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The Manual of Design Fiction - A Practical Guide to Exploring the Near Future

Julian Bleecker, Nick Foster, Fabien Girardin, Nicolas Nova, Chris Frey, Patrick Pittman, Near Future Laboratory (Organization)

Summary

In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and societal shifts, envisioning the near future has become a critical practice for designers, strategists, and innovators alike. This guide offers a structured approach to design fiction, a method that combines storytelling, prototyping, and speculative design to explore plausible futures. By crafting tangible artifacts and narratives that embody future possibilities, practitioners can provoke reflection, inspire innovation, and challenge prevailing assumptions about technology and society.

  • Design fiction as a tool: It serves to create tangible representations of speculative futures, enabling stakeholders to engage with potential scenarios...

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