Project Summary
"The Manual of Design Fiction" is a cornerstone text for those interested in the intersection of design, technology, and speculative futures. The book presents a theoretical and practical framework for using design as a tool to explore and critique possible futures. It emphasizes creating artifacts that suggest and provoke thought about what might be, rather than just portraying these futures through traditional narratives. The Manual provides methodologies and insights into how design can move beyond mere utility to become a significant mode of research and inquiry into the technological and cultural expectations of the future. Its approach is not to predict the future but to prototype it, making the potential futures tangible and discussable through designed objects and scenarios.
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Team: Near Future Laboratory
Project Year: 2019
Project Dates:Published On: Apr 25, 2024, 17:31
Updated On: Apr 25, 2024, 17:31
Written By: Julian Bleecker
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The Project
The Manual of Design Fiction is an unparalleled, rigorous insight into the philosophy and practice of design fiction from the pioneers of the approach. With this extensive publication, The Near Future Laboratory demonstrate the need and urgency of bringing design fiction approaches to business.
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