Beyond Speculative Design: Past - Present - Future
Event Information
About this event
After interviewing dozens of leading design practitioners, educators, and theorists from across Europe (and in a few cases beyond), as well as soliciting survey responses from dozens of professionals currently working in the industry, in addition to the hosted education related activities, we are able to draw a clearer path to show where Speculative Design has come from, where the approach is at present, and where it might be headed in the future.
All our findings and beyond are archived in a book, Beyond Speculations. Join the event and witness the “walk through the book” - a snapshot of contemporary Speculative Design, past - present - future.
About the organizers
The event is a collaboration between Ivica Mitrović and Sara Božanić (Speculative Edu), and the Speculative Futures chapters Milan, Lisbon and London
Agenda
6:00 pm - Opening words
Ivica Mitrović, University of Split, Croatia
6:10 pm – Chapter 1
Beyond Speculations
Presenter: James Auger, ENS Paris-Saclay, France
6:25 pm – Chapter 2
Echoes of Futures Past - Speculations and Fictions from History
Presenter: Michael Smyth, Edinburgh Napier University
6:40 pm – Chapter 3
An Overview of Speculative Design Practice
Presenter: Ingi Helgason, Edinburgh Napier University
6:55 pm – Chapter 4
Methods, Approaches and Tools: Ambiguity, Tensions and Scopes
Presenter: Enrique Encinas, Aalborg University, Oleg Šuran,University of Split, Croatia
7:10 pm – Neorural Futures (case study)
Presenter: Salvatore Iaconesi, Human Ecosystems Relazioni
7:25 pm – Chapter 5
A Practice of Hope, A Method of Action
Presenter: Matt Ward, Goldsmiths, University of London
7:40 pm Chapter 6
Final thoughts and manifesto
Presenter: Julian Hanna, Tilburg University
7:45 pm – Q&A > DISCUSSION
Moderator of the event: Sara Božanić, Institute for Transmedia Design
About SpeculativeEdu
The SpeculativeEdu project has been funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
It’s supported by the Centre for Creativity, Slovenia, Academia, College of Short-Cycle Higher Education, Maribor, MIKK Murska Sobota, Youth Cultural Center, The City Municipality of Murska Sobota and The City Municipality of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Who is this intended for?
Designers and other creative professionals interested in both design futures (speculative design, design fiction, etc.) and the futures of design, especially if you’re interested in the role that design may play in driving social change.
