A short presentation on speculative design presented rapid-fire style at the V2_ event "Blowup: The Era of Objects". More here: http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2011/10/04/speculative-de…objects-at-v2_/

1. “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

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

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

11. Three Principles for Speculating with Design & Fiction
One.
Science, Fact and Fiction Are All Knotted Up, Anyway.

12. Two.
Stories Matter More Than Features, Specs And Engineering

13. Three.
Science Fiction Can Do Things Science Fact Cannot.

14. How to Speculate with Design?

15. Pastiche

16. Re-enactment and Re-imagining

17. Little Films

18. Why Speculate with Design?
To Imagine and To See the World from a Different
Perspective

19. Why Speculate with Design?
Speculative Design Allows One To See Small, Unexpected
Possibilities That Could Cause Big Disruptions

20. http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com
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