Design Fiction and Active Futures

Charlton Heston Design Fiction Active Futures. Scott Smith Lift@home Toronto | DemoCamp 2019

Made in 1967, from 1963 novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle

Made in 1971, from 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

Made in 1973, from 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison

Now what?

“…Science ﬁction does not merely anticipate but actively shapes technological futures through its effect on the collective imagination.” -Paul Dourish and Genevieve Bell, “Resistance is Futile”: Reading Science Fiction Alongside Ubiquitous Computing

“Design seeks out ways to jump over its own conceptual walls—scenarios, user observation, brainstorming, rapid prototyping, critical design, speculative design.” -Bruce Sterling, interactions magazine, May/ June 2009

“Design is about the future in a way similar to science ﬁction. It probes imaginatively and materializes ideas, the way science ﬁction materializes ideas, oftentimes through stories.” -Julian Bleecker, Near Future Laboratory “Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact and Fiction”

ACTIVE = FUTURES

"[I am] a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.” -Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

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Design Fiction and Active Futures

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