Glossary

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4 results found in Speculative Design.

Audio Fiction (Audio Vignette, Audio Scenario)
A speculative design research method that uses pre-recorded audio dialogues to present fictional scenarios depicting interactions with hypothetical future technologies. Audio fictions combine descript…
Future Workshop
A participatory research method developed by Jungk and Mullert in 1987 that supports collective reflection and idea generation about possible futures. A Future Workshop typically unfolds in phases: cr…
Participatory Speculative Design (PSD, Social Dreaming)
A design research approach that combines speculative design — imagining alternative futures and artifacts that do not yet exist — with participatory methods that position community members, particular…
Provocation (HCI) (Design provocation, Provotype)
In human-computer interaction, a designed artifact whose purpose is to unsettle assumptions, provoke debate, or surface hidden values rather than to solve a defined problem. Provocations draw on tradi…