Speculative design

What are people like in 2040? From No-Tech-Zones to Borderless Citizens, redefine work-life balance and discover Mini North Koreas.

How far will we go to alter our bodies, nature and the universe? These five design projects ask questions about our future.

Our devices are increasingly becoming the primary medium through which we relate to one another. Through a series of speculative hardware interventions, Networked Intimacy envisions the potential of interpersonal relationships in the connected age.

RESAMPL on Instagram: "IN DIFFERENT STATES OF REALITY. In code, there is always a translation from one to the other: A transformation. Data becomes image, numbers become shapes, pixels become positions. This results in a relationship between at least two „states“ that arise from the same values. The two original states are those of the code (the logic and data) and its execution. Now any number of executing states can be added from the 1st clock state of the data. — Lena Weber is a graphic…

Data Visualisation in Packaging design.

Futuristic UI - Speculative Design designed by Martijn van den Broeck. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

The document discusses speculative design as a method of envisioning alternative futures through design, emphasizing its role in opening discussions about societal possibilities. It presents examples, such as the innovative use of genetically-engineered fungi in the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, to illustrate how speculative narratives can influence real-world economic and social structures. Ultimately, speculative design is framed as a provocative tool that fosters collective dialogue about…

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NeoTouch is a speculative design project that envisions the future of haptic technology in the form of a haptic communication device that allows people to touch

Project Alias looks and behaves like a parasitic fungus, in the sense that it latches onto its host, feeding off it and inhibiting its functions for its own gai

STOCKHOLM – International designers present the future of domestic environments.

• Work — Jennifer Crupi

EPFL scientists have developed a soft artificial skin that provides haptic feedback and could help users of virtual reality feel their surroundings.

Terrarium Oxygen Tank Backpack

After an altercation with a tutor, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Yi-Fei Chen created this visual metaphor to show her struggle with speaking her mind.

Peter Nasielski's experimental furniture collection explores the anticipated Symbiocene era fostering relationships between individuals and photosynthetic microalgae.