1.
Design
Cultures
and
Anticipation:
When
Design
Shapes
Possible
Futures
1.
Design
and
Anticipation
Anticipation
and
design
are
both
future-­‐oriented
activities,
although
they
usually
operate
in
different
environments
and,
as
a
consequence,
their
aims
and
means
are
(partially)
different.
Design
cultures
are
able
to
go
beyond
the
existing
ambience;
they
innovate
by
shaping
objectives
and
indicating
directions
of
change.
Design
cultures
overlap
with
futures
studies
in
many
different
ways:
both
are
future-­‐oriented,
both
serve
people
and
social
institutions,
both
deal
with
uncertainty,
fuzziness,
complexity
and
cultural
issues.
Both
design
and
futures
studies
negotiate
the
needs
of
different
stakeholders,
aiming
at
developing
more
complete
and
integral
viewpoints.
Topics
of
interest
include,
but
are
not
limited
to
• theoretical
reflections
and
case
studies
on
the
cooperation
between
design
disciplines
(product,
communication,
services,
interior
design
and
architectural
design
and
technology)
and
futures
studies
• histories
of
design
and
architecture
that
have
anticipated
future
directions
• methods
and
tools
to
anticipate
within
design
practices
(trends,
scenarios,
design
fiction,
etc.)
• visualization
and
projection
of
the
possible
future
within
enterprises
(Advanced
Design
case
studies).
2.
Proponents
Manuela
Celi
(Politecnico
di
Milano)
Daniele
Fanzini
(Politecnico
di
Milano)
Elena
Formia
(Università
di
Bologna)
3.
Relevant
information
• To
submit
an
abstract
to
this
workshop
send
a
mail
to
designanticipation2015@gmail.com
before
30
April
2015.
• Further
information
on
the
conference
is
available
from
http://www.projectanticipation.org
• Session’s
speakers
should
register
and
pay
the
conference
fee:
• Early
registration
(before
1
September
2015):
€
150
• Late
registration
(from
1
September
2015):
€
200
4.
Important
dates
• Abstract
submission:
30
April
2015
• Acceptance
notification:
15
May
2015
• Final
program:
30
June
2015
• Early
registration:
Before
1
September
2015
• Deadline
registration:
20
October
2015