Presentation given at D&TA East Midlands branch meeting on Monday 27th November. I introduce design fiction as a pedagogical approach to sue in D&T lessons teaching pupils about new and emerging technologies (such as robotics, AI, synthetic biology and additive manufacturing).

1. Design Fiction
Alison Hardy
Monday 27th November 2017

2. Design fiction is not
science fiction
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3. An approach to design that speculates about
new ideas through storytelling
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Erskine on Unsplash

4. …and prototyping
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5. Design fictions are often presented through short
films and artifacts that focus on creating the
narrative.

6. Pupils discover whether society wouldn’t or
shouldn’t let their design rather than whether it is
technically feasible.
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Sophia on Unsplash

7. “Wouldn’t it be cool if…”
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by NASA on Unsplash

8. Links
• Design Fiction: the Next Big Design Framework
• Three Good Examples of Design Fiction