Speculative Futures
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Location
Online event
A Speculative Design discussion from the perspective of the SpeculativeEdu community
About this event
About this event
The aim of the Speculative Futures events is to showcase the various approaches within Speculative Design and related practices from multiple perspectives and cultural backgrounds.
For this edition, we collaborated with our colleagues from the SpeculativeEdu project who will showcase some projects of their community and discuss their approach.
SpeculativeEdu, an Erasmus+ project, started in late 2018 with the intention of strengthening Speculative Design education by collecting and exchanging existing knowledge and experience and advancing educational practice in the area of Speculative Design and its self-critical approach. This 90-minute event will present a selection of case studies, putting designers upfront, presenting their futures. The first part will include three projects selected from the SpeculativeEdu landscape and the second part will include three projects from the Global Futures Lab, Mexico City (GFL/MX). The European and North American perspectives will be at the forefront of the event, aiming to introduce participants with an emphasis on the “real world”; that is, responding to the needs of people, society, public policy and the economy. The SpeculativeEdu team will give a short introduction and will moderate Q&A sessions with invited designers.
About the organizers
The event is a collaboration between Ivica Mitrović and Sara Božanić (Speculative Edu), Speculative Futures Milan, Speculative Futures Lisbon.
Agenda
6:00 pm | Opening Words:
- Ivica Mitrović, University of Split, Croatia
- Karla Paniagua, Global Futures Lab, Mexico
Speculative Edu
6:15 pm | Introduction
- Ivica Mitrović, University of Split, Croatia
- Enrique Encinas, Aalborg University
Case Studies
- The One With the Programmable Friend (by Susanne Wieland, Aliki Tsakoumi, Lourdes Rodríguez, Yuxi Liu, Masafumi Kawachi)
- Plasticful Foods (by Federica Marrella, Ellen McCarthy, Alejandra Niño, James Ric-Hansen)
- We Did Something for Africa (by Eliza Chojnacka, Markel Cormenzana, Sabrina Haas, Elena Hess-Rheingans, James Hillman, Yang Li, Camila Monteiro Pereira)
Moderated by Sara Božanić, Institute for Transmedia Design, Slovenia and Julian Hanna, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Global Futures Lab
6:45 pm | Introduction
- Karla Paniagua, Global Futures Lab, Mexico City
- Paolo Cardini, Global Futures Lab, Mexico City
Case Studies
- The Ark of Life (by María Angélica Matilde Breña Sánchez)
- Chinampa ring (by Alejandra Rosillo Zanella)
- Posional (by Maria Elena Cruz Nieves)
Moderated by: Julian Hanna, Tilburg University, The Netherlands and Sara Božanić, Institute for Transmedia Design, Slovenia
7:15 pm | Panel and Closing Words
- Ivica Mitrović, University of Split, Croatia
- Karla Paniagua, Global Futures Lab, Mexico
- Paolo Cardini, Global Futures Lab, Mexico City
- Sara Božanić, Institute for Transmedia Design, Slovenia
- Julian Hanna, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
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.