As futures practice strives towards greater effectiveness, the foresight and design fields are
in the process of discovering, learning from and remixing with each other. This paper offers a …

This article contributes to emerging hybrid design/futures practices by offering an orienting
framework making images of the future more legible and concrete. The Ethnographic …

It is critical now that we direct all our efforts at transitions to post-carbon and sustainable
futures. Currently, transitions are mostly handled by select expert groups who generate …

The turn of the 21st century has seen the burst of research on how design can support
strategy formation and execution; however, little attention has been placed on the emerging …

Highlights•Employing Speculative Design in a Global South context requires adaptation to
local contexts.•Future thinking is unfamiliar to many societies still facing non-equitable …

Abstract Design thinking orients itself towards the future in that all design is for products,
services or events that will exist in the future, and be used by people in the future. This has …

This paper presents a way of merging approaches of participatory futures research with the
structures of Research through Design, to apply processes and methods from design in …

How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream--and build--better,
sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone. Speculative futures--design approaches …

This study aimed to characterise the potential of speculative design in public engagement
with emerging technologies. Current initiatives in public engagement have important …

Twitter is a popular micro-blogging service and platform for public real-time communication.
Concerning foresight, the value of Twitter has not been discussed or examined yet. Here this …