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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Design futures"”.
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Mandela, Massachusetts: Design Futures for a Proposed City
… my ongoing art project Mandela, Massachusetts: Design Futures for a Proposed City, which asks the question: “How might we use design to spark conversation about the hidden history and potential design of Mandela?”. During Spring 2021, I designed realistic posters, postcards and stickers about …
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Excavating L.A. : urban design futures of new transit
… a unique opportunity for architects, urban designers, and planners to rethink large scale urban design projects in LA and generate urban forms that reflect the identity of the city, as opposed to importing outside models. This thesis explores urban design futures through the lens of the TOD …
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Design Futures : An Investigation into the Role of Futures Thinking in Design.
Designers consider the future as an intrinsic aspect of the design process yet, there has been limited academic investigation of the approaches designers employ to create next-next generation products and services. The central aim of this thesis is to investigate the role of futures thinking in …
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Ad Astra : designing future archeologies
… proposes a methodology for the speculation of futures in architecture. The title "Ad Astra" translates as "to the stars", a romantic harkening to the human ambition and desire to interrogate and surpass the physical and intellectual boundaries of our world. The subtitle, "Designing Future …
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Ideas Exchange: Design and the post bio-tech-body
This thesis situates speculative design as a valuable tool for thinking about design issues and the body. Bringing together historical, theoretical criticism and practice to show that speculative design is intimately linked with the body. The thesis’ arguments build on the basis that both the body …