Props to Prototypes: Design Fiction Part 2 Design Connexity 2009

Props to Prototypes Julian Bleecker Design Connexity Part 2 of a short slideshow Aberdeen, Scotland April 2, 2009 on design, science, fact and ﬁction. Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Part 1 http://cli.gs/DesignFictionEssay Julian Bleecker Design Connexity Aberdeen, Scotland April 2, 2009 Tuesday, April 7, 2009

4 Quotes About The Future Tuesday, April 7, 2009

You never change things by ghting the existing model. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” ~ R. Buckminster Fuller Tuesday, April 7, 2009

“As I’ve said many times, the future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed” ~ William Gibson Tuesday, April 7, 2009

“Fiction is evolutionarily valuable because it allows low- cost experimentation compared to trying things for real” ~ Dennis Dutton OH on @kevinmarks’ Twitter Tuesday, April 7, 2009

“The Future Is Always Over Sold And Under Imagined” ~ Chris Luebkeman Tuesday, April 7, 2009

This Is My Context Tuesday, April 7, 2009

I Play Here Tuesday, April 7, 2009

And I Also Play Here Tuesday, April 7, 2009

These Ideas Do Not Represent.. Tuesday, April 7, 2009

But In Some Near Future, They May.. Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Part I Undisciplined Practice Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Me? An Engineer + Science Studies Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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Why Engineering & Science Studies? To make new, more habitable near-future worlds Tuesday, April 7, 2009

How? Material practices that allow for the making of things + Knowledge practices that allow for the making of meaning Tuesday, April 7, 2009

How Practically? Technology Practices Art Practices Design Practices Tuesday, April 7, 2009

John-Rhys Newman http://rhysnewman.com Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Things Have Been Otherwise Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Swerving Systems of Meaning Epistemological Wrenches Tuesday, April 7, 2009

How? Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Part II The Special Effect of Knowledge Making Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Three “technologies” for epistemological change management 1. A material technology embedded in the construction and operation of the air-pump 2. A literary technology by means of which the phenomena produced by the pump were made known to those who were not direct witnesses 3. A social technology that incorporated the conventions that experimental philosophers should use in dealing with each other and considering knowledge-claims Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Speci cations for Epistemological Wrenches Latour Shapin & Shaffer 1. Instruments 1. Material 2. Colleagues 2. Literary 3. Allies 3. Social 4. Publics 5. Links & Knots Tuesday, April 7, 2009

So...what? How does this relate to making new kinds of near- future worlds? Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The Special Effect Tuesday, April 7, 2009

http://cli.gs/p4X92W Tuesday, April 7, 2009

http://cli.gs/s9NNgp Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Realistic dinosaurs as a special-effect, produced to be visually compelling as a “prop” to help tell a story more compelling than a dowdy documentary. Tuesday, April 7, 2009

http://cli.gs/ZX9R5t Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Dark Knight http://cli.gs/GzHJhW Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Stories Matter More Than Features, Specs And Engineering Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Diegetic Prototype \"..cinematic depictions of future technologies are actually “diegetic prototypes” that demonstrate to large public audiences a technology’s need, benevolence, and viability. I show how diegetic prototypes have a major rhetorical advantage over true prototypes: in the diegesis these technologies exist as “real” objects that function properly and which people actually use.\" David A. Kirby, “The Future Is Now: Diegetic Prototypes, and the Cinematic Creation of the Future” (pre-pub) Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Diegetic Prototype \"..cinematic depictions of future technologies are actually “diegetic prototypes” that demonstrate to large public audiences a technology’s need, benevolence, and viability. I show how diegetic prototypes have a major rhetorical advantage over true prototypes: in the diegesis these technologies exist as “real” objects that function properly and which people actually use.\" David A. Kirby, “The Future Is Now: Diegetic Prototypes, and the Cinematic Creation of the Future” (pre-pub) Wow. Stories matter when designing the future. Maybe even more than the “real thing” in terms of their ability to ﬂash-bang the imagination of real people. Ideas are more powerful than a crappy product that aspires to the idea. Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Science Fiction Can Do Things Science Fact Cannot. Tuesday, April 7, 2009

How William Shatner Changed The World http://cli.gs/tUJs1d Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Star Fleet Technical Manual, by Franz Joseph http://cli.gs/rduvjm Tuesday, April 7, 2009

COMMUNICATOR STANDARD FIELD EQUIPMENT ITEM Tuesday, April 7, 2009

“Death Star Over San Francisco” by Michael Horn (2008) http://cli.gs/mmBtgN Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Thank You. http://cli.gs/DesignFictionEssay Julian Bleecker http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com julian at nearfuturelaboratory dot com julian.bleecker at nokia dot com Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Props to Prototypes: Design Fiction Part 2 Design Connexity 2009

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