfolio site, and newsletter and all the rest. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

Katie McCrory leads the Life at Home global team at IKEA, where she oversees the production of the annual global Life at Home Report. Katie bought into the principles of Design Fiction, particularly the focus on the "everyday", and commissioned me to work with her team to bring some clarity and acuity to the global research 2021 results with some Design Fiction, ultimately delivered within the Life at Home Magazine. In this episode, Katie and I talk about the role of Design Fiction in corporate contexts, and a bit "behind the scenes" as to how we effectively and efficiently achieved some impactful and meaningful results and delivered them in the Life at Home Magazine. Please consider supporting this podcast. You can do so over on https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory. You can also "buy" me a "coffee" over at https://ko-fi.com/bleeckerj or disintermediate and support us directly by sending $ETH to bleecker.eth. If you're into this kind of material and the discussions and work surrounding it, consider joining the Near Future Laboratory Discord! General Seminar is entering Season 2 — be sure to check it out and sign up, and you'll definitely want to sign up to the Design Fiction Newsletter. To find out more about me and my work or to talk about work, visit my portfolio site here: https://julianbleecker.com and reach out. https://lifeathome.ikea.com/ https://lifeathome.ikea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IKEA_LifeatHome_Magazine2021.pdf https://lifeathome.ikea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Data_LifeatHomeReport_LAHR21.pdf https://shop.nearfuturelaboratory.com/products/design-fiction-a-short-essay-on-design-science-fact-and-fiction https://julianbleecker.com https://ko-fi.com/bleeckerj https://buttondown.email/designfiction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

General Seminar N°14 was on Web3! Yeah! What the heck is that anyway?? Well — that's why we have General Seminar; to discuss the things we're somewhat confused about..the things on the edge of meaning. General Seminar. Listen in on some of the outcomes of Seminar and tune in to our design fiction excavations. We started with a simple brief: what is travel in a Web3 universe? What is the refrigerator in a Web3 universe? DISCUSS! Please support the Near Future Laboratory Podcast over on Patreon — https://patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory — Your support is very much appreciated and helps me know that you value the effort that goes into producing the show! Want to find out more about General Seminar? Looking to bring General Seminar into your team or organization to help flex your imagination muscle and be a better futures thinker? Get in touch! https://generalseminar.com Also, learn more about the Design Fiction mindset and get involved with us! Join the Near Future Laboratory Discord — https://linktr.ee/bleeckerj --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino is an author, consultant, public speaker, entrepreneur and designer living in London. She is the author of Creating a Culture of Innovation and Smarter Homes She is the founder of the Low Carbon Design Institute, a residency for creative people focused on climate change. She was named 1st in a list of 100 Internet of Things Influencers (Postscapes, 2016), 2nd in Top 100 Internet of Things Thought Leaders (Onalytica, 2014) and in the Top 100 Influential Tech Women on Twitter (Business Insider, 2014). She's been included in the long-list of Computer Weekly's Most Influential Women in Tech in the UK in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. She studied industrial design at the University of Montreal and interaction design at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. You can find her work at designswarm Please support this podcast, which you can do at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory. You can also buy me a coffee! You may also be interested in the Design Fiction newsletter, a somewhat weekly newsletter on topics related to design, innovation, culture and technology. As well, we have a new platform for sense-making called General Seminar. New sessions are in the planning phase. Sign up there to be notified of upcoming seminars on Augmented Reality, the Metaverse, and Design Fiction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

This week, we’re joined by Sarena Ulibarri, Editor-in-Chief of World Weaver Press and a science fiction writer whose works include Glass and Gardens and Biketopia, and Ed Finn, the Director of the Center for Science and Imagination at Arizona State University, to talk about how solarpunk can shape our understanding of climate change, social issues, and the future. They discuss the immense potential of storytelling in defining an achievable vision for a more sustainable world through a version of science fiction that offers a balance of realism and imagination. In fact, this imagination, Ulibarri and Finn argue, is one of our greatest tools; because issues such as climate change and various sociopolitical concepts have many solutions, applied imagination can help us explore the wide variety of potential solutions as an alternative to fatalism or denial. They also touch upon the unique optimism of solarpunk, particularly in how proposing a better future through the lens of fiction has the ability to excite and invigorate readers towards enacting change. They note that people’s innate desire to feel good means that we must create a new language for debating the immense changes coming our way. This kind of optimism might be niche now, but Solarpunk literature and culture models alternatives and recruits people who actively work to achieve them. A full transcript of this episode will be available soon!Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:Some of Ullibarri’s works:Glass and GardensBiketopiaAdventures in Zookeeping Organizations, programs, and foundations mentioned:World Weaver Press (Ulibarri is Editor-in-Chief) Center for Science and Imagination at Arizona State University (Finn is Director) Projects include:Future Tense, a collaboration between ASU, New America, and Slate magazine Luna CityThe Weight of LightCities of LightThe Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ WorkshopResearch Institute for Humanity and NatureThe National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)Media mentioned:Solarpunk Chobani commercialAuthors mentioned:Jeff VanderMeerMarian Womack, author of The SwimmersNeal Stephenson, author of “Innovation Starvation”Margaret AtwoodKim Stanley Robinson, author of ”The Coronavirus and Our Future”Raymond WilliamsFrancesco VersoFor more on Solarpunk:Imaginary Worlds Podcast: “Solarpunk the Future”Trajectory of “Punk” artistic movements:Punk RockCyberpunkSteampunkCheck these past episodes we referenced:Episode 45: “Radicalized” with Cory DoctorowEpisode 64: Japanese Science Fiction with William O. GardnerEpisode 65: Design Fiction and the Pandemic with Bruce Sterling and Jasmina TešanovićEpisode 66: The Legacy of Octavia E. Butler with Damian E. Duffy, John Jennings, and Shelley StreebyEpisode 36: Korean Science Fiction: Imagining other worldsShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com.Music:Sieudiver: Solarpunk City“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Vous êtes plutôt design prospectif ou design fiction ? Mais en fait c'est quoi la différence entre les deux ? Dans cette épisode on vous explique ce que signifie la prospective car ce n'ai pas évident pour tout le monde (nous les premières). On découvre, aussi, lors des échanges durant l'enregistrement que c'est plus politique qu'on ne le pensait.

We talk about a cool little action movie that didn't do well in theatres but has its own little place in our hearts with its scathing critiques of bad environmentalism, bad identity politics, and bad cyberpunk. Paper on design fiction (though it doesn't use the term): https://www.hellofosta.com/writing/the-future-mundane

This episode is with Professor David Kirby. David coined the term ‘diegetic prototype’ to describe an important component of Design Fiction. He describes this and much more in his important book "Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists and Cinema”. David’s book describes the way that science and technology is shown in films in such a way that shapes our imagination about the future, and the role of science and technology in fashioning the future. The book is full of examples that really bring home how cinema shapes the science and technology agenda in good ways and bad. I have learned a lot from David and his work. Help support the Podcast by becoming a Patron. The Near Future Laboratory podcast, a series of discussions and chats in and around the topics of Design, Design Fiction, Design Strategy and Research. Your patronage helps us maintain our digital presence and, most importantly, lets us know you care about the value of this work and the time and effort that goes into its production operation.

Patrick Kalaher, VP of Sales, Marketing and Strategy at frog, knows that the future is being written everyday. Here he explains why designers are so invested in predicting the future, and what it tells us about the present. Plus, he talks frog's annual Trends report, available now. (https://fro.gd/3ien63B)Brought to you by frog, a design and strategy consultancy. (https://www.frogdesign.com)Find episode transcripts (https://fro.gd/35U2WXP)Learn more about Riding the Data Privacy Wave with GDPR by Karolina Kohler (https://fro.gd/3loNc42)Audio Production: Richard Canham (https://www.richardcanham.com/)

This episode is a discussion with Liam Young. Liam is an Australian born archtect and film maker who uses design fiction and film in a really provocative and thoughtful and entertaining fashion. He also runs the MA in Fiction and Entertainment at the Southern California Institute of Archtecture (or SCI-ARC). His work explores the increasingly blurred boundaries among film, fiction, design and storytelling with the goal of prototyping and imagining the future of the city. Help support the Podcast by becoming a Patron. The Near Future Laboratory podcast, a series of discussions and chats in and around the topics of Design, Design Fiction, Design Strategy and Research. Your patronage helps us maintain our digital presence and, most importantly, lets us know you care about the value of this work and the time and effort that goes into its production operation.

This episode is a conversation with Scott Smtih, also known as Changeist on the social medias. Scott runs a boutique consultancy called Changeist and is a fellow futurist who is also exploring developing visual stories, TV shows and the like, about the future as part of his practice. He also just came out with an book in the midst of the pandemic which you should get — it’s called How To Future Leading and Sense-Making In An Age of Hyperchange. In this chat with Scott, we cover most all of that territory. We talk about what makes Design Fiction Design Fiction and not Science Fiction or Literary Fiction. We discuss David Kirby, who will be featured in a forthcoming episode, and the diegetic prototype. And a big discussion about ‘what Design Fiction is good for.’ Help support the Podcast by becoming a Patron. The Near Future Laboratory podcast, a series of discussions and chats in and around the topics of Design, Design Fiction, Design Strategy and Research. Your patronage helps us maintain our digital presence and, most importantly, lets us know you care about the value of this work and the time and effort that goes into its production operation.

Zukunft erforschen, entwickeln und gestalten: Das Fraunhofer Center for Responsible Research and Innovation entwirft Zukunftsszenarien und spekulative Prototypen, die sich an gesellschaftlichen Bedarfen orientieren. Wie werden die innovativen Zukunftssysteme von heute und morgen gestaltet und greifbar gemacht? Welche designbasierten Methoden werden dabei genutzt? Dr. Marie Lena Heidingsfelder, Designerin und Projektleiterin am CeRRI des Fraunhofer Instituts und Professor Christian Zöllner sprechen über Design Fiction, interdisziplinäres Arbeiten in Forschungskontexten und welche Bedeutung dabei gestalterischer Kompetenz zukommt. #learnability #interdisciplinarity #designeducation Dr. Marie Lena Heidingsfelder leitet das Team Designbasierte Strategieentwicklung am Center for Responsible Research and Innovation (CeRRI) am Fraunhofer IAO. Ihre Projekte fokussieren auf die Entwicklung neuer Formate für partizipative Forschungs- und Innovationsprozesse. Als Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin hat sie in Weimar, Lyon und Berlin studiert und an der Universität der Künste Berlin zu Design Fiction und Wissenschaftskommunikation promoviert.

Charlie Sutton, Head of Design at Facebook App, talks with Jesse about key influences, product design experiences, design philosophy, and rewarding collaborations. Charlie shares how his parents--both creative people working in technical jobs--influenced how he thought of the intersection of technical expertise, art, and experience. After studying Arts and Law, Charlie quit the path to law to pursue a career with Apple. He shares stories of how his experience at Apple helped him grow into the fledgling field of product and service design. Charlie talks about moving to Nokia and the Advanced Design studio, where he used provocative design methodologies to push the Nokia product strategy, as well as his eventual move to lead design for the Facebook App.Charlie shares his insights into building strong product teams, pushing the boundaries of effective design, and navigating a satisfying career. He shares insights into using design fiction, drawing product inspiration from other arts, and engaging in design as a means to create a shared responsibility of agency with consumers.How do you build effective product teams? How does team diversity improve product quality? What design strategies can you use for improving products? How do you design for augmented reality or virtual reality? How do I resolve conflicts between design and engineering? How do you make products customers will love? Charlie shares his experiences at the intersection of art, technology, engineering, and human experience. Guest Bio:Charlie Sutton is Head of Design for the Facebook App, looking after the 400+ person design organization. As a leader, he has grown and managed teams for almost twenty years at companies including Apple, Nokia and Samsung. He specializes in interaction design for mobile, and has extensive experience in developing for both physical products and AR/VR. Charlie is passionate about teaching and building skills in the new generation of designers, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at California College of the Arts.charlie-sutton.comTwitter: @CactusWoolBuilding Blocks:In this episode, Charlie talked to us about the two-way exchange of design. He feels it's his responsibility to do great product design, but he also believes people using technology have the responsibility to learn. And he talked about learning as the source of our agency as people, and about how it's this agency that leads us to get the most out of the things in our lives.With that reflection in mind, please consider and write down two things: #1, What you build in your job, or your hobby, or in your role in one of your communities. It can be a product, service, message, feeling, or anything you build. #2, what people need to learn to do to really get the most out of it. If you style hair, maybe it's that you ask your clientele to go experiment with a new style you gave them, and try on different looks. If you write books, maybe it's about the provocations and the reflections you ignite in people. If it's in tech, well, if it's in tech, reflect on whether you're building for sufficient agency or if you're maybe wrestling too much control from people who are using what you make. Think about it!If you'd like to share, get it out there on social with the Hashtag #BreakthroughBuilders. Or, if you'd prefer to not share it publicly, go ahead and email it to me at producer@breakthrough-builders.com. I'd love hearing from you and learning from what you built.Helpful Links:Charlie speaking about “Designing for Virtual Reality”Charlie at Facebook Developer Conference: “3 Questions that can Change How Products Get Made”Charlie at Rethink: “The People Problems Framework”Learn more about design that expands human agency: “Understanding agency in interaction design materials” by Thorlander, Normark, and Rossitto (2012)Learn more about Design Fiction

Delphine nous relate son cheminement personnel au travers d'une de ses passions : le design. Elle nous parle de sa prise de conscience écologique, de l'urgence d'agir maintenant et nous explique comment cela a fait évoluer son rapport au travail et sa vision du monde en tant que jeune diplômée. Nous parlons aussi de comment le design peut-être à la fois un accélérateur de prise de conscience en stimulant l'imaginaire des futurs souhaitables et un outil pour construire ces derniers. Bonne écoute !

Quand on parle du futur, nous avons tous des croyances, des envies, des craintes, des doutes sur ce qui pourrait advenir. Pour dépasser ces ressentis et préparer une logique d’actions, certains utilisent le design fiction. Il s’agit d’une approche prospective, mêlant fiction et méthodes de design, dont le but est de proposer des visions possibles du futur, les plus concrètes, que ce soient pour le grand public ou les entreprises. Matthieu t’en parle en détail ici https://ledigitalpourtous.fr/2020/11/03/le-design-fiction/ Bonne écoute à toi. Lien vers le groupe Discord si ça te dit de nous rejoindre et de pratiquer le cozy web https://discord.gg/bonjourppc Lien pour t’abonner à la newsletter https://bonjourppc.substack.com

Sam Fry speaks to Amina Abbas-Nazari: a designer, researcher and artist that works in Design Fiction. Amina uses Design Fiction to explore and design alternative interactions, systems and to create sonic fictions. As a graduate of MA Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, Amina is also embarking on a Techne NPIF funded PhD studentship in the subject areas of Artificial Intelligence and Voice, in partnership with IBM. In the episode, the pair talk about Design Fiction, alongside some experiments that Amina is involved in around the concepts of voice and Artitifical Intelligence. For more information on Amina Abbas-Nazari's work, visit: www.aminanazari.com

Dans la sphère du design, on entend de plus en plus parler du design fiction, mais on ne sait pas à quoi il s'applique ni qui sont ses détenteurs et détentrices. Chez Design MasterClass on s'est demandé quelles étaient les raisons de son succès. Nous avons demandé à nos invité•es Estelle Harry, Adrien Cadiot et Diane Beaulieu de confronter leur définition du design spéculatif. Il et elles parlent de Space X et de comment la science fiction a pollué tous nos imaginaires. Nos invité•es nous partagent leurs craintes et appréhensions à pratiquer le design fiction en format sprint et défendent l'accès à des imaginaires diversifiés. Les chapitres de cet épisode 3:20 • Chapitre 1 : L'école du design fiction 15:49 • Chapitre 2 : Comment ne pas spoiler le futur 21:12 • Chapitre 3 : Le design fiction au service de la culture de l'innovation Vous souhaitez approfondir et mieux comprendre ce sujet ? Nous avons compilé une liste de ressources et un glossaire que vous pouvez retrouver ici

Welcome to another quarant-week How Do You Like it So Far? team! We are still super lucky to be able to stay safe with our friends and loved ones right now and hope you are all hanging in there. We know it is a tough time and we appreciate you making this podcast a part of your quarantin-ing. Basically, thank you for not socially-distancing yourselves from this podcast. We are continuing our sequence on science fiction during the COVID-19 crisis. This week, Colin and Henry welcome Bruce Sterling, author, futurist, and one of the founders of Cyberpunk movement along with his partner Jasmina Tešanović, Serbian activist, author, feminist, and filmmaker. Sterling and Tešanović offer their perspective on what is going on in Belgrade, Serbia (where they are currently under a rigid lockdown) that perhaps can shed light on the pandemic. Sterling brings (slightly terrifying) insight on speculative world-building in response to our current reality. Sterling, well known for developing the concept of “design fiction,” discusses how companies and political organizations engage with world-building to anticipate problems and social change. Sterling dives deep into the potential policy changes that may happen, such as the rise of surveillance and technology companies becoming the new power brokers. He describes how the current world order emerged post-9/11 as policy decisions reacted to perceived and anticipated threats and suggests that the pandemic is apt to bring new shifts in power. Sterling provocatively suggests that when the pandemic ends, we may be living with its consequences but we will forget, as other generations have, the health threat itself. Sterling discusses the role of Chinese soft power, specifically in the Balkan region, and suggests that China is gaining global influence even as the American Belle Epoque is ending. Most surprisingly, Sterling dismantles the Cyberpunk ethos he helped create (mind blown right?) as science fiction writers are playing a different role in response to the changed environment in which they are working. A silver lining Sterling does provide is an enthusiasm over Twitter (who would have thought?)! Listen in as Sterling discusses a progression of pulp writers to contemporary ones like Cory Doctorow! The list of those writers will be in the notes section, if you’re looking to expand your pandemic reading list.

Le métier de designer se transforme continuellement. Il est dépendant de son époque, étroitement lié aux évolutions technologiques. Avec Futur UX, nous tentons de mieux comprendre comment la pratique du design et plus globalement notre métier, change et suit ces évolutions. Dans cet épisode, nous nous pencherons sur les interfaces conversationnelles. En 2014, on prédisait que 50% des recherches sur le web se ferait par la voix d’ici 2020. A la suite de cette prédiction nous sommes allé à la rencontre de Zoé, Ulysse, Clo et Maaike pour écouter leur avis sur la question. Au sommaire de cette Partie 2, nous découvrirons d’abord le voice design sprint avec Maaike Coppens. Puis nous interrogerons nos intervenant•es sur les enjeux éthiques de ces interfaces. 1:44 • Focus : les outils UX et le voice design sprint Avec Maaike nous allons à la découverte du voice design sprint. Ce focus est l’occasion de découvrir quels outils et méthodes UX sont utilisables pour concevoir des interfaces conversationnelles. Chapitre 3 : Quels sont les enjeux éthiques ? Envisager le futur c’est aussi envisager les enjeux éthiques qui y sont associés. Nous avons questionné nos intervenant•es sur ces enjeux afin de mieux les cerner. 18:13 • Vraie réponse ou effet de mode ? La première question que nous posons à nos intervenant•es est celle de l’utilité. Le choix de créer une interface conversationnelle est-il fait pour offrir une vraie réponse aux utilisateurs ou est-il le fruit d’un effet de mode ? 24:35 • La question des données personnelles Pour Zoé, le premier enjeu éthique concerne les données personnelles. Les assistants vocaux nous écoutent en permanence. Mais où sont stockés ces échanges ? Et qui les écoutent ? Autant de questions sans réponses... les différents acteurs du marché restant très discret sur ce sujet. En 2019 Apple à d’ailleurs été au coeur d’un scandale impliquant une écoute massive des conversations. Une pratique également courante chez ses concurrents. “Siri n’est pas une intelligence artificielle” (extrait de la série Invisibles, épisode 4). Voir l'épisode Pour mieux comprendre les écoutes : Lire l'article de Numérama 29:57 • The Accent Gap : entraîner la machine Clo évoque la question de l’entrainement des algorithmes et des biais possibles lors de ces entrainements. En 2018 le Washington Post a réalisé une enquête sur le sujet, mettant en avant des problèmes de compréhension des assistants vocaux. Lire l’article The Accent Gap 33:09 • Faut-il humaniser la machine ? Nous interrogeons également Zoé et Ulysse sur le fait d’humaniser la machine et la limite qu’il faut poser. 47:57 • Postillon Prospective & Hypervoix Zoé, avec son projet Postillon Prospective, utilise le Design Fiction pour dessiner les futurs usages de la parole. Elle aborde également avec nous Hypervoix, un sujet de recherche-réflexion mené avec la FING. Découvrir Hypervoix 50:52 • Nos comportements face à la machine : la question du harcèlement sexuel Pour conclure cet épisode nous revenons avec Clo sur une étude réalisée par Quartz en 2017. Cette étude porte sur le harcèlement sexiste et sexuelle envers les assistantes virtuelles. Les comportements de certains utilisateurs questionnent la responsabilités des concepteurs dans leur démarche. Sachant que plus de 5% des échanges réalisés sont d’ordre sexuel… Lire l’article de Quartz

Le dossier de la semaine : la science-fiction comme levier de créativité Pour imaginer le futur, la science-fiction est un relai de créativité surprenante. Et si elle servait à concevoir vos futurs produits et services ? Entre business et science-fiction, la frontière s’estompe. Pour le meilleur des mondes ? En bref : sujet 1 : l’intelligence artificielle s’ancre dans notre quotidien. sujet 2 : les cleanfluenceurs, nouvelles stars des réseaux sociaux sujet 3 : big brother au bureau

Comment le design peut-il aider à vulgariser les savoirs ? Quelle place les designers peuvent-ils/elles prendre dans la conception et la réalisation d'expositions ou de dispositifs de médiation scientifique et culturelle ?  Le podcast du Quai des Savoirs vous invite ce mois-ci à un échange d'expériences et de points de vue avec les designers Alexandre Echasseriau et Emilie Cazin. Et si les designers étaient des nouveaux passeurs de savoirs ? Chroniques : Vu sur le web : Dolly Parton challenge Playlist : Le design fiction (Code alimentation ; Design fiction club ; Bio is the new black) 

Pour ce premier épisode hors les murs de Bio Is The New Black, nous étions à Londres dans le petit studio secret de la bibliothèque de la Goldsmiths University. Nous avons interviewé David Benqué, chercheur et designer. Nous avons discuté du design spéculatif, prédiction du futur, rôle du design, algorithme prédictif, viande artificielle et instrumentation scientifique. Cette émission est diffusée sur radio FMR dans le programme CPU et écoutable en podcast sur ausha ici et sur cpu.pm ici.  Dans cette release de CPU : de la fiction de la viande artificielle du cauchemar planifié des diagrammes sur la comète Notre invité est David Benqué, chercheur et designer l'équipe aujourd'hui : Elise Rigot et DaScritch Et... on se lave les mains dans le labo de design ! Documentation David Benqué 

The Augmented City is excited to announce our first major product release, Design Fiction as a deep dive learning platform! We're detailing the our philosophy, approach and it's upcoming debut.

Katy is a UX and Product Designer based in Boulder, Colorado where she runs her company Two's Complement. Katy double-majored in Industrial/Interaction Design and Computer Technology at Syracuse. Her first job out of school was with NASA where she worked on a wide range of projects including the International Space Apps Challenge and Random Hacks of Kindness. She went on to form a 3-D printing company, funded by several high-profile Kickstarter campaigns. In our conversation, we discuss many different topics, from the power of openness, based on her experiences with NASA and her printing company- how these open systems create possibilities that would not have been possible if the software is owned and its use restricted and limited. We talk about how Design Fiction is a powerful tool to help us imagine and design for a potential future. The new level of importance for thinking and a consciousness about the design and engineering choices that are made - with the arrival of AI, but also the environment as a new and vital consideration for digital designers.We discuss, her Five-Step Process for design thinking, that includes workshopping based on likely potential futures to find new solutions. Throughout the conversation, we talk about the process of innovation, how big companies need to embrace the small and how the US has had a history of waves of change and is probably due for another Moon Shot-like wave to help solve the urgent environmental crisis.

La poliedrica Gloria Puppi fondatrice di Novus Lab, ci parla di design fiction, approccio al futuro dal punto di vista di diverse generazioni, processi per creare futuri possibili e tante altri stimoli e chicche per riflettere sul domani.

Final assignment

Design fiction allows us to push the envelope and design for the possible (and impossible) future. Can web developers and designers capitalize on this method to stay ahead of the curve, or even design the curve?

Olivier Wathelet est anthropologue spécialisé en innovation et expert en design fiction. Il a co-écrit avec Nicolas Minvielle et Antony Masson Jouer avec les futurs : Utilisez le design fiction pour faire pivoter votre entreprise. Il est aussi Directeur de Users Matter, une agence d’innovation centrée utilisateurs et co-fondateur du collectif Making Tomorrow. Dans cet épisode, Olivier présente le design fiction et explique son utilité pour définir les valeurs et les stratégies des entreprises. Il partage ses best practices et ses conseils pour réussir ses projets de design fiction, les erreurs fréquemment commises, comment le design fiction peut s’intégrer dans une approche de type design thinking, ainsi que ses sources d’inspiration pour imaginer le futur… et bien plus encore !

Designer, Künstler, Literaten und Filmemacher wollen wichtige Innovationsfelder weitaus stärker als bislang mitentwickeln: von Robotik über Künstliche Intelligenz bis hin zur Smart City. Viele von ihnen wollen Innovation nicht den Konzernen und ihren Chefentwicklern überlassen und halten deren Ergebnisse für zu wenig sinnstiftend, zu verantwortungslos, zu machtkonzentriert, zu geschlossen. Kreative denken eigene Szenarien, Infrastrukturen und Objekte voraus – und entdecken dabei die zukunftsweisende Kraft ihrer Profession neu. (Autorin: Corina Niebuhr)

James Langdon is a designer, writer, and curator. He is one of six directors of Eastside Projects, an artist-run exhibition space in Birmingham, England, runs an independent design practice, and has written for publications like The Serving Library and Bricks from the Kiln. He's a professor in the communication design department at HfG Karlsruhe and in 2013, he founded the itinerant School for Design Fiction, working with students to investigate the storytelling inherent in the design process. He's also written and researched extensively on the work of Norman Potter. In this episode, we talk about how Dot Dot Dot sparked his interest in design, what he's learned from studying Norman Potter, and how artifacts can be forms of critique. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm.

In this episode, we critique the new identities for Cooper Hewitt and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, both designed by Pentagram, and the growing trend of designing evolving logo systems. Looking back and looking ahead, we speculate about the future of the identity design and remember some of our favorite logos of recent years. This all wraps up with a debate on clever versus smart work and what type of work we want to do. Links from this episode are available at this-is-sway.tumblr.com.

In an emotionally charged episode, Rory kicks it off talking about the Group Material monograph, Show and Tell, that leads to a discussion on art and design and how to define them. The conversation meanders through a variety of topics including the public’s perception of graphic design, the idea of multiple publics, who design is for, and what is the goal of our work. The episode wraps up with both of us reflecting on why we find design so interesting in the first place and some thoughts on why we started Sway a year ago. Links from this episode are available at this-is-sway.tumblr.com.

We open this episode reflecting on Massimo Vignelli's death and the influence he had on our work through the years. This leads to a discussion on how the internet has changed our approach to design and how we view a design's longevity. We spend the second half of the episode discussing the public face of graphic design and the how we communicate the value of our profession to those who no nothing about design.

We spend this episode reflecting on our recently completed Five Obstructions project. We talk about our favorite weeks, the hardest part of the project, and how we approached each week’s obstructions. In addition to talking about what we learned and the challenges we faced throughout the project, we look at how this would translate to a class assignment and the value of working within constraints for design students.

Design fiction benefits from many recent advancements, in design thinking, design-driven innovation, critical design, cultural hacking and scientific experimentation.

Design fiction benefits from many recent advancements, in design thinking, design-driven innovation, critical design, cultural hacking and scientific experimentation.