*"Diegetic prototypes" and their various "realizations" #designfiction
*Like, why do 4-year-olds have commercially-available "Star Trek Communicators" but 40-year-olds don't
*Like, why do 4-year-olds have commercially-available "Star Trek Communicators" but 40-year-olds don't
February 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
*"Diegetic prototypes" and their various "realizations" #designfiction
*Like, why do 4-year-olds have commercially-available "Star Trek Communicators" but 40-year-olds don't
*Like, why do 4-year-olds have commercially-available "Star Trek Communicators" but 40-year-olds don't
"Alignment Surcharge. Universal Inference Fund Distribution" #designfiction #futurism #AI #ephemera #debris #NearFutureLaboratory
generalseminar.com/seminar/s07/...
generalseminar.com/seminar/s07/...
April 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"Alignment Surcharge. Universal Inference Fund Distribution" #designfiction #futurism #AI #ephemera #debris #NearFutureLaboratory
generalseminar.com/seminar/s07/...
generalseminar.com/seminar/s07/...
*Introducing: household AI powered by hand-cranks and bicycle pedals. #designfiction
https://crankgpt.com
https://crankgpt.com
CrankGPT — Local Human-powered AI
A human-powered, fully local, fully private AI solution.
crankgpt.com
June 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
*Introducing: household AI powered by hand-cranks and bicycle pedals. #designfiction
https://crankgpt.com
https://crankgpt.com
#DesignFiction #SpeculativeFiction #Booktrailer #Indieauthors #Dystopian Here the BookTrailer of SYNTOPIA EPISTEME a Design Odyssey, released today on Amazon Kindle, Hardcover and paperback, available here:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYLK9BJY
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYLK9BJY
June 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
#DesignFiction #SpeculativeFiction #Booktrailer #Indieauthors #Dystopian Here the BookTrailer of SYNTOPIA EPISTEME a Design Odyssey, released today on Amazon Kindle, Hardcover and paperback, available here:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYLK9BJY
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYLK9BJY
Ayesha discover the Low-Tech Lab of La Rochelle.
She notices the use of beautiful salt bricks.
Low-tech. High impact.
#LowTech #Solarpunk #DesignFiction #CircularDesign #Audiobook
She notices the use of beautiful salt bricks.
Low-tech. High impact.
#LowTech #Solarpunk #DesignFiction #CircularDesign #Audiobook
September 26, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Ayesha discover the Low-Tech Lab of La Rochelle.
She notices the use of beautiful salt bricks.
Low-tech. High impact.
#LowTech #Solarpunk #DesignFiction #CircularDesign #Audiobook
She notices the use of beautiful salt bricks.
Low-tech. High impact.
#LowTech #Solarpunk #DesignFiction #CircularDesign #Audiobook
I had completely forgotten that I had made this: A prototype for an iPhone time travel app. The house depicted is the house overlooking Dovercourt Park where we lived during the pandemic. #DesignFiction
July 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I had completely forgotten that I had made this: A prototype for an iPhone time travel app. The house depicted is the house overlooking Dovercourt Park where we lived during the pandemic. #DesignFiction
*The former "Facebook" and former "Meta" is re-founded and re-branded as "Mark" #designfiction
"The system was developed by the company’s AI Super Intelligence Group, which was recently laid off"
theadjacency.com/p/meta-renam...
"The system was developed by the company’s AI Super Intelligence Group, which was recently laid off"
theadjacency.com/p/meta-renam...
Meta Renames Itself “Mark”
A speculative reported feature about Meta changing its name to Mark after its AI Super Intelligence Group completes an internal orchestration system that routes product, copy, staffing, and strategy d...
theadjacency.com
June 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
*The former "Facebook" and former "Meta" is re-founded and re-branded as "Mark" #designfiction
"The system was developed by the company’s AI Super Intelligence Group, which was recently laid off"
theadjacency.com/p/meta-renam...
"The system was developed by the company’s AI Super Intelligence Group, which was recently laid off"
theadjacency.com/p/meta-renam...
*Artifacts from the 22nd century are rather rare, even though, what the heck, you can just make 'em up if you feel like it #designfiction
www.onedesigncompany.com/news/matriar...
www.onedesigncompany.com/news/matriar...
Matriarchal Design Futures: Bookstand 2125
One Design’s contributions to the Matriarchal Design Futures: Bookstand 2125 initiative were showcased at Typeforce 13 in Chicago.
www.onedesigncompany.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
*Artifacts from the 22nd century are rather rare, even though, what the heck, you can just make 'em up if you feel like it #designfiction
www.onedesigncompany.com/news/matriar...
www.onedesigncompany.com/news/matriar...
4ème session du séminaire « Influens 2050 » par Innovacs - « La #ScienceFiction : une méthode d’enquête scientifique ? » par Julien Wacquez (Etislab, CNRS) : innovacs.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/sciences-par... - et je découvre aussi le projet « Explorations Quantiques 2050 » #DesignFiction
March 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
4ème session du séminaire « Influens 2050 » par Innovacs - « La #ScienceFiction : une méthode d’enquête scientifique ? » par Julien Wacquez (Etislab, CNRS) : innovacs.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/sciences-par... - et je découvre aussi le projet « Explorations Quantiques 2050 » #DesignFiction
About to send this journal article away and start work on a #chi2026 paper since the #chi2025 conference is coming up.
Equal parts #designfiction and #participatorydesign mixed together around disaster.
So much to do.
Equal parts #designfiction and #participatorydesign mixed together around disaster.
So much to do.
March 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
About to send this journal article away and start work on a #chi2026 paper since the #chi2025 conference is coming up.
Equal parts #designfiction and #participatorydesign mixed together around disaster.
So much to do.
Equal parts #designfiction and #participatorydesign mixed together around disaster.
So much to do.
*Well... it's pretty good. That's where-its-at #designfiction
https://jamesroha.substack.com/p/the-speculative-design-resource-guide
https://jamesroha.substack.com/p/the-speculative-design-resource-guide
The Speculative Design Resource Guide
A curated collection of studios, practitioners, tools, readings, and pathways for worldbuilders, futurists, and critical designers. Last updated: January 2026
jamesroha.substack.com
April 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
*Well... it's pretty good. That's where-its-at #designfiction
https://jamesroha.substack.com/p/the-speculative-design-resource-guide
https://jamesroha.substack.com/p/the-speculative-design-resource-guide
📣 Only 3 days left until the deadline! Don’t miss out!
#CHIWork2025 #Critique #Provocation #DesignFiction
#CHIWork2025 #Critique #Provocation #DesignFiction
#CHIWORK2025 also includes Critiques and Provocations as part of the full paper track! We welcome thought-provoking critiques, experimental ideas, and radical visions that push the boundaries of work technology design and its societal impact.
Deadline Feb 7! chiwork.org/call-for-pap...
Deadline Feb 7! chiwork.org/call-for-pap...
Call For Papers - CHIWORK 2025
We are pleased to invite submissions for the Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK 2025). CHIWORK 2025 will be a hybrid event. Authors of accepted papers must present their ...
chiwork.org
February 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
📣 Only 3 days left until the deadline! Don’t miss out!
#CHIWork2025 #Critique #Provocation #DesignFiction
#CHIWork2025 #Critique #Provocation #DesignFiction
Blick auf die Bildungszukunft – das Team Learning Science im Interview
www.fernuni-hagen.de/forschung/sc...
#designfiction #ki #educationaltechnology #edtech #learningscience
www.fernuni-hagen.de/forschung/sc...
#designfiction #ki #educationaltechnology #edtech #learningscience
August 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Blick auf die Bildungszukunft – das Team Learning Science im Interview
www.fernuni-hagen.de/forschung/sc...
#designfiction #ki #educationaltechnology #edtech #learningscience
www.fernuni-hagen.de/forschung/sc...
#designfiction #ki #educationaltechnology #edtech #learningscience
An Immersive Solarpunk Audiobook.
UNABRIDGED · DRAMATIZED · FULL CAST · AI VOICES · VOICE REPLICAS · SOUND DESIGN · ORIGINAL MUSIC · IMMERSIVE · AMBIENCE
September 15 on Spotify.
open.spotify.com/show/2vy79iU...
#solarpunk #audiobook #spotify #elevenlabs #designfiction
vimeo.com/1224588430
UNABRIDGED · DRAMATIZED · FULL CAST · AI VOICES · VOICE REPLICAS · SOUND DESIGN · ORIGINAL MUSIC · IMMERSIVE · AMBIENCE
September 15 on Spotify.
open.spotify.com/show/2vy79iU...
#solarpunk #audiobook #spotify #elevenlabs #designfiction
vimeo.com/1224588430
SYNTOPIA EPISTEME Audiobook
The old world is sinking... ...but one young woman is designing a new one. Not a utopia. Not a dystopia. A syntopia. Immersive Solarpunk Audiobook A Design Odyssey exploring the possibilities of the ...
vimeo.com
September 8, 2026 at 5:34 AM
An Immersive Solarpunk Audiobook.
UNABRIDGED · DRAMATIZED · FULL CAST · AI VOICES · VOICE REPLICAS · SOUND DESIGN · ORIGINAL MUSIC · IMMERSIVE · AMBIENCE
September 15 on Spotify.
open.spotify.com/show/2vy79iU...
#solarpunk #audiobook #spotify #elevenlabs #designfiction
vimeo.com/1224588430
UNABRIDGED · DRAMATIZED · FULL CAST · AI VOICES · VOICE REPLICAS · SOUND DESIGN · ORIGINAL MUSIC · IMMERSIVE · AMBIENCE
September 15 on Spotify.
open.spotify.com/show/2vy79iU...
#solarpunk #audiobook #spotify #elevenlabs #designfiction
vimeo.com/1224588430
Une boutique “fiction” pour réfléchir aux transitions - chouette projet des collègues d'Instant Science ! www.instantscience.fr/actualite/un... #DesignFiction #Futur #Prospective
Une boutique "fiction" pour réfléchir aux transitions - Instant Science
Le Propulseur revient bientôt sur les routes avec la boutique "fiction" pour faire réfléchir le public aux transitions.
www.instantscience.fr
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Une boutique “fiction” pour réfléchir aux transitions - chouette projet des collègues d'Instant Science ! www.instantscience.fr/actualite/un... #DesignFiction #Futur #Prospective
From the twitter archives - posted Oct 19, 2015:
A design from “Back to the Future, Part II", Doug Chiang #future #scifi #design #designfiction
A design from “Back to the Future, Part II", Doug Chiang #future #scifi #design #designfiction
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
From the twitter archives - posted Oct 19, 2015:
A design from “Back to the Future, Part II", Doug Chiang #future #scifi #design #designfiction
A design from “Back to the Future, Part II", Doug Chiang #future #scifi #design #designfiction
Amy Webb Launches 2025 Emerging Tech Trend Report
www.youtube.com/live/oT33_Mr...
#Technology #Trend #Future #DesignFiction
www.youtube.com/live/oT33_Mr...
#Technology #Trend #Future #DesignFiction
Amy Webb Launches 2025 Emerging Tech Trend Report | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Amy Webb Launches 2025 Emerging Tech Trend Report
www.youtube.com/live/oT33_Mr...
#Technology #Trend #Future #DesignFiction
www.youtube.com/live/oT33_Mr...
#Technology #Trend #Future #DesignFiction
I just finished a new blog post on Design Fiction and Cartography. This will hopefully be one of the first of these types of posts. #GIS #DesignFiction #Cartography #HCI
Design Fictions and Pushing the Boundaries of Cartography
Design Fiction A lot of current PhD work and research is about using design fictions to push boundaries and develop discussions of what is needed, even when what is needed is not possible in the cu…
justincolegis.com
May 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I just finished a new blog post on Design Fiction and Cartography. This will hopefully be one of the first of these types of posts. #GIS #DesignFiction #Cartography #HCI
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#design #ux #productdesign #servicedesign #systemicdesign #criticalthinking #critique #designfiction #speculativedesign #innovation #change
#design #ux #productdesign #servicedesign #systemicdesign #criticalthinking #critique #designfiction #speculativedesign #innovation #change
Design & Critical Thinking
We aim to build shared understanding, collective knowledge & sensemaking at the intersection of design, innovation, change, systems practices, and more.
www.designcriticalthinking.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
What would AI look like without Empires behind it?
gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/ai-wo-the-...
If an "Indigenous AI" or AI—TEK is possible and if it is... what exactly would it do?
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI-TEK #DesignFiction #solarpunk #IndigenousAI
gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/ai-wo-the-...
If an "Indigenous AI" or AI—TEK is possible and if it is... what exactly would it do?
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI-TEK #DesignFiction #solarpunk #IndigenousAI
August 24, 2026 at 10:25 AM
What would AI look like without Empires behind it?
gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/ai-wo-the-...
If an "Indigenous AI" or AI—TEK is possible and if it is... what exactly would it do?
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI-TEK #DesignFiction #solarpunk #IndigenousAI
gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/ai-wo-the-...
If an "Indigenous AI" or AI—TEK is possible and if it is... what exactly would it do?
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI-TEK #DesignFiction #solarpunk #IndigenousAI
#DesignFiction - Les épices, nouvelle frontière de la santé mentale : retour sur la révolution Sensoria : www.cbnews.fr/cb/image-epi...
Les épices, nouvelle frontière de la santé mentale : retour sur la révolution Sensoria
Quand dentsu X imagine demain, huitième épisode…
www.cbnews.fr
July 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#DesignFiction - Les épices, nouvelle frontière de la santé mentale : retour sur la révolution Sensoria : www.cbnews.fr/cb/image-epi...
I wrote a piece about making Design Fiction with LLMs .. inspired by current scientific work on the wax moth and how it might play a role in plastic degradation (which is the use case for the software product we are making at CSIRO) #designfiction #plasticdegradation medium.com/design-bootc...
Creating Design Fiction with LLMs
‘The Moth Keepers’ is Design Fiction inspired by current work on the wax moth and how it might play a role in plastic degradation. This scientific inquiry is the use case for the AI software product…
medium.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I wrote a piece about making Design Fiction with LLMs .. inspired by current scientific work on the wax moth and how it might play a role in plastic degradation (which is the use case for the software product we are making at CSIRO) #designfiction #plasticdegradation medium.com/design-bootc...
"…field documents from a civilization assembled out of latent sediment in the training data… recombined into something that has never existed but carries the weight of things that have." #designfiction #worldbuilding #speculativefiction www.whispersandgiants.com/2026/05/03/t...
The Hidden Sungemite Archipelago – Whispers & Giants
www.whispersandgiants.com
June 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"…field documents from a civilization assembled out of latent sediment in the training data… recombined into something that has never existed but carries the weight of things that have." #designfiction #worldbuilding #speculativefiction www.whispersandgiants.com/2026/05/03/t...
The new job cleaning up all those failed Techbros futures that politicians get caught up in.
#AI #SelfDrivingCars #Crypto #Futurism #DesignFiction
#AI #SelfDrivingCars #Crypto #Futurism #DesignFiction
October 15, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The new job cleaning up all those failed Techbros futures that politicians get caught up in.
#AI #SelfDrivingCars #Crypto #Futurism #DesignFiction
#AI #SelfDrivingCars #Crypto #Futurism #DesignFiction
#designfiction is vital to consider possibility – School of Machines, Making & Make Believe http://schoolofma.org / @SchoolOfMaaa #iot #ux
School of Machines, Making, and Make-Believe
The School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe is an organ...
schoolofma.org
November 29, 2024 at 7:50 AM
#designfiction is vital to consider possibility – School of Machines, Making & Make Believe http://schoolofma.org / @SchoolOfMaaa #iot #ux