Towards the Realm of Materiality
Towards the Realm of Materiality
Designing Philip K. Dick's Non-Existing Technologies
978-8-8805-6261-0
2024
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Philip K. Dick, one of the most prolific and visionary authors of the 20th century, crafted compelling visions of possible futures and dystopian realities teeming with humans, artificial intelligences, and more. Yet, the Dickian universe is more than just its characters—it’s a realm intricately built with technological devices, machines, and objects entirely conceived by this brilliant mind. How did Philip K. Dick envision these technologies, and through them, the future? And now, decades after his time, how should we perceive and interpret these tools? More intriguingly, how can we decode and reconstruct the creative process that led to the creation and “materialization” of these devices? Grounded in a multidisciplinary framework, this volume explores alternative designs and projects for some of the non-existing technologies described in Philip K. Dick’s oeuvre.

A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
A photo from the book Towards the Realm of Materiality by German Duarte
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Contributors

German A. Duarte
_ Essay, Editor
Andrea Facchetti
_ Essay, Editor, Design
Domenico Gallo
_ Essay
Christophe Gelly
_ Essay
Salvatore Iaconesi
_ Essay
Oriana Persico
_ Essay
James Langdon
_ Essay
Matthew Lee-Smith
_ Essay
Amélie Lemieux
_ Essay
Naomi Mandel
_ Essay
Tobias Revell
_ Essay
Seçil Yavuz
_ Essay, Editor
Lucia Rose Buffa
_ Project
Maria Calzolari
_ Project
Roberta Faust
_ Project
Eleonora Lunardoni
_ Project
Luisa Ravanelli
_ Project
Josefina Sundblad
_ Project
Taylor Breckles
_ Editing, Proofreader
Franceso D'Abbraccio
_ Cover

Publisher

NERO

Specifications

Size 11 x 17 cm
Pages 336 + Cover
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Notes

  1. This volume is the result of a research project funded by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
  2. See Androids Dream of Electric Sheep a design fiction artifact from an adjacent entangled now.
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