A short essay on the ontologies of Art and Money, Creativity and Rationality, and Imagination and Structure written for the Design & Critical Thinking community and also published at https://www.designcriticalthinking.com/the-state-of-design-2024-all-contributions/....

Design Meets is a Toronto-based and online event about people getting together and sharing their ideas. This presentation by Julian Bleecker will present Design Fiction, a design-led approach to augmenting analytic research by grounding the implications of research into tangible, relatable artifacts....

Discussing the futures of creative arts practices, innovation, policy, and the creative economy...

An unconference right in Korea Town Los Angeles...

Looking for work in an AI Future? Pass the classifieds section.....

north of patient podcast...

Imagining possible futures through street signs! The street sign is a fantastic Design Fiction archetype. It's an artifact that is quite legible and recognizable as an indicator of social norms, rules, policy and thereby a small signal of a culture....

General Seminar S05 E01...

Reflections on a Poem Operating System and the relationship between art and technology, I consider the Poem vibe through a short study in the Studio I did last week with OpenAI, Python, Warwalking, Psychogeography, and a Past Project...

A visit on February 28th 2024 to deliver the annual Bensussen LEcture in the Arts Series at Chapman University...

Week Notes! Just a few picks of bleeding-edge content posted to the NFL Discord during Week 7 of 2024...

NFL Podcast Episode 084 - 'Thrilling Wonder Stories' - a tape recording found from the year 2011, when the Internet was weird, friendly, and a wandering/wondering place....

"What I learned was that programming is not really about knowledge or skill but simply about patience, or maybe obsession. Programmers are people who can endure an endless parade of tedious obstacles." -James Somers...

It was Week 6 of 2024 here Last Week at Near Future Laboratory Global HQ and this week is all about Collaboration, Coordination, and Amplification....

This podcast episode, hosted by Nora Young, explores the vast potential of human imagination in shaping technological futures It features insights from Ruha Benjamin, Julian Bleecker, and Jennifer Gossetti Ferenczi on harnessing creativity to address societal challenges, the role of imagination in innovation, and practical ways to cultivate imaginative thinking....

In today's kinetic business environment, marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences, staying ahead of the curve is a formidable challenge for any executive. The landscape is characterized by volatility, with new opportunities and threats emerging at an unprecedented pace. Adaptability is crucial, yet there's a strategic approach...

We talked with emerging practitioner, futures designer, and design researcher Ruth Guerra...

It was Week 5 of 2024 and we were still talking about a Magazine from a Possible AI Future, wondering what the Imagination does, Radha Mistry has a podcast, as does Theo Priestley and so does Nora Young and Julian was on all of them which means that Julian is...

Design Fiction is a method that combines elements of science fiction and design to create tangible prototypes that envision possible futures, helping to illustrate the consequences of today's decisions. Originated by Bruce Sterling and Julian Bleeker, this approach uses fictional artifacts to challenge and expand our understanding of future technological...

Week 4 of 2024 and we're talking about Chris' podcast with Kevin Kelly, A Magazine from A Possible AI Future, and And Generally Unhelpful Imaginaries of AI Futures...

Proposals for AI Futures and Tourism Futures, plus Workshopping Metaverse Futures, Slow Messagers, and Inlining CSS...

'The Assignment' is a production of Sciren directed by Taryn O'Neill and produced in association with the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University. This film is a trailer for The Climate Action Almanac. To read the book, visit https://www.climatealmanac.org....

Design Fiction is not 'storyboards'. Nor is it science-fiction. Science-fiction is science-fiction. It's also not scenarios, because scenarios are scenarios, just like a table cloth is a table cloth, not a plate or coffee mug. This fact as to what Design Fiction is is stated quite clearly in all of...

Project Dryden — an Annual Report from an Energy Future and Project Outersense — a Magazine from a Possible AI Future. Plus, integrating AI, the Near Future Laboratory Discord, and an SSG Digester....

Design Fiction has the vital function of grounding speculation in the form of things we can relate to, that are familiar perhaps even mundane....

The second part of a two part podcast where design fiction meets innovation. I discuss the process of transforming strategic concepts into tangible experiences, working with major brands to envision future scenarios. My conversation with Adrian Tennant covers the impact of design fiction on strategic planning and the creation of...

A podcast episode where I discuss the concept of Design Fiction and how it can aid brands in strategic planning. Design Fiction offers a unique approach to envisioning the future, emphasizing the creation of tangible, thought-provoking scenarios over traditional analytical methods....

Imagination Lancaster explores The Future Mundane, a design philosophy focusing on the practical, everyday aspects of future technologies rather than speculative, heroic, or overly idealized visions....

This is Monday Meeting Podcast, an episode titled 'A Journey Into Design Fiction' where I introduce the concept of Design Fiction to an adjacent creative community of motion graphics professionals. We talk and Q&A about how visual creativity is used to in the practice of futures design and Design Fiction,...

What do I mean when I say 'Design Fiction Archetype'?...

It's time to imagine harder....

What is Design Fiction?...

Design Fiction Archetypes are the containers into which a Design Fiction is embedded. Want to know more?...

I describe the essence of design fiction through an exploration of material culture as a lens for envisioning future possibilities. This short essay delves into how everyday objects, from breakfast cereal to speculative artifacts, serve as powerful tools for understanding potential future scenarios without resorting to grandiose predictions. Learn how...

5 simple complicated things to be considered...

Human imagination has a unique role in envisioning change and different futures. Imagination is what takes us from status quo to unexpected beauty and visionary opportunities....

The tale of 'Blue Boat,' a simple skiff that was a container of of adventures and memories, helped me think about the notion of value that has nothing to do with numbers....

a strange thing happened...

We can use Design Fiction to monkey around with what we know and understand about the world, and why....

The unique role of Design Fiction in creatively envisioning realistic, context-rich futures, moving beyond idealized representations to incorporate everyday, mundane elements that make future scenarios more relatable and engaging. We call that the 'future normal', 'normal, ordinary, everyday', 'future mundane', 'everyday familiar'. They are important concepts to help ground the...

when caleb gets a call...

A Design Fiction in which algorithms are regulated, akin to how the government oversees other aspects of public safety, to mitigate their negative impacts while harnessing their potential for positive change....

The unknown knowns in design...

This is an essay describing the concept of diegetic prototypes and design fiction through the lens of the Stephen Spielberg film based on the P.K. Dick story 'Minority Report.' I discuss how seemingly mundane objects in science fiction, like a cereal box, can offer insights into future technologies, cultures, legal...

why do future visions all look like future visions...