Near Future Laboratory
2025 03 (Incomplete) Talks Archive
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Mar 27, 2025
A talk at Los Angeles architecture firm Moore Ruble Yudell about the role of design fiction in architecture and urban design. The talk was part of a series of discussions on the future of design and its impact on urban environments. The talk focused on how design fiction can be used...
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Mar 29, 2025
I gave a talk at USC in the context of a Future of Work workshop that was organized through the USC Iovine and Young Academy for their Master of Science in Integrated Design, Business and Technology program. For my talk I focused on how I used design fiction and speculative design...
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Mar 19, 2025
This discussion explores the concept of Design Fiction as a methodology for creating tangible and evocative prototypes of possible near futures to understand the consequences of decision-making. Julian Bleecker, who coined the term with Bruce Sterling, elaborates on his interdisciplinary approach combining engineering, design, and speculative storytelling. The conversation delves...
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