Running list of Futures resources
This is a repository of my learnings on current work being done about the world of speculative fiction, critical design and more. Feel free to comment more resources you think can be helpful to those looking to learn more about futures thinking!
Introduction
The Namesake: Futures; futures studies; futurology; futuristic; foresight — What’s in a name? by Ziauddin Sardar
Design Fiction: A short essay on design, science, fact and fiction. by Julian Bleecker
Online communities to join
link to join “speculative futures” international slack:
https://join.slack.com/t/speculativefutures/shared_invite/zt-iiyevbz5-FrZstNAAULH10kETfIbWOQ
link to join discord for speculative india:
link to join “Designers group for Good”
https://join.slack.com/t/designersgroupforgood/shared_invite/zt-ebumtf5h-7R2emzqg_Mmj~fMG0MM07g
Academia, Blogs, Articles + notes, resources
The cones of future
https://linktr.ee/futureresources |
People/ Thought leaders
Julian Bleecker (USA)
Anab Jain(UK)
List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #4) — Ross Dawson
Futurists | Futurist Resources | Futurist Methodologies and Articles
Awesome spreadsheet compilations of resources:
Newsletters to subscribe to
By Julian Bleecker from the Near Future Laboratory: https://buttondown.email/designfiction
Trend alerts:
For Case studies
https://speculativeedu.eu/case-study-equine-eyes/
Futures Podcasts
Some futures podcasts:
z/topia ( https://ztopia.show/)
z\topia is a video podcast that invites designers and artists to muse, speculate and poke at articles and projects they’ve found on the internet. We invite you to see through the eyes and minds of some of the planet’s most creative thinkers as we debate, philosophize and stir up absurd ideas and speculations about the world around us and the future ahead.
Hosted by Phil Balagtas of the Design Futures Initiative
The Full-time Dreamer Project:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4Pe9G43vWizO8bhCvzbljC?si=zBfpvzE4S16ZsULPyoxEPw
The Wicked Opportunities Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5hfFdXnqPRPAAEiQyzvWmm?si=YcO4N308TO6VY2Xqi21t-w
Future pod:
https://open.spotify.com/show/3LgmAA59TAuxQSCdKyxW16
Afrofuturist podcast:
http://www.theafrofuturistpodcast.com/pages/episode1.html
I started one too called “The Future Fiction Podcast”: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rpLjR9YkAp99CeOJo6bz2
Videos of Talks/presentations/event/webinar/discussions
Slides
https://www.slideshare.net/AndrewDo/speculative-futures-11122019-strategic-foresight-101
People/groups/studios
“Lots of different mutations occurring in this field right now”- Anthony dunne
Dunne and Raby| Designed realities lab
Design Fiction| MIT Media Lab | Archived projects
[Policy lab| UK government](https://www.notion.so/Policy-lab-UK-government-bee19c5ab75f49f4bc7c7a93861f3d4f)
[Extrapolation factory](https://www.notion.so/Extrapolation-factory-7e7b885fce1947bc920ff522a8809bfe)
Speculative everything by Dunne and Raby
Discursive design by Bruce and Stephanie
Magazine/Blogs
Competitions+events+call for participation
Futuring Peace — Design Futures Initiative
Futures Festival 2020 Conference
https://twitter.com/Leah_Zaidi/status/1326170846256304128?s=20
https://reclaimfutures.org/ ReclaimFutures is a technology and culture conference around the broad subjects of post-capitalist desire, utopian exploration, ecology and alternative computing.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/resilience2032/resilience2032
Slides of presentations
23rd march 2019 a brief introduction to design fiction
Slideshare slides on design fiction, speculative fiction, critical design, etc https://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?lang=en&page=1&q=design+fiction&qid=301bf616-15af-4062-ad3e-f4c936233dbb&searchfrom=header&sort=relevance
Interesting ideas to explore later?
speculative sprint story collection;
speculative collective subscription
