I was looking forward to the class for a long time. My interest in reading novels about what distant future may be holding for us ignited my interest for the material of the class.
I had watched Blade Runner before and had already developed feelings about the setting and…
Jamais Cascio’s critiques were the main material of this weeks class. Having watched his videos right after we finished our Masdar Scenarios made me realize that we had to implement his way of thinking into our designs and understand what’s wrong and inapplicable to the future about our designs.
When I finalized my Masdar scenario, I implemented a topic that had no racial or economic…
There are many ways to think about how we can reshape bad examples of futures into better ones. I think that the main focus of this week was enabling us to imagine difficult futures and products about them. Before the class even began, we were given the blockchain reading to understand how it…
This week approached a much micro-environment of the society: A family. (2 to be exact.) I had a really interesting time trying become their 3rd eye in the family, getting to know them as much as they did know themselves. It was interesting to see an abundant amount of camera footage and natural…
I tried to focus on parts I didn’t include in my sketches and thought about how this scenario applied to bad situations. I tried to use this system as a guaranteed tool to ensure public safety in dangerous situations.
