The document outlines a course focused on sleep as a theme for design fiction, exploring concepts of critical design, imagination, and societal implications of sleep. It includes assessment briefs such as keeping a dream journal, executing design projects about sleep, and a final project incorporating various media and technology. Weekly tasks involve research and discussions on relevant literature and projects, fostering engagement with the subject matter.

2. SLEEPER
CELLS

3. A BIT ABOUT ME

4. SLEEPER CELLS

5. Jonathan Crary – Late
Capitalism and the
Ends of Sleep, 2014

6. THE OASIS
LUCID (JP)
PAN CON
SERVERS
JUNG AT HEART
PAN CON
LUCID (IR)
DEEP SLEEP NOW
DREAM BROADCASTING
CORPORATION

11. video

12. WYWH House

13. video

14. THE MUSEUM OF
THE FUTURE PAST
(MOFP)

19. video

20. ANTARCTIC
FUTURES

30. melbourne
museum

34. artplay

37. other projects

40. AND YOU?

41. THIS COURSE

42. SLEEP
FUTURES
FICTIONS
CRITICAL DESIGN
YOU
DESIGN FICTION
AND BLURRED
REALITY
hypotheticals
thought experiments
what if
would you

43. the extrapolation factory - 99c futures store

44. the extrapolation factory - pawn tomorrow

47. the extrapolation factory - pawn tomorrow

48. the extrapolation factory - pawn tomorrow

49. the extrapolation factory - pawn tomorrow

50. the extrapolation factory - pawn tomorrow

51. the extrapolation factory - pawn tomorrow

52. the extrapolation factory

53. ANTONIN ARTAUD BERTHOLT BRECHT

54. sleep
blurred
fictions

55. stuart candy - hawaii 2050

56. stuart candy -save chinatown

57. stuart candy -save chinatown

58. RESEARCH
TRUTH
IMAGINATION
PLAY/GSOH
UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA
MIX WHAT WE DO
AND DON’T KNOW
(UN)BELIEVABLE
(IN)CREDIBLE
CHALLENGING
(HAVE TO CONSIDER
THE AUDIENCE)
EXPERIENCE
performance,object,installation,
interior,video,discussion,text

59. superstudio - the continuous monument

60. archigram - the plug in city

61. archigram - the walking city

62. dunne and raby - united micro kingdoms

63. dunne and raby - Designs for an Overpopulated Planet

64. “Critical Design uses speculative
design proposals to challenge narrow
assumptions, preconceptions and
givens about the role products play in
every day life. It is more of an attitude
than anything else, a position rather
than a method.
It’s opposite is affirmative design:
design that reinforces the status quo.”
Hertzian Tales – Dunne and Raby 1999

65. HOW WILL THE
SEMESTER
WORK?

66. ASSESSMENT BRIEF 1
Shuteye - Dream journal – 20%
Throughout the semester you will keep a dream journal. You may use any medium
to record your dreams, though it must be contained in some sort of chronologi-
cal order. The journal will be assessed on its depth of detail and expression. The
dream journal will trigger other ideas and processes in your work. It should come
naturally. Could also encompass a Dream resume.

67. ASSESSMENT BRIEF 2
Deep sleep - Sleep research – 30%
Over 4 weeks investigate sleep using design fiction techniques through 4 separate
projects 1) singular or personal experience; 2) pair, group or social phenomenon;
3) scientific, political, or state policies around sleep, and 4) theoretical/metaphysi-
cal/psychological approaches.
In each of these areas, create a small design fiction project – which may be part
research, and part story. It is not important what is true and what is not – but it
must be believable.
Video will be the key medium used to express these design fictions.

68. ASSESSMENT BRIEF 3
Sleeper Cells – Final Project – 45%
Construct an elaborate and detailed fiction about sleep and people who sleep. Use
a variety of media and technology to illustrate this fiction. Refer to critical theory
practices in the development of your fictional scenario. You should employ tech-
niques of blurring reality with fiction within the project. Utilize video as well as ob-
jects and artefacts to address the topic within sleep.
DIGITAL ARCHIVE 5%
Coordinator will send brief out to all students mid semester.

69. subconscious
snack

71. -every week
-someone invents and brings a snack for
everyone and pairs it with a narrative
-speculative project in itself!
-food as a futures project is powerful,
because people ingest your work!
I’ll go first next week

72. the centre for genomic gastronomy - cobalt 60 bbq sauce

73. TASKS

74. 1
watch anthony dunne’s
vimeo presentation
(to be emailed tonight)

75. 2
Research the following
projects and lead a
5-10 minute discussion
on the issues and
conundrums it presents
(can use projection to
show images etc)

77. 3
read chapter 1 of
jonathan crary - 24/7
capitalism and the ends
of sleep
and read the first 7 1/2
pages of Stuart Candy’s
PHD dissertation
introduction
both will be discussed
next week

78. Equipment each week
-laptop
-paper and something to draw
-camera (phone is ok)
Costs
-determine your own budget
-roughly $20 for subconscious snack
Contact
info@benlandau.com