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Design Fiction: On Design, Science, Fact and Fiction

Axel Quack
June 19, 2013

Design Fiction: On Design, Science, Fact and Fiction

Axel Quack

June 19, 2013
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  1. DEFINITION Design Fiction ist the approach to design new realities

    and put them into effect. It is a crucial approach to see the world not only like it is, instead how the world could be. 3
  2. DEFINITION Design Fiction ist the approach to design new realities

    and put them into effect. It is a crucial approach to see the world not only like it is, instead how the world could be. 4
  3. DEFINITION Design Fiction uses the techniques of fiction and drama

    to test the future, to see what future technologies or systems might work, on how they might be received and what their impact might be. It presents a series of alternative possible futures and shows which path might be preferable. 7
  4. DEFINITION Design Fiction uses the techniques of fiction and drama

    to test the future, to see what future technologies or systems might work, on how they might be received and what their impact might be. It presents a series of alternative possible futures and shows which path might be preferable. 8
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  6. THE FIRST BRIDGE The first is linked to anticipation and

    innovation of the term „Science Fiction“ in 1929. 10
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  8. THE SECOND BRIDGE The second encounter between Science Fiction and

    Design took place in the post-war period when the dream of space conquest and the atomic age was becoming more and more realistic. 17
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  10. THE THIRD BRIDGE The third bridge between Design and Science

    Fiction is based on the postulate of the existence of a fourth dimension, which, when associated with the other three dimensions, becomes a gateway to a parrallel world. 28
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  12. WILLIAM GIBSON (1993) »The future is already here – it‘s

    just not very evenly distributed.« 32
  13. CHARLES EAMES (1907-1978) »My dream is to have people working

    on useless projects. These have the germ of new concepts.« 33